Parkland and me on CBS Sunday Morning
- Dave Cullen
- Mar 26, 2018
- 1 min read
CBS Sunday Morning did a really nice segment on the Parkland #NeverAgain students Sunday, and were nice enough to include me.
It was reported by Chip Reid, who did an amazing job interviewing me. It was mainly about the kids, so they just used a bit of me for context, covering it for nineteen years, since the first day of Columbine.
You can watch it here (and read the transcript), starting right about 2:40. My part:
. . . He says the Parkland teens have energized the dispirited gun control movement by giving it a youthful and hopeful face.
"What they figured out that we never figured out [is], that you make the survivor story more compelling than the killer story," Cullen said. "You put him on the back page."
Reid asked, "Did you ever think the heroes of the gun control movement would be high school kids?"
"Never occurred to me in a million years," Cullen replied.
All my Parkland stories for Vanity Fair here.
CBS Sunday Morning did a really nice segment on the Parkland #NeverAgain students Sunday, and were nice enough to include me.
(All this work will delay my gay soldiers book a bit, but it's giving me such renewed vigor to dive back into it.)

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I’ve followed Cullen’s reporting since Columbine, and it’s striking to see him highlight these students in the same fight 19 years later. I gathered some connected materials here for anyone who wants to dive deeper:
Really moving piece. Do others here think this new generation of activists can keep momentum long-term? I’ve been following some related work and put together a few thoughts here
What I take from this segment is the reminder that communities heal when stories are shared. Survivors leading the way changes everything. Here’s a resource I found valuable while reflecting on this
Cullen’s insight about shifting focus from the killer to the survivors really hit me. That’s the kind of change journalism needs more of. I shared something connected to this idea here: