Lessons Learned from School Shootings Past.(journalistic lessons)

Journalistic coverage of the Columbine High School shootings in Littleton, CO, either reflected an improvement in journalistic ethics or a lack of journalistic discrimination, according to analysts. Cathy Trost, director of the Casey Journalism Center for Children and Families at the University of Maryland, believed journalists had learned from previous school violence experiences. Deni Elliott, director of the Practical Ethics Center at the University of Montana, believed television coverage was excessively graphic.

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