Associated Press' Best Practices For Media Justice Coverage
The Associated Press Stylebook, which many U.S. news organizations rely on for guidance on best practices, has published a revised...
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Crime and Justice News Archive
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Crime and Justice News
Jun 32 min read
How True Crime Podcasts Like 'Serial' Affected Justice System
In 1966, Truman Capote’s In Cold Blood created the true crime genre. Nearly 50 years later, radio journalist Sarah Koenig decided the...
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Crime and Justice News
May 92 min read
TV Coverage Of Philadelphia Shootings Lacks Context: Study
Victims whose shootings were covered on local television news in Philadelphia were younger, more likely to be children and were more...
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Crime and Justice News
May 72 min read
Detention Of Independent Journalist At UCLA Protest Draws Criticism
Legal experts and press organizations are criticizing the detention of an independent journalist, along with a prominent police critic at...
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Crime and Justice News
May 71 min read
Stories Examining Crime And Justice Garner Pulitzers, Including Two By Small Chicago Non-Profit
A number of stories touching on the criminal legal system won Pulitzer Prizes on Monday. The Washington Post won the prize for national...
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Crime and Justice News
May 51 min read
Houston Journalist Suspended For Posting Photo Holding Gun
A reporter for the local independent publication Houston Landing was suspended for posting a photo on his private Instagram account...
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Crime and Justice News
Apr 302 min read
A Pandemic Shortage Of Law Enforcement Transparency
Many news organizations covering police and crime news are finding it more difficult to gather information as police departments are...
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Crime and Justice News
Apr 172 min read
Media Has Limited Access To Trump Criminal Trial Due To Restrictive NY Law
It’s a moment in history — the first U.S. president facing criminal chargesin an American courtroom. Yet only a handful of observers are...
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Crime and Justice News
Apr 102 min read
Florida Woman Sentenced For Stealing, Selling Biden Family Diary
A Florida woman was sentenced Tuesday to a month in prison and three months of home confinement for stealing and selling Joe Biden’s...
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Crime and Justice News
Apr 42 min read
Kansas Newspaper Publisher Sues Officials Over Police Raid
The publisher of a Kansas newspaper raided by police in August is suing officials involved in the move, accusing them of retaliating...
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Crime and Justice News
Mar 212 min read
Fake Crime Stories On Website Generate GoFundMe Donations
A tragic story appeared this month on NewsBreak, a website that aggregates local news from across the country. The writer reported on a...
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Crime and Justice News
Mar 202 min read
California Police Department To Place Lego Heads Over Suspects' Faces After State Mug Shot Prohibition
Starting this year, California lawmakers have largely prohibited police departments from posting mug shots of nonviolent suspects or of...
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Crime and Justice News
Mar 42 min read
TV Reporter Herridge Held In Contempt For Not Revealing Source
A federal judge held investigative reporter Catherine Herridge in civil contempt for refusing to divulge her source for a series of Fox...
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Crime and Justice News
Feb 192 min read
Growing Sinclair TV Chain Features Crime, Drug Coverage
Every year, local television news stations owned by Sinclair Broadcasting survey viewers to help guide the year’s coverage. A key...
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Crime and Justice News
Feb 191 min read
Polk Awards Given For Criminal Justice Reporting
ProPublica won three George Polk Awards in journalism on Monday, including for its coverage of Supreme Court justices’ ethics, Now in...
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Crime and Justice News
Feb 131 min read
Kansas Reporter Sues Officials, City Over Raid On Newspaper
A reporter for a weekly Kansas newspaper that police raided last year filed a federal lawsuit Tuesday against local officials, saying the...
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Crime and Justice News
Feb 72 min read
Commentary: Noticeable Lack of Journalist Reporting On The Police Beat
Across the country, the relationship between police and reporters has broken down. While there are no hard numbers, there is a broad...
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Crime and Justice News
Feb 12 min read
How The Garrison Project Promotes Criminal Justice Reporting
The Garrison Project has produced 48 stories about criminal justice issues in a bit more than two years. “Building an audience to a...
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Crime and Justice News
Jan 282 min read
'Dateline NBC' Dominates Podcast Market With True Crime Stories
In 2019, veteran TV newscaster Keith Morrison, on a "Dateline NBC" podcast, told the disturbing tale of Pamela Hupp, a Midwestern...
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Crime and Justice News
Jan 221 min read
Colo. Man Steals 200 Papers With Report On Sex Case At Chief's Home
A Ridgway, Colo., man was cited on suspicion of petty theft in connection with the theft of more than 200 printed copies of this week’s...
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