Digital Deadline: The St. Louis <i>Post-Dispatch</i> and the Kirkwood Shooting
This case about the St. Louis, MO, Post-Dispatch addresses how to manage a breaking story online when it could have traumatic effects on the local community. It also raises the challenge for editors of deciding what to put in the paper once a story has broken on the website.
Case number:
CSJ-09-0014.0
Category:
Journalism Cases
Topics:
digital media, crisis reporting
Teaching resources:
Epilogue,
Teaching note