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12:00 AM
Feb.
7,
2003
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Space Shuttle Columbia Disaster Coverage
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NOTES FROM THE FIELD
Kelly: "Florida Today started these journals. We do them for every shuttle and rocket launch, as well as spacewalks."
John Kelly, Kelly Young, and Mark DeCotis talk with Poynter about the Landing Journal. |
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Stencel: "There was more to be being there than the gimmick of talking to a reporter with a Cape Kennedy dateline."
Mark Stencel, co-managing editor for online news at the Washington Post, describes convergence in action. |
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Safran: "Convergence wasn't just some lofty ideal on Feb. 1."
Steve Safran wears many hats at New England Cable News, and describes the experience for Poynter Online. |
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Braun: "The events of 9/11 and our response to them then helped to guide us this time."
Mike Braun, Design Desk chief at The Vindicator, shares how lessons learned helped with this disaster. |
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Lieberman: "I saw the fragments, and that's when I started getting a little worried."
Cardiologist, space enthusiast and amateur photographer Dr. Scott Lieberman on capturing "the digital image that played around the world." |
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Maldonado: "The thunderous explosion that woke me Saturday morning marked the loss of the space shuttle Columbia and its crew."
At 22, college senior Jamie Maldonado designed the front page for The Daily Sentinel. He shares the view from Nacogdoches. |
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Eberle: "The online person was the first one to notice there was trouble."
Less than two weeks in the job, Florida Today Editor Terry Eberle recounts how his paper handled the story. |
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Choi: "There are people still working for the space program & against it inside government & outside."
In May 2001, Charles Choi, completed a master's thesis titled "Reporting on Space: A Space Primer for Journalists Covering Space." This is what he says today. |
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COMMENTARY:
Uncommon Thoughts: Editorials on the Disaster
A Review of Editorial Cartoons
Romenesko's Notes from 2/3/02
Romenesko's Notes from 2/2/02Sharp observations about risk and complacency... The psychic value of manned spaceflight... and other editorial tributes follow in the wake of the Columbia disaster.
DESIGN DESK:
Planning Shuttle Disaster Front Pages
Graphics Front and CenterETHICAL CONSIDERATIONS:
Crisis Reporting & Respectful Interviewing (9/11/01)
The Victim's Perspective (5/18/96)
Journalists & Trauma (5/15/96)
TV Reporting on Tragedy & Victims (5/1/96)
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Recent Comments: | | Proof Sollog predicted it.
As I mentioned before on this website, the media continues to hide important information about certain news events. The shuttle disaster is a case in point. It was the 113th shuttle mission and that number has significance. A man by the name of Sollog predicted the disaster. Proof is here...Cecil Parker, 10:20 PM February 2, 2003 |
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