Naomi Starobin

It’s been a month since a shooter killed 20 schoolchildren, 6 school staff, his mother and himself in Newtown, Connecticut. I coordinated WSHU Public Radio coverage of the shootings and the aftermath.  Though we had covered our share of crises -- severe weather, industrial accidents -- this event touched us and challenged our 9-person newsroom in new ways.  I hope our experience can be helpful to other news directors.

Ten things I learned from covering the Newtown shootings:

Ashley Milne-Tyte, who's name you probably recognize from her work on Marketplace (she's now an independent producer), has written this thought-provoking essay about daily news. Click here to read her blog post, in which she says "I came away with the feeling that daily radio news has acquired a bit of a bad rap, and I think that's a shame."

Your thoughts?