The Virginia Tech Shootings
Dart Center Ochberg Fellows and other journalists who have covered large-scale killings share their advice for colleagues.
Dart Center Ochberg Fellows and other journalists who have covered large-scale killings share their advice for colleagues.
As I’ve observed tragedies from near and far, I’ve noticed a stark difference in how the first and second anniversaries are covered.
A 57-minute documentary on the traumatic impact of the Columbine High School shootings on students, families, the community and journalists.
One by one, students ran from Columbine High to escape the terror caused by Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold. As teen-agers wandered outside the building, some appeared dazed and confused — shocked by the killings of their teacher and friends. Others cried and wept, unable yet to comprehend the horror of what they or others had witnessed.
Gunfire. Children flee their school, looking for police, medics or parents. Instead, many run straight into the arms of reporters primed with questions. What should journalists know about the youngsters they try to interview at moments of crisis?
David Handschuh, staff photographer for the New York Daily News, had just returned to his office when his editor told him to go to Littleton, Colorado. Six hours after watching the event unfold on television, he was at Columbine, covering the deadliest school shooting in U.S. history.
A four-part series about a Colorado family whose only son was murdered in the Columbine High School shootings, coverage that explored the long-term effects through survivors in Peducah and Jonesboro. Originally published in the Denver Post in June, 1999.
A series that focused on the victims and community impact of the Columbine High School shootings. Originally published in the Rocky Mountain News (Denver, CO) in 1999.