Columbine at 20: Media Attention and Copycat Killers

April 18, 2019

Twenty years after Columbine, we examine the impact the attack has had on today’s youths – and how the media has more recently shifted its coverage of school shootings.

Twenty years after Columbine, we examine the impact the attack has had on today’s youths – and how the media has more recently shifted its coverage of school shootings.

  • Producer: Erik German
  • Producer: Olivia Katrandjian
  • Editor: Anne Checler
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