The three newsrooms shared awards for our coverage of the 2022 mass shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde.
We’re testing using AI-powered tools to provide an audio version of this story. While this audio recording is machine-generated, the story was written by human journalists.The Texas Tribune, ProPublica and FRONTLINE are the recipients of two national awards for our coverage of the aftermath of the 2022 mass shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde .
“Our children deserve better than to grow up in a country where an 18-year-old has easy access to a weapon that belongs on the battlefield, not in a classroom,” Garland said. “And communities across the country, and the law enforcement officers who protect them, deserve better than to be forced to respond to one horrific mass shooting after another. But that is the terrible reality that we face.
Garland’s comments and call to immediately prioritize active shooter training across the country were the first public acknowledgment by a government official that some children and teachers would have survived if law enforcement had acted quickly. They also validated our finding about the astounding dearth of such instruction across the country.for this coverage.
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