9 books to help us understand mass shootings
A reader just posted this great LA Times piece published right after the Las Vegas tragedy: 9 books to help us understand mass shootings....
Times of London examines America's mass murders
Josh Glancy did a great job in the Times of London examining why America keeps facing these mass murders. He quoted me extensively, and...
Poynter Q&A on Las Vegas & Columbine
The Poynter Institute is the leading journalistic think tank. After the Las Vegas shooting, a Poynter professor asked me to do an in-depth Q&A for their site about covering trauma, Columbine , and reporting in general. They titled it: "After Las Vegas shooting, a Columbine expert offers heartfelt advice about the why of it all." The professor opened with a really generous intro: If I made a list of books that all journalists should read, Columbine by Dave Cullen would be n
Nick Bilton's Vanity Fair podcast: 'The Psychology Behind Mass Shootings'
Fort Hood, Aurora, Orlando, Virginia Tech, Sandy Hook, and now Las Vegas: after yet another record-breaking shooting in the United States, a
I discuss Las Vegas & Columbine on Intercepted podcast: 'Guns Before Country'
Jeremy Scahill interviewed me for this week’s “Intercepted” podcast at The Intercept titled GUNS BEFORE COUNTRY. I lay out the 3 main...
Stop score-keeping mass murderers!
I was so glad to hear Criminology professor James Alan Fox on CNN beseeching the networks to stop score-keeping spectacle murderers....
64y.o. gunman very rare—Las Vegas shooting
The Las Vegas shooter (I won't say his name) was 64, which is an outlier. Last time I updated in 2015, only 2 of the 70 shooters were...
