No mugshot exploitation here: the New Haven Independent aims to respect the reputations of those arrested in the community it covers

Skills

Newsworthiness
Reducing Bias

Citation

Wang, S. (2017, February 14). No mugshot exploitation here: The New Haven Independent aims to respect the reputations of those arrested in the community it covers. Nieman Lab.

The article details steps that the New Haven Independent takes to ensure its crime reporting is ethical and valuable to the community. Those steps include refusing to publish mugshots or the name of people accused of most crimes.

Link: https://www.niemanlab.org/2017/02/no-mugshot-exploitation-here-the-new-haven-independent-aims-to-respect-the-reputations-of-those-arrested-in-the-community-it-covers/

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Topics: Arrests and Allegations Mugshots Themes: Story Selection Stylistic Choices Skills: Newsworthiness Reducing Bias