Jennifer Webb was the Director of Communications for the Summer 2008 issue of the Ryerson Review of Journalism. Bloody Choices
When a school shooting spree occurs, TV news execs must make quick judgements on how much to show. A year after the Virginia Tech massacre, three Canadian broadcasters reflect on their decisions. Which one got it right?
On April 16, 2007, at 7:15 a.m., Cho Seung-Hui killed two students in West Ambler Johnston Hall, his coed residence at Virginia Tech, before returning to his dorm room, changing his clothes and deleting his school email account and computer hard drive. At 9:01 a.m. he mailed a package containing an 1,800-word essay; photographs of […]
Not Older, Better
If you scan the glossy covers of women’s magazines on newsstands these days, you’ll see a particular type of woman – young, thin, sexy. Or maybe a celebrity. Or a model. Or maybe food. What you won’t see, usually, are middle-aged women staring back at you. More, launched last March, is designed to be something […]
