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Adam Ward

A picture of the slain journalists at a memorial outside of WDBJ7

How do you talk about a gunman who wants to go viral (and knows how)?

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The disgruntled former employee who shot and killed two reporters live on air Wednesday morning wanted his crime to go viral. Knowing that, how should we talk about it on social media?

Virginia shooting memorial

For me, there’s no shock at ‘America’s first social media murder’

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Reporters Alison Parker and Adam Ward were killed Wednesday morning

Update: Virginia police order BBC journalists to delete footage of suspected shooter’s crash

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