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Southwest Journalist
The Student News Site of Dow Jones News Fund Center for Editing Excellence

Southwest Journalist
Craig Garnett, publisher and editor of The Uvalde Leader-News.

Uvalde Leader-News publisher speaks about covering tragic shooting one year later

ETHAN THOMAS, Southwest Journalist
June 2, 2023
President Joe Biden speaks about the latest round of mass shootings, from the East Room of the White House in Washington. Biden is attempting to increase pressure on Congress to pass stricter gun limits after such efforts failed following past outbreaks.

Biden addresses nation, Congress about gun violence after Uvalde and Tulsa (Video)

ZEKE MILLER and WILL WEISSERT, Associated Press
June 2, 2022
Texas state Sen. Roland Gutierrez speaks during a news conference at a town square in Uvalde, Texas, June 2. Gutierrez said the commander at the scene of a shooting at Robb Elementary School was not informed of panicked 911 calls from inside the school building.

Uvalde Police Department unaware of incoming 911 calls

JAY REEVES and JAKE BLEIBERG, Associated Press
June 2, 2022
State Sen. Roland Gutierrez, D-San Antonio, whose district includes Uvalde, interrupted a news conference held by Texas Gov. Greg Abbott at Uvalde High School on May 27, 2022, to ask the governor to bring the Legislature back for a special session to address gun violence.

Sen. Roland Gutierrez upset over being left off Uvalde shooting response committee

JAMES BARRAGÁN, The Texas Tribune
June 2, 2022
Thousands of roses and handwritten notes, hundreds of candles and dozens of stuffed animals surround a fountain in the center of Uvalde’s Town Square on May 29, 2022.

New Texas mental health youth program fails to reach Uvalde before shooting

KAREN BROOKS HARPER, The Texas Tribune
June 2, 2022
Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee, D-Texas, voices her support of Democratic gun control measures with pictures of victims from the Uvalde mass shooting behind her. The legislation, called the Protecting Our Kids Act, was added to the legislative docket after mass shootings in Texas and New York last week.

Congress split on gun laws, despite recent mass shootings (Timeline)

KEVIN FREKING, Associated Press
June 2, 2022
A back door at Robb Elementary School, where a gunman entered through to get into a classroom in last week's shooting, is seen in the distance in Uvalde, May 30.

Texas police: Uvalde school door shut, didn’t lock before attack

JIM VERTUNO, Associated Press
June 1, 2022
Jolean Olvedo, left, weeps while being comforted by her partner Natalia Gutierrez at a memorial for Robb Elementary School students and teachers who were killed in last week's school shooting in Uvalde, Texas, Tuesday, May 31.

Mourners say goodbye to Uvalde teacher and her husband

ADRIANA GOMEZ LICON and JAY REEVES, Associated Press
June 1, 2022
FILE - Crime scene tape surrounds Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, May 25. When the gunman arrived at the school, he hopped its fence and easily entered through an unlocked back door, police said. He holed himself up in a fourth-grade classroom where he killed the children and teachers.

Uvalde students and staff not returning to Robb Elementary School after deadly shooting

MARÍA MÉNDEZ, Texas Tribune
June 1, 2022
Ricky Freitag sits in his father-in-law’s office in Uvalde. He said of hunting for sport in the area: “That’s always been the culture here.”

Gun ownership ingrained in Uvalde’s culture; some rethinking regulations

BRIAN LOPEZ, Texas Tribune
June 1, 2022
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, right, talks with news reporters during a round table talk in his office at the Texas Capitol, Wednesday, June 3, 2015, in Austin, Texas. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

Gov. Abbott responds to Uvalde shooting with school safety, police training, special committee

PATRICK SVITEK, Texas Tribune
June 1, 2022
A tree in front of a school building with an American flag and yellow crime scene tape.

Uvalde school police chief blamed for slow response to mass shooting (Video)

ADRIANA GOMEZ LICON and JAMIE STENGLE, Associated Press
May 31, 2022
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