Three Months Later: Lessons from Lewiston

In 2023, there were more mass shootings in the U.S. than days in the year, including the tragedy that took 18 lives in Lewiston, Maine, on October 25.

Evermore tragically, that trend is likely to continue. So how do we prepare as journalists, media managers, health professionals, crisis communicators, community leaders, and citizens? How do we respond in the immediate aftermath, and in the months and years to follow? These and many more questions will be explored at…

THREE MONTHS LATER: REFLECTING ON LESSONS FROM LEWISTON, AND PREPARING FOR THE NEXT MASS SHOOTING AN EMERSON COLLEGE COMMUNITY DISCUSSION

Panelists:

• Beth Germano, Senior Reporter at WBZ-TV, who covered the Lewiston shootings
• Gerry Wardwell, Assistant News Director at WCVB-TV, who was responsible for dispatching journalists over many days’ coverage and editor for their content that aired
• Daniel Kool, Boston Globe reporter
• Jessie Quintero Johnson, trauma therapist and Associate Professor of Health & Social Change
• Naa Amponsah Dodoo, Marketing Communication Associate Professor and Media Psychology Program Coordinator
• Moderated by Lu Ann Reeb, Chair, Journalism Department

Open to all members of the Emerson College community. For more information, please contact soc@emerson.edu.