Editorial Friday: I Don't Know How You Do It, But I'm Glad You
Do   |  Jul 8th 2011  |   13 Contributions  If you've been a
regular reader of the Kitty News Network blog, you may have
noticed that I've started taking a more personal approach to the
stories I share with you. And to my surprise, this has had some
unintended consequences.  I do my best to share stories with
happy endings, but unfortunately, a lot of those stories do
begin with a tragedy.  Although I certainly felt pain and anger
when I reported stories of abuse and neglect, writing those
stories as "straight news" allowed me to put an emotional buffer
in place as I made those articles as impartial and factually
based as I could.  But being more of a blogger and less of a
reporter has stripped me of my ability to keep that emotional
distance.  As I lay in bed last night before drifting off to
sleep, I pondered what I'd write about in this, my first KNN
editorial. I started composing an article in my head, when
suddenly all the stories of abuse an