Prior Blog Posts About "Breaking News" "Breaking News Will Not Break Me" July 2012 "BREAKing News Truly Breaks" July 2012 "Identified...Not Heidi" February 2012 TOP's Tuesday: News Coverage 20 Years Later, April 2014 Helicopters, Hope, and Heidi: Part I, October 2014 Helicopters, Hope, and Heidi: Part II, October 2014 Helicopters, Hope, and Heidi: Part III "Times Have Changed", October 2014 The positives to breaking news: *21 years, 3 months, and 8 days later...the media and others still remember and care about New Haven's missing girl, Heidi Allen, and care enough to find air time and print space to share her kidnapping and the details that related to her disappearance *The public is given up-to-date information about current events with at least a nugget of truth *Some media agencies pride themselves on reporting truth with integrity and grace *Media avenues and personalities are always changing, learning, and growing in their important role *With today's social media and Internet, breaking news travels quickly *Most media reporting agencies keep the family's feelings in mind as they prepare and present their story to the public, remembering in a blink of an eye - they could be the relative, neighbor, or friend with a microphone thrust in their face to answer difficult questions in their most traumatic time What is ONE positive you thought of right away in regards to the
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