I Might Want to Interview You
Dec 21, 2012 by Victoria Noe, in first responders
, Friend Grief
, Grief
, medical personnel
, military
, nuns
, performing artists
, senior citizens
, workplace grief
Despite the holidays, I'm currently researching the third and fourth books in the Friend Grief series. One is on the experience of grieving the death of a friend in community, the other in the workplace. Part of that research is interviewing men and women who have gone through this.
There are several demographics I’m interested in:
Police
Firefighters
Medical personnel (all levels, but not those who work in a doctor’s office)
Nuns
Performing artists (musicians, actors, dancers, singers)
Monks
Military
Senior citizens
The criteria for all demographics are the same:
They must have experienced the death of a friend they worked with (except senior citizens – for that group it’s a friend they lived with in a retirement community).
They need not be currently working at that job.
They must be willing to discuss that experience.
Interviews will be conducted from January-March, 2013 (by phone, email, snail mail, in person)
If you fit the criteria, or know someone who does, I’d love to hear from you! Please email me at victorianoe@friendgrief.com. If you’re in Chicago, St. Louis, New York, or Los Angeles, I’ll be doing face-to-face interviews as much as possible.
Thanks in advance for your help!