From what I know, Hungary is not the most violent place in the world. It is not a war zone. It is not an enemy. It is not breaking out into riots. However, Hungary has a violent past and is continuing to have some violence toward the Roma. Hungary is learning from its past. It has a very large number of museums that honor its past dealing with the Holocaust and with violence against all people.
Roma: After doing some research, I learned more about the different types of violence within Hungary.
The Roma have had many violent attacks toward them. I want to interview people in Hungary while we are there so I can get a better sense of the relationship Hungarians have with the Roma. http://blogs.aljazeera.com/blog/europe/racism-against-roma-mainstream-phenomenon. I thought this article gave an interesting tone to it and made me want to write
about this topic. I also would like to do an audio story or a photo slideshow,
or even a video of the people I interview.
There
is also a new Roma Holocaust museum opening in Hungary at the end of 2014 I can write about for people to see in the future. This would be a good idea to write
about for tourism promotional purposes. I think that there is not going to be a lot of
articles out right now about it, and I want to be among those to publish information first. http://globalvoicesonline.org/2014/01/21/rare-roma-holocaust-documentation-center-to-open-in-hungary/
I can't wait to be able to write articles that have not been presented in this manner before. We can all get insight onto the lives of the Roma and be able to dig deeper into the Hungarian culture.
The countdown has started! It's 42 days until eight Ball State University students and myself travel to Budapest,
Hungary. I personally cannot wait to see all that Budapest has to offer. How is
it that a girl like me ends up going to Hungary you ask? Well, it all began
when I decided I want to be an international reporter. I wanted to spend my
life informing people on what is going on in the world. So, when there was an
opportunity to join the News 397 immersive team to Budapest, I took advantage
of it.
We are going to be doing travel
writing and travel promotion. It’ll be great to see and get to experience all
of the interesting things there are in Budapest.
Now the team and I have to
prepare. Just a few days ago we had a meeting with a student, Jake Johnson, who was part of the same immersive class to Budapest, just two years ago. He
discussed the best places to see, the importance of research, and things to
talk to Hungarians about.
We also had a meeting with an editor from M
Magazine. She is willing to work with us and help us publish some of the work
we produce.
I can’t wait to start researching all of my story
ideas. This trip is going to be a great trip with a great group of people!
