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News Coverage of the VA tech Shooting
Sunday, April 22, 2007
Topics like these are always hard to approach. For some, the event holds particular weight, either because of their relationship with the victims, with the assailant, with the location where it takes place, or because of the…
Topics like these are always hard to approach. For some, the event holds particular weight, either because of their relationship with the victims, with the assailant, with the location where it takes place, or because of the…
Tags: blog, commentary, media, news
Blame Game and The Ghosts of Waco
Adam Roberts / The Metropolis Times (Blog)
Tuesday, April 17, 2007
"There is nothing intelligent to say about a massacre." - Kurt Vonnegut
I don't really want to write this blog. I wanted to just take a few days off and give condolences…
Tuesday, April 17, 2007
"There is nothing intelligent to say about a massacre." - Kurt Vonnegut
I don't really want to write this blog. I wanted to just take a few days off and give condolences…
Tags: blog, commentary, media, violence, waco
Reflections on Virginia Tech
By Billy McMorris
Apr 17 2007
John Manetta Once Told Me
In early modern Europe the infant mortality rate was astronomical. Crude medical practices led to a high casualty rate for mother and child alike. In many cases, new mothers would be…
Apr 17 2007
John Manetta Once Told Me
In early modern Europe the infant mortality rate was astronomical. Crude medical practices led to a high casualty rate for mother and child alike. In many cases, new mothers would be…
Tags: cornell, gun control, media
VT Stay Strong
Sign in front of Burruss Hall reading 'VT Stay Strong Media Stay Away.' By around this time I was sensing that this sentiment was shared by growing numbers of this community. Photo taken April 19, 2007.
Tags: burruss, Drillfield, flag, media, sign
Post-Dedication Interview
After the intermediate memorial dedication ceremony, interviews such as this one were commonplace. But while there was clearly a media presence at this event, it was subdued in comparison to the immediate aftermath of April 16.
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Licensed under…
You vs. MSM in Va Tech Shooting Coverage
by brock | April 23, 2007 at 08:21 pm
As the terrible story of the shootings on the Virginia Tech campus began to unfold last week, the tens of thousands of moving pieces that make up the main stream media were kicked into high gear. The effort…
As the terrible story of the shootings on the Virginia Tech campus began to unfold last week, the tens of thousands of moving pieces that make up the main stream media were kicked into high gear. The effort…
Tags: blog, citizen journalists, commentary, coverage, media
Virginia Tech, Imus and Curve Balls
[Philosophical Musing on Media Culture]
By Carl Davidson
20 Apr 2007
The universe throws curve balls at us, now and then.
It seems to want to wake us up, and teach us lessons in impermanence and interconnectedness.
Take the killings at…
By Carl Davidson
20 Apr 2007
The universe throws curve balls at us, now and then.
It seems to want to wake us up, and teach us lessons in impermanence and interconnectedness.
Take the killings at…
Tags: blog, cho, commentary, imus, media
Media Coverage of the Virginia Tech Massacre
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…
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…
Tags: blog, commentary, media
Satellite Trucks at the Virginia Tech Inn
Photo taken April 18, 2007.
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Original Source: http://www.flickr.com/photos/cipherswarm/1483116677/
Licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 2.0 Generic.
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Original Source: http://www.flickr.com/photos/cipherswarm/1483116677/
Licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 2.0 Generic.
Tags: april 18, inn, media, satellite trucks
Virginia Tech Grieves Online
Posted by Cyndy Aleo-Carreira on April 17th, 2007
I know that I speak for everyone here at Profy when I say that our thoughts are with the family and friends of the victims of yesterday's events at Virginia Tech.
The horror of yesterday…
I know that I speak for everyone here at Profy when I say that our thoughts are with the family and friends of the victims of yesterday's events at Virginia Tech.
The horror of yesterday…
Tags: blog, commentary, media, online
Connected to the news by a generation of wired witnesses
Posted by Dale Peskin | April 23rd, 2007
Unaware of a shooting in a dormitory that left two people dead, Virginia Tech graduate student Jamal al Barghouti headed across campus to meet with his advisor. Nearing Norris Hall he ran into police, guns…
Unaware of a shooting in a dormitory that left two people dead, Virginia Tech graduate student Jamal al Barghouti headed across campus to meet with his advisor. Nearing Norris Hall he ran into police, guns…
Tags: citizen journalism, common good, community, media
Virginia Tech: How Media Are Evolving
April 17th, 2007 by Dan Gillmor
(Note: This will appear tomorrow as an op-ed piece in the Washington Examiner newspaper.)
Once again, horror has given us a glimpse of our media future: simultaneously conversational and distributed, mass and…
(Note: This will appear tomorrow as an op-ed piece in the Washington Examiner newspaper.)
Once again, horror has given us a glimpse of our media future: simultaneously conversational and distributed, mass and…
Tags: citizen journalism, democratization, editorial, media
[Untitled]
Major media outlets interview students, faculty, and staff.
Photo Courtesy of Dana Burman
Photo Courtesy of Dana Burman
Tags: interviews, media, reporter
[Untitled]
Matt Lauer and Meredith Vieria of the Today Show broadcast from the drill field.
Original source: http://www.flickr.com/photos/geeknerd99/464203561/in/photostream/
Photo Courtesy of Daniel Lin
Original source: http://www.flickr.com/photos/geeknerd99/464203561/in/photostream/
Photo Courtesy of Daniel Lin
Tags: media, reporter, today show
FM slashes U.S. untruthful reports on campus shooting
www.chinaview.cn 2007-04-18 16:42:35
BEIJING, April 18 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Liu Jianchao Wednesday criticized some U.S. media's irresponsible reports on the Virginia Tech shooting before finding out the truth,…
BEIJING, April 18 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Liu Jianchao Wednesday criticized some U.S. media's irresponsible reports on the Virginia Tech shooting before finding out the truth,…
Media
2007.04.17.
Ever present media is setting up to report from the Drill Field about the candlelight vigil.
Photo courtesy of Ivan V. Morozov
Ever present media is setting up to report from the Drill Field about the candlelight vigil.
Photo courtesy of Ivan V. Morozov
Tags: broadcast, drill field, Drillfield, media, reporter