The experience of Kelly Cramer

When dealing with a tough, powerful person, it takes guts and determination, especially when writing a story about them.  Last Thursday I listened firsthand to journalist Kelly Cramer, who wrote "Daddy's Girl",  as she explained how she tackled David Bruce McMahan's scandalous relationship with his daughter.  I listened to her rapturously, learning as she went on, how to slow down a speaker, how to keep going with a story even when getting threatened with lawsuits, and undermining someone who used citizen's tax dollars to "use and abuse the justice system."  A journalist like Kelly makes me want to become a better person, and writer, probably because she was willing to put everything on the line in order to print this story.  In the end, this man's reputation was tarnished and people found out some pretty interesting information they hadn't known before.  Some words of advice she gave the class: "Ex wives are great sources."