Imagine sitting in a desk when out of nowhere gunshots are heard. Panic strikes the classroom. The
teacher begins to become flustered and ridden with fear as fellow students grab phones to reach out to
others. Screams of sadness and despair are heard from the hallway while students and faculty run and
hide without knowing if survival is an actual reality. The threshold level of a fellow student has finally
been reached.
School shootings are a reality that are becoming more common at what could be said an upsetting rate.
As more shootings happen, more coverage is needed. Although these topics are hard for victims,
sources are needed to supply the public with what has happened.
Some journalist are a tough standstill on how to report
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Those who have just gone through an event, like a school shooting are likely emotional,” said
Browne.
One of the main problems in interviewing shooting and traumatic event survivors is that a blurry line
exists between someone who has given consent with a clear mind and someone who has given consent
at a time where emotions are running high enough to cloud the mind. For instance if one has just
experienced a tragic death due to a school shooting, can they really be relied on to give an accurate
interview.
“You have to keep in mind if they are thinking logically enough to give consent,” said Browne.
Although the media needs sources for stories covering all topics, human emotions have to be taken into
mind. Marguerite Moritz, UNSECO Chair, has actively worked with the topic of reporting school
shootings.
“Do not insist for someone to give you an interview, those who have just been part of a shooting are
most likely traumatized,” said Moritz.
If a source does not want to give an interview and the reporter urges on, it can give a bad reputation
considering everything can easily be shared on social media. In some cases, group interviews are
considered the most valuable option for people who have been part of a traumatic event because
Some people think that a shooting at their school or workplace will not happen to them. But it can happen to anytime and anywhere. For example how it happened to Shari Thornberg and Matthew Downing. They both did not expect the shooting to happen but it did. Shari Thornberg who was working at the school she works that day heard shots and taught it was the janitor doing something until she heard the janitor screaming don’t shoot
For example, in 2002 in Gardena High School while my sister was in high school a shooting occurred, two students were shot by another student during an attempted robbery while thankfully it was not a big scene but more of an isolated incident the shock and fear is all the same. My sister recalled the day of the shooting “They had us on
For example, the Sandra Bland case. One narrative from “oralhistoryforsocialchange.org”, is in 1994 a 13-yr. old named Nicholas Heyward Jr was shot, and killed by a housing officer, while playing on a stairwell in a
(Bernall 17). Crystal’s anecdote instills fear into the audience by giving them insight of what it feels like to witness a school shooting. Crystal explains how at first, students could not even believe the reality of the shooting, claiming it to be a “joke”. However, Crystal shows how reality hit them hard as they ducked for their lives. This utilization of fear tactics benefits the audience as it teaches them to be more cautious of their lives; tragic events such as this one could happen at any given moment.
The person schooled shootings letting off guns, firings have brought to a head the reason why people are motivated to be involved in school shootings. In 2015 by oneself, there have been many more school shootings throughout America. This has brought awareness around the country among the students and families. Violence in television, movies, and computer games has desensitized young people to violence acts. I have believed the school shootings were in gun free zones.
Gina Aine Cathy Jones English 1A, 48354 March 7, 2016 English 1A: Essay #2 Critical Reading Analysis Introduction: Those school shootings have headed numerous individuals should ask the reason why they do it? Brutality for schools needed spread generally for these countries. This need brought on a lot of people issues around students, families, employees of their schools, what 's more, inhabitants of the territories. One school shooting had permitted a society for abused should uncheck on our country 's school now we are paying our sin for our children generation to annihilate in other schools from other gunman who will copycat them.
School Shootings: How We All Miss the Point... The aftermath of a school shooting is tragic, depressing, and causes hatred for the lives lost and the person who took them. Everyone, especially the media, tries to interpret why the shooter killed their victims, or why they felt the need to end others’ lives and their own. How We All Miss the Point on School Shootings, by Mark Manson, explains what and why these mass shootings happen. He starts by using examples of shootings and the murderer’s past.
I. Justification " Reasons o School environment significantly impacts students ' academic achievement. o Serious death and injury to students and faculty members o School security is based on the school districts discretion, but government policies are necessarily to prevent reoccurring events " Assumptions o Schools do not have appropriate polices for school crisis response o A limited amount of antiviolence initiatives that include prevention programs for all students. This include faculty members who are aware of psychological signs o Community involvement is necessary II.
For example, hearing about the Sandy Hook Elementary shooting made me feel scared and nervous. What happened was a gunman had gone into the elementary school and killed many kids. He shot twenty 6 and 7 year old kids and six staff members.
The topic of my current event is the Oregon Community College shooter and the detectives who shot him. I obtained this information from an online article by CNN. Last week, nine people were killed by Chris Harper-Mercer in Snyder's Hall at Umpqua Community College in Oregon. Once the detectives reached the campus, they followed the sound of gunshots to a classroom where the shooter stood. He was in the doorway with 35 students still in the room.
(Peter Langman) 2. (Sub-subpoint 2) An example of a traumatized shooter is 16-year-old Evan Ramsey. In 1997, Evan committed a school shooting in Bethel, Alaska. Evan was abused sexually and physically at foster homes.
This is not comforting in the slightest, especially when I had just come home from school. School, the place that is suppose to be a safe place to go and learn and be with friends. Since 2013, there has been over 150 school shootings in the United States, which is an average of nearly one a week. This is not the vision for America. To make the country a safer place, we can not just hope that shootings do not keep happening.
Experiencing a school shooting is by far one of the worst feelings that an individual can experience. Knowing how dreadfully impactful a school shooting can be to not only a teen or child’s life, but their family, society tries to keep incidents like school shootings from occuring. In articles “Here’s How to Prevent The Next School Shooting, Experts Say,” and “No There Hasn’t Been 18 School Shootings in 2018, That number is flat wrong,” these articles thoroughly state how negatively impactful a school shooting can be in society. While one article supports this issue by sending advice on how to impede them, the other restates what a school shooting really is about; therefore, what would be considered a correctly based opinion towards these articles?
School shootings and active shooter situations are one of the hottest topics in America right now. There is nothing more tragic than turning on the television or radio and hearing about the deaths of children. The primary argument is that no one can ever seem to agree on what the cause of these events are, and if they can be stopped before they occur. Lately it seems that there are more and more of these events occurring, however some researchers argue that this is not the case (Rocque, M. (2012). Others argue that while the events themselves may not be increasing the high amount of publicity these events get from the mainstream media makes it seem that they are occurring more frequently (Snell, C., Bailey, C., Carona, A., & Mebane, D. (2002).
Journalism as a profession is gaining ground in these days. As there had been an explosion of information. We are living in a fast-changing world with a fast flow of information. But, no matter how much we all want to receive information about every aspect of the world, there are still groups and types of information that people do not want to be released. Journalists have to face the issues of physical endangerment because they report to dangerous destinations and receive death threats.