sioned, emotional circumstances. They had to work out their own feelings of racial animosity.
             In addition to the community and editors, the newspaper itself was also a stakeholder. When the newspaper disregarded its journalistic values during the governor's race, it found that racial relations were still very strained. The newspaper found it as its duty to address the issue and raise the community's consciousness of the racial problems. The series helped open the door to discussion about the topic.
             There are three possible alternative ways that the Times-Picayune could have run this story.
             Alternative One: Not do the series at all.
             This is the most extreme alternative, and probably the most unlikely one the paper would have selected.
             Pros of not doing the series: The staff would have been saved the personal and emotional strain that working on this series caused them. By the time the series was finished most of the staff, both black and white, said they were left "feeling exhausted and glad when the project ended." (
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