Business journalists are members of communities across the world. That often is forgotten.
Mara Klecker of the Minneapolis Star Tribune writes, “Kristen Painter, business editor for the Minnesota Star Tribune, has a second-grade daughter and a preschool son who attend the school. Her son was sick and stayed home from school on Wednesday. After dropping her daughter off and getting to work, Painter got word of the shooting.
“‘It sounds so cliché, but it’s your worst nightmare,’ she said. ‘You live the worst of that nightmare until you see your child, but then it’s like you’re still trying to wake up.’
“Painter rushed to the school and was brought into the basement gymnasium with other parents to reunite with their children. Many students were crying, Painter said, while others were silent and looked terrified. They said children and teachers dropped to the ground during the shooting, taking cover under the pews. Painter’s daughter told her mom that the church is ruined and she is scared to go back. ‘She had come home from the first day of school on Monday so excited,’ Painter said. Painter said the school’s strong sense of community and connection to the south Minneapolis neighborhood is the reason she and her husband chose it. But Painter also remembers thinking: Were there additional safety concerns for a religious school?
“‘I don’t blame the school,’ Painter said, adding that she felt the school followed safety protocols and communicated well with families.”
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