Can Local TV News Go Beyond 'If It Bleeds, It Leads?'
Fairly or unfairly, local television newscasts long have been blamed for exaggerating Americans' fear of crime. In opinion polls,...
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Crime and Justice News
Jan 30, 20232 min read
Mass Shootings Pose Challenge to Media to Report on Broader Context
The nation's most recent mass shootings triggered a fresh round of recriminations about journalists' failures to put such incidents in...
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Crime and Justice News
Jan 13, 20233 min read
Media Coverage Of Violence Can Dehumanize Victims, Study Says
Episodic media coverage of gun violence can dehumanize victims and force them to relive their trauma while undermining support for...
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Crime and Justice News
Jan 6, 20232 min read
Phoenix Police Investigating Their Detainment Of Reporter
Phoenix police are investigating their detainment of a Wall Street Journal reporter. Weeks after the incident, Journal reporter Dion...
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Crime and Justice News
Dec 13, 20221 min read
Judge Rules MD Journalists Can Legally Broadcast Court Recordings
A federal judge handed a victory to a group of journalists and advocates who argued that Maryland’s ban on broadcasting legally obtained...
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Crime and Justice News
Dec 11, 20222 min read
British Prison Reporter, Ex-Convict Eric Allison Dies at 79
Eric Allison, a former career criminal who later wrote about prison life forThe Guardian, exposing abuses of inmates for nearly 20 years,...
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Crime and Justice News
Dec 2, 20223 min read
Can A Journalism Focus On Victims Help Reduce Gun Violence?
Newsroom veteran Jim MacMillan estimates that he reported on 2,000 shootings in 17 years as a photojournalist at the Philadelphia Daily...
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Crime and Justice News
Nov 25, 20222 min read
Fox News Crime Coverage Dropped After Midterm Vote
In the weeks leading up to the midterm elections, the message from Fox News was clear: violent crime is surging, cities are dangerous...
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Crime and Justice News
Nov 11, 20223 min read
Did News Media Exaggerate The Role Of Crime in Midterm Elections?
The news media assumed that Republican demagoguery about crime would significantly affect voters in this week's midterm elections, but...
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Crime and Justice News
Nov 7, 20221 min read
Conservative Commentators Repeat Pelosi Story That NBC Withdrew
NBC News reporter Miguel Almaguer had what seemed like a scoop on Friday about an intruder’s attack on Paul Pelosi. The curious new...
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Crime and Justice News
Nov 4, 20222 min read
New Online Tool Tells How The Media Value Missing Person Cases
If you went missing, how much press would you be “worth”? The Columbia Journalism Review unveiled a tool on Thursday that calculates the...
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Crime and Justice News
Oct 27, 20222 min read
DOJ Bans Subpoenas, Warrants, Court Orders For Media Records
The U.S. Justice Department has banned the use of subpoenas, warrants or court orders to seize reporters’ communications records or...
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Crime and Justice News
Oct 11, 20223 min read
Uncritical News Reports on Police Helps Dodge Accountability: Oliver
Television host John Oliver took a at how crime is covered by the news, particularly on the local level in the U.S. “TV news leans hard...
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Crime and Justice News
Oct 10, 20221 min read
CNN Apologizes After Reporters Enter Thai Day Care Massacre Site
CNN pulled a story on the massacre of Thai preschoolers and apologized Sunday over criticism that its journalists entered the day care...
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Crime and Justice News
Oct 7, 20222 min read
New Approaches for Gun Violence Reporting in Philadelphia
At the Philadelphia Center for Gun Violence Reporting‘s Better Gun Violence Reporting workshop last week, reporters looked for different...
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Crime and Justice News
Oct 4, 20221 min read
After 'Defunding Police' Debate, 18 Crime Shows On Prime Time
In 2020 the police killings of George Floyd and other Black people prompted many Americans to take a hard look at the police. Including...
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Crime and Justice News
Sep 29, 20221 min read
Netflix Series on Jeffrey Dahmer Re-Traumatizes Victims' Families
Netflix's new series, "Dahmer – Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story" is the latest True Crime docudrama that has topped Netflix's streaming...
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Crime and Justice News
Sep 14, 20222 min read
Killing Of Las Vegas Reporter Reflects Rising Perils to Journalists
Las Vegas Review-Journal reporter Jeff German’s articles exposed alleged bullying and favoritism within Clark County’s government, and...
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Crime and Justice News
Sep 1, 20222 min read
A&E Claims New Cop Show Stole From 'Live PD'
Two years after it canceled its "Live PD" reality show amid the police-reform protests of 2020, the parent company of A&E Network sued...
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Crime and Justice News
Aug 5, 20221 min read
Law & Justice Journalism Project Will Help Crime Journalists
The Law and Justice Journalism Project is launching to provide journalists with the skills, tools and resources they need to cover crime,...
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