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August 19, 2005
On Teen Life
One of my favorite features in the Monitor is Teen Life. It is immediate, surprising and human. The immediacy comes from our photojournalists allowing the subjects to tell their own stories in their own words. The surprise and humanity spring from the variety and unpredictability of what people choose to do with their lives.
Among other subjects in this photo column, we have profiled a camp counselor, a volunteer who works with refugees, a smoker trying to quit, a boy having his Bar Mitzvah, a rock band, an inmate at the women’s prison, male cheerleaders, a carnie, a blogger, a bride, a ballerina, a soldier and a lifeguard. Monday’s subjects are young people helping out the firefighters in Hopkinton.
This week’s column, headlined “You can find all different types at the mall,” wasn’t the first in the series to draw a reaction from readers. Letter writers wagged their fingers at the subjects, two girls who spend a lot of time patrolling the mall, and criticized the Monitor for giving them the ink.
I’m fine with the criticism, of course. It goes with the territory.
But I liked Elyse Butler’s photograph, and I appreciated how forthright the subjects were. The column was longer than most in the series, but I found myself reading it to the last word. Like most parents, I rolled my eyes at what matters to these two girls and how they spend their time, but in many ways, I realized, their values reflect the culture in which they live. I suspect a lot more young people out there identify with these values than most adults would like to acknowledge.
Our mission as a newspaper is to show people as they are. Teen Life is one place where we accomplish this mission nearly every week. The feature on the girls at the mall was no exception. If it provoked discussion of the girls’ behavior (or the Monitor’s), all’s the better.
Posted by Mike Pride at August 19, 2005 02:44 PM
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