Tuesday, April 23, 2013

Exactly how 'The Boston Globe' Protected It is Own Town Under Stress

Feed: Mashable
Posted on: Tuesday, April 23, 2013 23:28
Author: Seth Fiegerman
Subject: How 'The Boston Globe' Covered Its Own City Under Siege

 

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Caleb Solomon knew something big had happened when he heard The Boston Globe's newsroom fill up with noise. Like many of today's newsrooms, The Globe's tends to be relatively quiet, but that changed last Monday immediately after two bombs exploded at the Boston Marathon's finish line.

"All of the sudden, I could see out of my office that people were starting to cluster and make noises: 'Oh my god!' 'What's going on?'" said Solomon, who is the managing editor of The Globe's digital operations. "Very quickly, we realized something bad was happening and we changed gears to cover it."

The top priority for those in the newsroom at that moment was to make sure all of The Globe's reporters and photographers on the ground were accounted for. Prior to the explosion, The Globe had 20-30 reporters covering the race, which is always one of the biggest news events of the year for the publication. A handful of other reporters were competing in the marathon. Fortunately, none of the staff had been injured in the blast and some had already jumped into action to report on it.

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