Comments on: Columbine: Review http://www.upstart.net.au/columbine/ the magazine for emerging journalists Sat, 20 Mar 2010 23:34:28 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: gmdavis http://www.upstart.net.au/columbine/comment-page-1/#comment-347 gmdavis Thu, 26 Nov 2009 17:37:41 +0000 http://www.upstart.net.au/?p=3434#comment-347 On Nov. 21, 2008, the Harris and Klebold parents were sent the same letter requesting cooperation. "Your stories have yet to be fully told, and I view your help as an issue of historical significance," it said. "In 10 years, there have been no major, mainstream books on Columbine. This will be the first, and it may be the only one." The letter came not from Mr. Cullen but from Jeff Kass, whose Columbine: A True Crime Story, published by the small Ghost Road Press, preceded Columbine by a couple of weeks. "Mr. Kass, whose tough account is made even sadder by the demise of The Rocky Mountain News in which his Columbine coverage appeared, has also delivered an intensive Columbine overview. Some of the issues he raises and information he digs up go unnoticed by Mr. Cullen." --Janet Maslin, New York Times "A decade after the most dramatic school massacre in American history, Jeff Kass applies his considerable reporting talents to exploring the mystery of how two teens could have planned and carried out such gruesome acts without their own family and best friends knowing about it. Actually, there were important clues, but they were missed or downgraded both by those who knew the boys best and by public officials who came in contact with them. An engrossing and cautionary tale for everyone who cares about how to prevent kids from going bad." -------Ted Gest, President, Criminal Justice Journalists On Nov. 21, 2008, the Harris and Klebold parents were sent the same letter requesting cooperation. “Your stories have yet to be fully told, and I view your help as an issue of historical significance,” it said. “In 10 years, there have been no major, mainstream books on Columbine. This will be the first, and it may be the only one.” The letter came not from Mr. Cullen but from Jeff Kass, whose Columbine: A True Crime Story, published by the small Ghost Road Press, preceded Columbine by a couple of weeks.

“Mr. Kass, whose tough account is made even sadder by the demise of The Rocky Mountain News in which his Columbine coverage appeared, has also delivered an intensive Columbine overview. Some of the issues he raises and information he digs up go unnoticed by Mr. Cullen.” –Janet Maslin, New York Times

“A decade after the most dramatic school massacre in American history, Jeff Kass applies his considerable reporting talents to exploring the mystery of how two teens could have planned and carried out such gruesome acts without their own family and best friends knowing about it. Actually, there were important clues, but they were missed or downgraded both by those who knew the boys best and by public officials who came in contact with them. An engrossing and cautionary tale for everyone who cares about how to prevent kids from going bad.” ——-Ted Gest, President, Criminal Justice Journalists

]]> By: Trevor http://www.upstart.net.au/columbine/comment-page-1/#comment-305 Trevor Mon, 23 Nov 2009 03:33:24 +0000 http://www.upstart.net.au/?p=3434#comment-305 I like Barwick's clear, succinct writing style. The review carries itself; and we come to understand the media mistakes initially made, the attempt to give a "nicely packaged explanation" as opposed to actual facts about the boys and the situation around the massacre. I like Barwick’s clear, succinct writing style. The review carries itself; and we come to understand the media mistakes initially made, the attempt to give a “nicely packaged explanation” as opposed to actual facts about the boys and the situation around the massacre.

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