BOOK PLANNED ON OMAGH BOMB - INTERVIEWEES SOUGHT
Book planned on Omagh Bomb - interviewees sought
Sir,
As an academic from Portsmouth, England, who has written extensively about the role of the news media in the Northern Ireland Peace Process, I now want to put together a book of interviews which addresses the themes of loss and suffering created by the Omagh bomb.
For this study, I need to talk with three specific groups of people. At the centre of the book will be the comments and views of those who lost loved ones (these interviews will be given priority in terms of space and emphasis). Secondly, I want to talk with those who were either caught up in the bomb and survived, or who experienced it directly some other way.
Thirdly, I would like to interview support groups who dealt with those involved (for example, hospital and health workers, police, counsellors, trauma experts, local reporters, etc.) both in the short and long-term.
Collectively, this series of interviews will allow me to put together a comprehensive study, which seeks to allow the people of Omagh to tell their own story about how violence has impacted on their lives and by association, reinforce the case for peace in Northern Ireland.
I would very much like to talk with anyone who fits into the above groups and may I take this opportunity to thank you in advance if you decide to contact me about this important and timely piece of work.
Yours,
Graham Spencer, 70 London Road, Purbrook,
Waterlooville, Hants. PO7 5LW.
(Telephone 023 92 256941)
Sir,
As an academic from Portsmouth, England, who has written extensively about the role of the news media in the Northern Ireland Peace Process, I now want to put together a book of interviews which addresses the themes of loss and suffering created by the Omagh bomb.
For this study, I need to talk with three specific groups of people. At the centre of the book will be the comments and views of those who lost loved ones (these interviews will be given priority in terms of space and emphasis). Secondly, I want to talk with those who were either caught up in the bomb and survived, or who experienced it directly some other way.
Thirdly, I would like to interview support groups who dealt with those involved (for example, hospital and health workers, police, counsellors, trauma experts, local reporters, etc.) both in the short and long-term.
Collectively, this series of interviews will allow me to put together a comprehensive study, which seeks to allow the people of Omagh to tell their own story about how violence has impacted on their lives and by association, reinforce the case for peace in Northern Ireland.
I would very much like to talk with anyone who fits into the above groups and may I take this opportunity to thank you in advance if you decide to contact me about this important and timely piece of work.
Yours,
Graham Spencer, 70 London Road, Purbrook,
Waterlooville, Hants. PO7 5LW.
(Telephone 023 92 256941)
Further Information
Publisher: TYRONE CONSTITUTION
Ref: TC/1605
Published Date: 17-Apr-03
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