At war with nature : coverage of natural disaster fatalities -- Death rites interrupted : responsibility and remembrance in coverage of the Tri-State Crematory scandal and Hurricane Katrina -- Who speaks for the dead? Authority and authenticity in news coverage of the Amish school shootings -- Life and death in a small town : cultural values and memory in community newspaper obituaries -- "It takes a sinner to appreciate the blinding glare of grace" : redeeming the "dark" celebrity -- "We can't keep losing our kids" : fear, blame, and mourning in press coverage of teen deaths -- Mourning "men joined in peril and purpose" : working-class heroism in news report of the Sago miners' story -- "Portraits of grief" and stories that heal : the public funeral for victims of September 11 -- Reporting on "a grieving army of Americans" : citizen testimony in the misremembering of Ronald Reagan -- "All the fellows that went on before me" : tribute, memory, and counter-memory among veterans of "the good war".