Arrests of U.S. Journalists Down, But Remain a Threat
Few American journalists are put on trial for doing their jobs, but that doesn't mean arrests and other threats barely exist. In fact,...
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Crime and Justice News
- Feb 9
- 1 min
Reporter Arrested For Trespassing At Ohio Gov's News Conference
A broadcast reporter was pushed to the ground, handcuffed and arrested for trespassing Wednesday while covering a news conference on the...
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Crime and Justice News
- Feb 6
- 2 min
A Call For More Responsible Storytelling on Criminal Justice
The authenticity of the narrative around criminal justice must be strengthened in order to improve the system itself, Danielo Forkkio of...
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Crime and Justice News
- Feb 3
- 2 min
Washington Post Helped Finish Slain NV Reporter's Ponzi Scheme Story
When investigative reporter Jeff German was killed in September, his colleagues at the Las Vegas Review-Journal were determined that his...
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Crime and Justice News
- Feb 2
- 5 min
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
- 2 min
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
- 3 min
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
- 2 min
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, 2022
- 1 min
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, 2022
- 2 min
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, 2022
- 3 min
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, 2022
- 2 min
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, 2022
- 3 min
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, 2022
- 1 min
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, 2022
- 2 min
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, 2022