ABSTRACT
This Peace Journalism Insights blog was written by Steven Youngblood on the day of the mass shooting in a movie theater in Aurora, Colorado, July 20, 2012.
Peace journalism doesn’t just address issues of peace and war. Instead, PJ should be used as a way to evaluate and moderate our coverage of any conflict or violent incident, such as the shootings early this morning in Colorado. As media coverage of this event unfolds, as advocates of peace journalism, let us scrutinize the coverage for:
1. Sensational images: Unedited footage? Needlessly bloody scenes? Images taken out of context?
