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Articles tagged police (4)

Danielle K. BrownMay 6, 2024

Media coverage of campus protests tends to focus on the spectacle rather than the substance

“There are commercial reasons why some newsrooms focus on the spectacle and confrontation — the old journalism adage of ‘if it bleeds, it leads’ still prevails in many newsroom decisions…But it is a decision that delegitimizes protest aims.”

Danielle K. BrownApril 19, 2021

Being skeptical of sources is a journalist’s job — but it doesn’t always happen when those sources are the police

As a scholar who researches media coverage of police and protests, I believe Toledo’s death exposes a blind spot in journalism: a tendency to go with the “police said” narrative without outwardly questioning if it is right.

Wendi C. ThomasJune 10, 2020

Police have been spying on black reporters and activists for years. I know because I’m one of them.

I learned during a police surveillance trial that the Memphis Police Department spied on me and three other journalists.

Laura Hazard OwenJune 1, 2020

U.S. police have attacked journalists at least 140 times since May 28

“Although in some incidents it is possible the journalists were hit or affected accidentally, in the majority of the cases we have recorded the journalists are clearly identifiable as press, and it is clear that they are being deliberately targeted.”