Linked NPR Broadcasts on TLP, the Matt Shepard killing, etc.

During the trial and its aftermath, I always felt that the NPR reporters did a decent and largely balanced job of covering the Shepard murder and its aftermath when so many of the television news networks were going unhinged.  Unfortunately, the NPR audio archive no longer has a good search feature, and finding what you want can be tough.  Nevertheless, with some thorough combing through, I managed to find most of the links I was looking for!

Looking at who was covering Laramie when, I think that really nice reporter who snagged me might have been Mark Roberts, who was a regional reporter for NPR stationed out of Denver then.  Just to give credit where it's due, thanks for being a good role model for media people, Mr. Roberts! 


 For those who would like to listen to some contemporary reporting, the following broadcasts are good, required listening:

• All Things Considered, Oct. 12, 2009:  "Ten Years Later," The Matthew Shepard Story Retold
• Tell Me More, Oct. 12, 1002:  'Laramie' Producers Revisit Matthew Shepard Beating--  An interview with Greg Pierotti and Father Roger Schmit.  
  
• Weekend Edition, Oct. 12 2008:  Shepard Case Haunts Reporters 10 Years Later--  This is a nice overview of how the Shepard case affected reporters covering the case locally.  It includes interviews with Heather Feeney, Kerry Drake (a TLP interviewee) and Rob Black of the AP.
• Morning Edition, March 20, 2000: A Play on Healing-- discusses TLP as it opens in Denver, and it has interviews with Kaufman, Hilliker and a short clip of the Q&A with the cast after a performance. 
• All Things Considered, Nov. 4, 1999:  Laramie Sentencing-- McKinney gets two life sentences
  
• All Things Considered, Nov. 3, 1999: Laramie Verdict-- McKinney is convicted 
  
• Morning Edition, Oct. 11, 1999: Shepard Murder Trial-- The start of Aaron McKinney's trial.
  
• April 5, 1999:  Laramie Murder-- Russell Henderson pleads guilty to murder
  
• Weekend Edition, Oct. 17, 1998:  Matthew Shepard-- coverage of Shepard's funeral and the WBC protests there
  
• All Things Considered, Oct. 12 1998:  Wyoming Student Dies-- coverage the morning of Shepard's death 
• All Things Considered, Oct, 11, 1998:  Gay Bashing-- one of the earliest reports of Shepard's beating I can find in the archive.  Covers the arraignment of Henderson and McKinney.  

Oh, and did I index the NPR report I was interviewed for, you might ask?  Fat chance, I'm not saying: the Jackrabbit can't be caught that easily.   All I will say is that this list is not a complete list of all the reports on NPR...  ;-)