Mass Casualty

  • Blog Post

    Apr 21 2009 4:07 PM

    Reporting the Columbine Anniversary

    By Stan Alcorn

    Yesterday, for the 10th anniversary of the most infamous school shooting, the Dart Center published a package for student journalists and educators on covering similar incidents; today, we took a look around the web and through our archive for more. More »

  • Special Report

    Apr 20 2009

    Covering School Shootings

    Photo: Alan Cesar / Northern Star: Students at Northern Illinois University ...

    Student journalists and advisers from Virginia Tech and Northern Illinois University show how they reported on mass-casualty attacks on their campuses. Video, timelines and tip sheets for student journalists and educators.

  • From the Academy

    Jun 30 2007

    Weathering the Trauma Storms: Developing Interviewing Technique

    By Gavin Rees

    Nearly every journalist in the course of their career will interview people who have experienced significant trauma. But how many receive any training for the task? This article describes how role-playing traumatic incidents might give student journalists valuable insight and hone crucial interviewing skills.

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