Littleton

  • Tip Sheet

    Apr 20 2000

    Columbine: Interviewing Children

    By Diane Bui

    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?

  • Special Report

    Apr 20 2000

    Columbine: A Willingness to Talk

    By Diane Bui

    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.

  • Behind the Story

    Apr 20 2000

    Columbine: A Photographer's Perspective

    By Diane Bui

    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.

  • Behind the Story

    Columbine: Reporter's Perspectives, Part I

    By Audrey Lott

    They spend a lifetime covering city council meetings, working the police beat and sitting through school board meetings. From solid waste to sparkling rivers, they cover the news of their community - whether it is along the beaten path or a few steps into the road. But every now and then when their mind drifts away from the day's events, nearly all journalists wonder what it would be like if the big one ever came their way.

  • Behind the Story

    Columbine: Three Views on the Images

    By Diane Bui

    Photographs convey the emotion of a tragedy, but the images may serve to wound as well as to heal. Such was the case with news photos used after the Columbine shootings in April 1999. How do we judge pictures that take us closer to the grief and shock of people whose lives are directly touched by violence?

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