What does it look like when reporters don’t question anything? When they trust too much?
This: Continue reading
Category Archives: Crime
When social media stings
It was a great lede (or, since some have complained, lead): small town pastoralism meets sexy social media in The New York Times:
Doesn’t matter what we call “them” or “black people”
There’s continued talk about how we refer to members of certain races and ethnicity in the news. But I’m here to say that it doesn’t matter what journalists call black people if they continue to tell the same types of stories about “them.” Continue reading
What are the meanings (and effects) of color in crime news?
I’m still trying to figure this out, so if you have ideas for answers, please let me know.
I am interested in how news media use color to depict crime. Continue reading
I’m from “here”: What do geographic identifiers mean?
Has geographic location become the new racial identifier? Take a look at this story.