Maryland shooting: Newsrooms in U.S. hold moment of silence victims
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read more at6 newsrooms across the country paused thursday to observe a moment of silence for five employees of a maryland newspaper who were killed a week ago in one of the deadliest attacks on journalists in u.s. history1 the staff traditionally convenes meetings by clanging a bell and hutzell said the act has taken on a new meaning1 every time we ring that bell were going to think about our friends hutzell said1 the american society of news editors and the associated press media editors asked newsrooms around the globe to join in a remembrance of the dead and many did1 the capital gazette staff paused sombrely at 233 p.m. as editor rick hutzell rang a bell for each person who died at the annapolis paper exactly seven days earlier the baltimore sun reported1 we live right next door so it just hit us hard because its so close to home way too close to home and its tragic. everyone in the community knew these people and it just shouldnt happen like that she said1 in louisville kentucky the newsroom at the courier journal fell silent in memory of the victims after executive editor joel christopher read the names of the dead1 they paid a high price for doing what we do he said1 in the newsroom of the virginian-pilot in norfolk virginia the vigil was accompanied by the names of the five victims being read aloud according to reporter jane harper1 about a dozen people held hands and prayed next to a memorial near the building where the shootings happened. cheryl starr and her son sam came to pay their respects1