By Jocelyn Noveck
The Associated Press
Published 12/18/2007
Excerpt:
It's a tricky enterprise, says journalism ethics teacher
Bob Steele, to
achieve the proper balance in covering such crimes. But he believes the
names are important. "The public deserves to know the name of Robert
Hawkins," says Steele, of
The Poynter Institute in Florida. "To speak
of a person as a nondescript, unnamed gunman doesn't work — it can lead
to rumor and falsehoods. So we should print the name, but we shouldn't
report the story in a way that elevates that person."
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