The Virginia Tech Shootings
April 17, 2007
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The Dreadful Burden
April 17, 2007
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.
The Port Arthur Massacre, April 28, 1996
March 10, 2006 by Judy Tierney
Just about everyone remembers where they were when they recall some cataclysmic event in their life. When Hobart man Martin Bryant began indiscriminately shooting people at one of Tasmania’s iconic tourism destinations I was entertaining 35 women at home. I was hosting a “girls” lunch for my journalist colleagues and some friends who held responsible positions in government.
The Days After
March 3, 2006 by Jason Brown, Arnessa Garrett, Claudia Laws, Brittain Quibodeaux Orgeron, Marsha Sills
A series about the murder of eight women in Louisiana's Acadiana. Originally published in the Daily Advertiser (Lafayette, LA), on Aug. 7, 2005.
Rwanda Documentary Illuminates Lingering Effects of Genocide
July 21, 2005 by Kevin Kawamoto
Through the window of an airplane about to land in Rwanda, the verdant mountains and lush foliage below appear as a slice of paradise on earth. But those familiar with the history of this central African nation know that its past is far from heavenly.
Guatemala: Heartbreak and Hope
June 1, 2005 by Scott North, Donna DeCesare
The stories of Guatemalans reveal a community haunted by civil war and genocide and threatened by the drug trade and gang violence.
Cambodian Shadows
May 1, 2005 by Penny Cockerell
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia—At the entrance of Choeung Ek, the most visited of the “killing fields” here, several shiny-eyed children greet tourists and quickly engage them in a counting game in both Khmer (the Cambodian language) and English. They laugh, ask the strangers their names, where they're from. They skip around and say, in unison, "1-2-3-smile!"
BTK Killer: Remembering the Victims
March 29, 2005 by Joe Hight
The Wichita Eagle newsroom recently faced a coverage situation that few newspapers encounter: A serial killer resurfacing many years after his last killing.
Homicide in Detroit
March 3, 2005 by Jeff Seidel, Eric Seals
A six-part series that takes a deep look at the impact of homicide on family, police, bystanders and the city itself. Originally published in the Detroit Free Press (Detroit, MI), in 2004.
The Healing Fields
March 2, 2005 by Jane Hoback, Ellen Jaskol
A 12-part series about a couple who survived the Cambodian killing fields and returned years later to help others. The devistation of genocide is revealed through their own journey and that of the women they seek to rescue fro a life of prostitution. Originally published in the Rocky Mountain News (Denver, CO) in June, 2004.