Life and Death in Kashmir
September 1, 2009 by Syed Nazakat
Along the Line of Control that marks the border between India and Pakistan, a senior journalist's life is one nightmare after another.
Resources for Homicide & Mass Shooting
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Two Deaths, Two Contexts
June 25, 2009
In Baghdad, Chancellor Keesling, a 25-year-old soldier from Indianapolis, shot and killed himself. In Tehran, Neda Agha Soltan, a 26-year-old student, was shot and killed as she watched a peaceful protest.
Two very different deaths, two very different news stories, but both required context to express or arouse anything but pain and loss.
Framing the Combat Stress Clinic Shooting
May 12, 2009 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.
Reporting the Columbine Anniversary
April 21, 2009 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.
Covering a Tragedy: NIU
April 20, 2009 by Hassan Ali
A former news editor of the student paper at the University of Chicago with close ties to the journalism community at NIU explores a side of that campus's tragedy that the major media outlets overlooked.
Covering School Shootings
April 20, 2009
In this video, student journalists and advisers from Virginia Tech and Northern Illinois University explain how they reported on mass-casualty attacks on their respective campuses.
Covering School Shootings
April 20, 2009 by Jim Killam
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.
Covering Columbine
April 6, 2009 by Meg Moritz
This documentary, available online and on DVD, examines the impact of the news coverage of the Columbine High School shootings.
The Effects of Community Violence on Children and Adolescents
March 30, 2009
A National Center for PTSD Fact Sheet. A summary of the specific effects of community violence on children and adolescents.
Columbine: Reporter's Perspectives, Part I
March 24, 2009 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.