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A sign affixed to a light pole on the Virginia Tech campus reads "VT Stay
Strong! Media Stay Away!"

Norris Hall is in the background. Photo taken April 15, 2008.

Photo by Brent Jesiek.


Licensed under Creative…

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A sign affixed to a light pole on the Virginia Tech campus reads "VT Stay
Strong! Media Stay Away!"

Photo taken near the April 16 Memorial on April 15, 2008.

Photo by Brent Jesiek.


Licensed under Creative…

I'm from Virginia, and I know students at Va. Tech. I've been watching the irksome news coverage.

Death is always sad, but the silver lining is that it brings people together. Solidarity is why people are so compelled to tune in, and while…

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The students left and the media arrived. they were everywhere. Any piece of grass or slab of concrete was fair game.

By Mark Humphrey
Monday, April 23, 2007

It's no secret that the news media exercises bad judgment at times.

Granted, we, as journalists, try to make informed decisions about what to cover and how. For example, during summer training at the…

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Special instructions for the media, on display at a "Remembering Through Art Creation" event in Squires Student Center. Photo taken on April 16, 2008, A Day of Remembrance.

Photo by Brent Jesiek.

Licensed under Creative…

By Tammesia Green

Following the massacre that occurred at Virginia Tech University on April 16, many have come to question their own safety at universities across the country. The profile of a school shooter, once narrowed to a lonely white…

Charles Warner / Media Curmudgeon Blog

Television has once again gone on a rampage of gluttony over the tragic murders at Virginia Tech. However, it depends on your definition of what constitutes gluttony and what kind of TV you're talking…

Date: Tue, 14 Aug 2007 22:09:39 -0400
From: Virginia.Tech.news@vt.edu
To: Multiple recipients
Subject: Media and the return to school

Wednesday, August 15, 2007

TO: The students, faculty, and staff of Virginia Tech

RE: Media and the…

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Ever present media is setting up to report from the Drill Field about the candlelight vigil.

Photo courtesy of Ivan V. Morozov

By: Jake Meador / Freshman English major
Posted: 4/30/07
When I first sat down to write my column after the massacre at Virginia Tech on April 16, my thoughts were two-fold: First, to write a column advocating stricter gun control. Second, to write…

By: Jake Meador / Freshman English major
Posted: 4/25/07
The heroes of the Protestant Reformation had an old saying that man is simultaneously both saint and sinner, and the truth of this statement is impossible to argue. In the 20th century alone…

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Memorial stone of Lauren Ashley McCain on 4/16/08.

Photo by Brian Sewell.

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Items left at the memorial plaque of Maxine Turner on the drillfield. Photo taken on 5-1-07.

Photo by Teri H. Hoover.

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A second from Richmond...graduate of Thomas Dale High School in Chesterfield.

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Photo courtesy of Krissy Watson

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Items left at the memorial plaque of Matthew La Porte on the drillfield. Photo taken on 5-1-07.

Photo by Teri H. Hoover.

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Items left at the memorial plaque of Matthew Gwaltney on the drillfield. Photo taken on 5-1-07.

Photo by Teri H. Hoover.

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This photo captured Matt La Porte's hokie stone.

Photo Courtesy of Garry Thompson

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As master of ceremonies, Dave Matthews introduces fellow performers at A Concert for Virginia Tech, September 6, 2007.

Photo courtesy of Kevin Cupp.

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By Danielle Williamson/Daily News staff
GHS
Tue Apr 17, 2007, 12:07 AM EDT

NO DATA - For Bill Saam, the slaughter yesterday at his alma mater resurrected the shock, sadness and anger he felt when terrorists attacked the World Trade…
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