Editor's note: This is a preview of a story that appears in the winter 2014 print edition of Gateway Journalism Review. Soon after tragedy struck a sleepy New England town more than one year ago, residents of Newtown, Ct., vowed the place they called home would be an epicenter for change. There needed to be changes in gun laws, some cried out. Others advocated for a national … [Read more...] about Hoping a new media sensitivity might emerge from the Newtown tragedy
Newtown residents grateful for light media coverage Dec. 14
Ten days before Christmas Eve and on the one-year anniversary of the slaughter in two first-grade classrooms, Newtown became a sort of Who-ville. The media – viewed by a most people here in the once- sleepy town as an evil, callous Grinch – showed that, perhaps, it does have a heart after all. Unlike the previous year when the media descended on the town to cover the … [Read more...] about Newtown residents grateful for light media coverage Dec. 14
Outside looking in provides perspective on school shooting reporting
For many years I was on the reporter’s side of collecting news. When the massacre at an elementary school occurred in my hometown of Sandy Hook, Conn., I no longer was a member of the press, but rather a resident watching reporters, videographers, radio press, international writers and Internet bloggers descend on a hamlet that has one stoplight. dating online As each hour … [Read more...] about Outside looking in provides perspective on school shooting reporting