Journalism Land Episode 4: Bridget Huber, The Living Disappeared
In this episode, freelance writer Bridget Huber talks about her longform California Sunday Magazine piece, "The Living Disappeared." The piece tells the story of people who were killed by Argentina's military dictatorship in the late 1970s and early 1980s, along with what happened to their children. Thirty years later, people are working to reunite lost children with their biological families. She also produced a radio adaptation.
Bridget talks in-depth about how she learned of the topic, how she pitched the story to editors, and then how she reported and wrote the story.
“The search for these people is still very much alive. In fact, the grandmothers who spent all these years searching are getting old now, some are dying. So it’s even more urgent now.”
Besides California Sunday, Bridget has written for The New York Times, The Associated Press, and Mother Jones.
https://story.californiasunday.com/the-living-disappeared
http://www.npr.org/2017/07/21/538575576/the-stolen-child-searching-for-118