Covering Columbine

Examines the impact of the news coverage of the Columbine High School shootings.

Overview

In the wake of the shootings at Columbine High School, a group from Colorado University (CU) headed by Meg Moritz, associate dean, produced a one-hour documentary, "Covering Columbine," which focused on journalists who covered the Columbine story. Our interest was in documenting the emotional and psychological impact this story had on the people who reported it. During a period of 18 months, we interviewed reporters, photographers, editors, producers, writers, and print and broadcast journalists from local and national news organizations.