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Forum on Columbine shootings to air tomorrow

Jackson, Tenn. - "Lessons from Columbine High," a forum on the Columbine High School shootings and the media's role in that and similar situations, will air on "Jackson Tonight," tomorrow at 6:30 p.m. on TRTV. Sponsored by 51ÉçÇø's department of communication arts, the forum was taped today at Union.

Panelists include:

  • Dennis Mays, commander with the Jackson Police Department;
  • Tom Britt, anchor and managing editor of WBBJ-TV;
  • Virginia Stackens-Crump, principal of Parkview Montessori Magnet School;
  • and Janice Wood, former newspaper journalist and assistant professor of communication arts at Union.

Steve Beverly, instructor of communication arts at Union, moderated the forum.