25th Anniversary Coverage

 
 

 

The 25th anniversary of the deaths in Jonestown last year generated more press coverage about Peoples Temple than any year since 1978. The following is a listing of articles which are available on the web.

California Newspapers

Contra Costa Times

Memorial serves as a tribute to mass deaths, by Mike Adamick

http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/cctimes/news/local/states/california/counties/alameda_county/cities_neighborhoods/montclair/7317630.htm

Los Angeles Times

Hell's 25-Year Echo: The Jonestown Mass Suicide, by Tim Reiterman

http://www.rickross.com/reference/jonestown/jonestown29.html

Oakland Tribune

25 years after the horror of Jonestown, by Jill Tucker and Jason Dearen

http://www.oaklandtribune.com/Stories/0,1413,82~30235~1770912,00.html

Oakland Tribune

Jonestown at 25

http://www.oaklandtribune.com/Stories/0,1413,82%257E30235%257E,00.html

Oakland Tribune

Erin Ryan wants father to be appreciated, by Jason Dearen

http://www.rickross.com/reference/jonestown/jonestown25.html

San Diego Union Tribune

25 years after Jonestown deaths, couple are committed to bringing to light disaster's complexities and shades of gray, by Sandi Dolbee

http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/features/20031116-9999_mz1c16jnestn.html

San Diego Union Tribune

Survivors' perspectives differ, by Sandi Dolbee

http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/features/20031117-9999_mz1c16surviv.html

San Francisco Chronicle

Jonestown began here, by Marshall Kilduff

http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2003/11/18/EDGUA33UMD1.DTL

San Francisco Chronicle

Jonestown and City Hall slayings eerily linked in time and memory

Both events continue to haunt city a quarter century later, by Richard Rapaport

http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2003/11/16/INGEM3070J1.DTL

San Francisco Chronicle

JONESTOWN - 25 Years Later - How spiritual journey ended in destruction - Jim Jones led his flock to death in jungle, by Don Lattin

http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2003/11/18/MNG3Q34KD11.DTL

http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi%3Ff%3D/c/a/2003/11/18/JONESTOWN.TMP

San Francisco Chronicle

Jackie Speier -- moving on, moving up: Survivor of Jonestown ambush plans run for lieutenant governor, by Vicki Haddock

http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2003/11/16/INGEM3070L1.DTL

San Francisco Chronicle

Pondering the pain: Some survivors at Jonestown memorial don't discuss it much, but none has forgotten, by Pia Sarkar

http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2003/11/19/BAGBD35L451.DTL

San Francisco Chronicle

Peoples Temple tragedy haunts African American community

Many who recall the church say it could happen again, by Dave Ford

http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2003/11/23/MNGG13938I1.DTL

San Francisco Chronicle

Former reporter's book knits together S.F.'s twin tragedies of 1978, by Kathleen Sullivan

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2003/11/28/WBGB63A0S51.DTL

San Jose Mercury News

Remembering Jonestown Massacre, by Peter Delevett

http://www.rickross.com/reference/jonestown/jonestown20.html

Santa Rosa Press Democrat

The day they 'stepped across', by Mike Geniella

http://www.rickross.com/reference/jonestown/jonestown27.html

Ukiah Daily Journal

Jonestown massacre - 25 years later, by Dana Yates

http://www.rickross.com/reference/jonestown/jonestown21.html

AP

Jonestown Massacre Memory Fades in Guyana, by Bert Wilkinson

http://www.rickross.com/reference/jonestown/jonestown24.html

AP

Jonestown Tragedy Mourned, 25 Years Later, by Michelle Locke

http://www.rickross.com/reference/jonestown/jonestown23.html

AP

Remembering the Guyana tragedy, by Lester Kinsolving

http://wnd.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=35649

Broadcast Media

NPR

http://www.npr.org/display_pages/features/feature_1009317.html

(Transcript ordering info; type in "Jonestown, Guyana"; make sure date of search includes 11/18/78) http://www.npr.org/transcripts/story.html

CNN

Laura Johnston Kohl Transcript of interview, 11/18/2003

http://www.rickross.com/reference/jonestown/jonestown22.html

KPFA (Berkeley)

(Description of of hour long program, Sunday Salon on KPFA Radio, 11/16/03)

http://www.sundaysalon.org/archives.asp

KPFA (Audio)

http://mp3.sundaysalon.org/MP3/ss031116hr1.mp3

KGO - TV

Jonestown Leader's Son Talks About Anniversary

http://abclocal.go.com/kgo/news/assignment7/111803_assign7_jonestown_jim_jr.html

National media

Chicago Sun-Times

Brief sojourn to hell still vivid 25 years later, by Michael Sneed

http://www.rickross.com/reference/jonestown/jonestown28.html

Miami Herald

Dreadful day in Jonestown remembered, by Mohamed Hamaludin

http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/living/7268534.htm

Indianapolis Star

Former People's Temple building is open to possibilities, by John Strauss

http://www.rickross.com/reference/jonestown/jonestown17.html

Richmond, Indiana Palladium

Journalist shot at airstrip says Jones wielded great power, by Rachel Sheeley

http://www.rickross.com/reference/jonestown/jonestown18.html

Richmond, Indiana Palladium

Former local newspaperman recalls interviews, events, by Dick Reynolds

http://www.rickross.com/reference/jonestown/jonestown19.html

Raleigh North Carolina News Observer

Jonestown anniversary little recognized in Guyana, by Bert Wilkinson (AP)

http://newsobserver.com/24hour/world/story/1058463p-7428234c.html (no longer available without payment)

Seattle Post-Intelligencer

Jones disciple recovers from, recalls painful past, by Mike Lewis

http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/148941_jonestown19.html

International

The Sunday Times

http://www.sundaytimes.news.com.au/printpage/0,5942,7901942,00.html (may no longer be available)

Caribbean News Network

Relatives mark 25th anniversary of Jonestown Massacre

http://www.caribbeannetnews.com/2003/11/20/jonestown.htm

Jehovah's Witness commentary

http://www.jehovahswitnessonline.com/viewtopic.php?t=3131

Subsequent articles

He lived to tell, by Paul VanDeCarr, The Advocate, 11/25/2003

http://www.rickross.com/reference/jonestown/jonestown30.html

Tim Stoen run for Senate (in Times Standard [Contra Costa?])

http://www.times-standard.com/Stories/0,1413,127~2896~1811426,00.html (may no longer be available)

Tim Stoen's story, by Keith Easthouse

http://www.northcoastjournal.com/092503/ed0925.html

Personal remembrances

Jeff Brailey: http://jonestown_remembered.tripod.com

 

 

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