By Chris Wadsworth
The News-Press
Published on 7/23/2004
Excerpt:
Al Tompkins, a journalism instructor at The Poynter Institute in St. Petersburg, agrees the alligator attack is an important story for Southwest Florida, but questions its relevance to audiences in other states and countries.
“Coverage of these types of attacks out of context makes us afraid of the wrong things,” Tompkins said. “It’s the boogieman effect.”
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