Article January 28, 2002 Issue

She couldn't block it out

By Dave Hohle Sentinel staff

Anjuli Graunke was getting ready for class at the University of Wisconsin at Madison, where she's a journalism major. "I remember thinking, 'It's probably just a malfunction in the plane,' because at that time only one tower had been hit." But when she turned on the TV set in her dorm room, she quickly realized that the attacks back East had been deliberate acts of terrorism.

"I remember calling my parents in Boston, but they weren't reachable. And I remember calling my fiancé Jay's parents, but they weren't home. I just felt completely helpless when I first heard the news."

As facts came out over the next few days, Anjuli watched the coverage carefully. "My professor, being a journalist, decided that this was a journalistic event," she remembers today, "and he said we should pay attention to the reportage, and see how different news stations chose to cover this event."

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