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An interesting article I saw on Twitter - "7 Tips for Covering the Colorado Theater Shooting"
http://www.rtdna.org/pages/posts/7-tips-for-covering-the-colorado-theater-shooting1651.php"Disasters like the theater shooting in Aurora, Colorado leave many victims. Journalists have a responsibility to cover this unfolding story without adding to the public’s fears.
Besides the dead and wounded, Warner Brothers and theater owners have hundreds of millions of dollars hanging in the balance. Will the shooting frighten others from going to the movies on the debut weekend; will it attract a following of the curious? What should the reaction be from theater owners? This movie is likely to be forever linked to this act of violence, as the Beatles song “Helter Skelter” is linked to Charles Manson.
In 1984, McDonald’s demolished the restaurant where a mass shooting occurred. Columbine High School became forever known as “Columbine,” shorthand for the shooting there. The Arizona shopping center where Gabrielle Giffords was shot closed for a time (one book about the shooting was titled “A Safeway in Arizona”). Virginia Tech is forever associated with the shooting attack there.
What Should Journalists Do?
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some good recommendations here (that rarely get followed, I suspect)
