Prezydent RP nie żyje
That was the headline today at the Polish Daily News, telling Chicago’s Poles about the airline tragedy that engulfed Poland’s president and many other Poles.
But the newspaper was only one way Chicago’s Poles were united with a tragedy so far away.
They read local Polish blogs. They followed the news on Polish news websites produced in Chicago. And they listened to the news in Polish on the radio. News that didn’t just appear for a few hours but continued for most of the weekend, going way beyond the traditional amount of broadcasting.
Monika Starczuk listens to Polish radio.
But never as much as this weekend. She listened to hear what was happening in Poland, to hear what others were saying and many wanted to talk. She listened to hear where there were masses being held here in Chicago and where people were gathering all over Chicago’s Polish communities.
“A lot of people were calling in,” says Starczuk, a Polish community activist and worker with the Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights.
She and others listened to Polish radio because they wanted to be connected and they turned to the media that connects them and that is why the ethnic news media is so very important here.
Stephen
The front page photo from the Polish Daily News of the late President and his wife
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