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Readers Respond: Ought newspapers delay reporting names in fatal accidents for 24 hours?
A couple of weeks ago I wrote blog post discussing an editorial from a western Nebraska paper explaining why the staff had decided to delay publishing the names of people killed in accidents for 24 hours to try to make … Continue reading
Posted in Chapter 14
Tagged ethics, journalism ethics, News and Names
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Ought newspapers delay reporting names in fatal accidents for 24 hours?
The Scottsbluff, Nebraska Star-Herald announced a new policy in an editorial of delaying reporting the names in fatal accidents for 24 hours. The editors are concerned that extended family members, such as aunts, uncles and grandparents, might find out first … Continue reading
Posted in Chapter 14
Tagged ethics, journalism ethics, News and Names
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