Reporter/camera man murdered.

[abaris]

While I am not using my journalism degree, I take this personally having interned in TV and worked in radio.

I have a history degree but work in journalism for the last 20 years. Sadly it's not unusual that reporters are killed. There's a campaign going on by the Committee to protect Journalists, since many of these murders go unpunished around the world. They also have statistics how many are killed every year.

https://cpj.org/campaigns/impunity/

It seemed like such a random station in a very random DMA (central VA somewhere that wasn't Richmond). Why did this go viral? Just...the world gets heartbroken at a pretty, blonde girl dying like this, or were these two special within the industry, or...? I will say I can't recall any instances of violence on reporters even though there have been.

ETA: Per an NPR report, the suspect is identified and is being pursued.

It goes viral because fellow journalists can relate. It's on the same lines as cops identifying with a cop being killed.