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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

September 11: The Pivotal Moment

By David Handschuh

I can’t say at that point on September 11th at ten-fifteen in the morning I said, ‘Boom, life is different!’

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Tragedies & Journalists

A 40-page guide to help journalists, photojournalists and editors report on violence while protecting both victims and themselves.

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Covering Children & Trauma

When children are victims of violence, journalists have a responsibility to report the truth with compassion and sensitivity.

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