Virgina Tech shooting coverage

Posted on April 19, 2007 by Melissa Worden

Everyone’s blogging about this, and I’m emotionally spent from watching/consuming the news. Even down in Southwest Florida, we’re posting stories and AP multimedia.

But I do feel like I should mention such a tragic, huge news event.

Here are some good reads about the coverage:

>> Mad props where mad props are due, by Ryan Sholin

>> Virginia Tech shootings make case for citizen journalism, by Patrick Beeson (who found out about the shootings via Twitter!)

>> Hokies 4/16: A Memorial Project, by the Collegiate Times, the student newspaper at Virginia Tech

>> Not sure how I feel about these photos, by Meranda Watling
(Hmmm …. did the media has played right into the shooter’s plan to become a celebrity??)

>> WP’s Fisher: Why I support NBC’s decision to air Cho video, via Romenesko

>> Front Pages: Shootings at Virginia Tech
(Interesting how so many of these chose to report the “old” news as the next day’s headline)

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One Response to “Virgina Tech shooting coverage”

Bryan Murley on April 19th, 2007 7:45 pm

We’ve been posting links to various college media responses to the tragedy, along with the efforts of the Collegiate Times. Here’s a link to all of our coverage.

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