Susan D. Moeller is an Assistant Professor in the Philip Merrill College of Journalism at the University of Maryland.  Her expertise on how we get the news--especially news about war and foreign affairs--has made her a familiar voice on radio and television. Her book 'Compassion Fatigue: How the Media Sell Disease, Famine, War and Death,' investigates the way over-simplification and sensationalism have dulled our response to even the most troubling events in the news. From the Series:The Writer’s Tale