Here are previously published resources from Poynter Online that may be useful as coverage of the Virginia shootings unfolds. (Here's a list of issues pegged specifically to coverage of the Virginia shootings.) You'll find links to ongoing coverage here.
 
Covering the Attack

NEWSU RESOURCES

Interactive Learning Tools:   -- Journalism and Trauma Learn how to compassionately interview victims and how covering traumatic events affects you. -- Introduction to Ethical Decision-Making Get the tools and techniques needed to confront complex ethical issues by exploring contemporary case studies and understanding principles and processes. -- Handling Horrible Images: Explore the tough choices newsrooms face before publishing explicit images.  -- Multimedia Reporting: Covering Breaking News Explore the groundbreaking work of six sites, and prepare yourself and your newsroom for deadline coverage.

School Shootings 1997-2007, By David Shedden (2007)

Handling Emotional Interviews: Part I, Part II, By Chip Scanlan (2006)

First Rule of Interviewing: Be Human, By Chip Scanlan (2001)

Crisis Reporting and Respectful Interviewing," By Bob Steele (2001)

"Guidelines for Dealing with Families of Victims," By Al Tompkins (2001)

"Reporting on Victims: The Professional's Advice," By Bob Steele (1996)

"Journalists and Trauma: Secondary Victims," By Bob Steele (1996)

"Columbine Shooting Anniversary
is a Trick Balancing Act," By Bob Steele (April 2000)

"Pain Through the Lens," By Bob Steele (April 2000)

"Columbine: When News and Emotion Converge," By Rochelle Lewis Lavin (March 2000)

"Journalism and Tragedy," By Bob Steele (July 1999)

"Guidelines for Interviewing Juveniles," By Al Tompkins (May 1999)

"After Littleton: Covering What Comes Next," By Al Tompkins (April 1999)