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“We are the Hokies”

Casey Templeton, James Madison alum, was among the people photographing this week at Va. Tech. Here’s a link to his homepage with a slideshow from the . . . → Read More: “We are the Hokies”

YouTubing tributes to Va. Tech

Hokies 4/16, the memorial site set up by the Collegiate Times, has a series of videos from various colleges (and at least one high school) around the country which held memorial vigils in recent days. Go there and scroll down to see videos from George Mason, Nebraska, N. Georgia College and State University, UN-Reno, Mary . . . → Read More: YouTubing tributes to Va. Tech

Va. Tech updates day 4

At this point, the updates are going to be less frequent, but I’m going to again use this post as a pointer to what others are doing in response to the tragedy at Va. Tech. All of our coverage of Va. Tech and the way it has been handled by college media is now in a . . . → Read More: Va. Tech updates day 4

Hokies 4/16 memorial project

Lots of memorial projects are being offered up in light of the events of this week at Va. Tech. The Collegiate Times is using a Wordpress.com site to host Hokies 4/16 as a memorial project.

all of our Va. Tech coverage . . . → Read More: Hokies 4/16 memorial project

The problem with pre-roll advertisements: now is not the time

Update (4-18-07, 9 p.m.): Another example is in this AP video of the newly released “multimedia manifesto” by the VT killer, which features a 15-second Microsoft ad. Sorry, MS – now is not the time, this is not the video for pre-roll ads.

Yahoo! News has video from the Virginia Tech shootings, including this video of a . . . → Read More: The problem with pre-roll advertisements: now is not the time

Roanoke video on CT’s work

Seth Gitner sends a link to a Roanoke.com video about the Collegiate Times staff doing their jobs in the midst of tragedy. Watch and share with your journalism students.

A side note: I know some of these students lost friends in this tragedy, and they are working and trying to keep their grief separate from their duty . . . → Read More: Roanoke video on CT’s work

Va. Tech day 3 updates

Once again, I’ll post items that might be of interest to college media outlets as I see them. If your school media localized the story, send me an e-mail at scmurley -at- gmail.com, and i’ll drop it in the list.

CT’s list of confirmed dead.

InsideVandy stories here and here (thanks to Paige Clancy)
Daily Arbiter stories here and . . . → Read More: Va. Tech day 3 updates

Va. Tech updates

I’m going to use this post as needed today to update with any information or links that would be of interest to college media outlets.

Here’s today’s front page from the Collegiate Times. And here is their list of confirmed dead.
The Roanoke Times’ print coverage in PDF format is available here.
Joe Gisondi: On a day like this, . . . → Read More: Va. Tech updates

It’s only just begun …

Update (9:13 a.m. EDT): CT’s list of confirmed dead.

In 1999, I was one day from beginning my job as photographer in the PR department at Southwestern Seminary in Fort Worth when a gunman opened fire in Wedgwood Baptist Church. Seven people were killed, others injured. One of my co-workers and his family were in the church . . . → Read More: It’s only just begun …

Virginia Tech news analysis

Arvinder Kang from the University of Mississippi did some interesting analysis of today’s news coverage of the tragic story at Virginia Tech.

Facebook was one of the fastest and most intertwined networks that people turned on to share their heartfelt feelings about the victims of Virginia Tech shooting. At 6.10 pm, facebook already had 302 groups and . . . → Read More: Virginia Tech news analysis