Mass Killing

  • In Depth

    Nov 24 2009

    Caught in the Crossfire

    Photo: Jeoffrey Maitem / Getty Images: The list of 57 dead in the Nov. 23 ...

    By Sheila S. Coronel

    Newsgatherers have become collateral damage in the blood-drenched politics of the southern Philippines. Dozens of journalists were among 57 reported slain in the Nov. 23, 2009 massacre in Mindanao. 

  • In Depth

    Nov 9 2009

    Myths of Fort Hood

    Photo: Joe Raedle / Getty Images: U.S. Army Specialist Sheldon Rabago mourn ...

    By Bruce Shapiro

    Journalists seeking an easy answer in PTSD threaten to obscure the real story of Army psychiatrist Nidal Malik Hasan's rampage.

  • Blog Post

    May 12 2009 8:40 PM

    Framing the Combat Stress Clinic Shooting

    By Stan Alcorn

    The deadliest soldier-on-soldier incident among U.S. servicemembers since the beginning of the Iraq war occurred yesterday. Sgt. John M. Russell has been charged with five counts of murder and one count of aggravated assault after opening fire upon staff at a combat stress clinic at Camp Liberty, Iraq. More »

  • Behind the Story

    Apr 17 2007

    The Dreadful Burden

    By Gary Tippet

    The Port Arthur massacre was Australia's worst mass murder, with 35 people killed. I had been covering it all week and, I thought, coping well. But as I stood at that tree I suddenly found myself weeping.

  • DVD

    Covering Columbine

    By Meg Moritz

    This documentary, available online and on DVD, examines the impact of the news coverage of the Columbine High School shootings.

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