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How The Huffington Post is mapping news reports of gun-related deaths

Al Tompkins — Tue, 26 Mar 2013 13:02:11 +0000

The Huffington Post has compiled and mapped news reports of gun-related homicides and accidental deaths in the U.S. since the school shooting in Newtown, Conn.

For 98 days, a team of Huffington Post researchers scanned news reports from around the … Read more

AP stylebook adds entry on mental illness

Julie Moos — Thu, 07 Mar 2013 19:39:08 +0000

AP Stylebook | NAB
The Associated Press has introduced guidance on how to use information about mental illness in coverage. “Do not describe an individual as mentally ill unless it is clearly pertinent to a story and the diagnosis is … Read more

Programmers explain how to turn data into journalism & why that matters

Jeff Sonderman — Thu, 10 Jan 2013 15:20:52 +0000

By now you’ve heard about how The Journal News of Westchester County, N.Y., published the names and addresses of thousands of local gun permit holders.

And you’ve heard that many gun owners felt The Journal News was either insulting their … Read more

New York politicians will push for law to keep handgun records secret

Andrew Beaujon — Fri, 04 Jan 2013 16:10:13 +0000

The Journal News | USA Today | NBC Connecticut
New York state Sen. Greg Ball and Assemblyman Steve Katz said at a press conference Thursday they want a law making information about handgun permits confidential.

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Mental health reporters say Newtown shooting coverage shows progress

Andrew Beaujon — Thu, 03 Jan 2013 12:59:56 +0000

When I looked at the state of reporting on mental-health issues after the Newtown, Conn., shootings, I saw a forbidding landscape. John Head sees improvement. When he started reporting on mental health for the Atlanta Journal-Constitution at the turn … Read more

Local journalists balance compassion, community service in coverage of Newtown shooting aftermath

Julie Moos — Thu, 27 Dec 2012 15:06:58 +0000

Sandy Hook Elementary students are scheduled to resume classes a week from today, at a new location near Newtown, Conn., after 26 children and staff were killed at their school earlier this month.

Journalists descended on the small town to … Read more

Newspaper publishes names, addresses of gun owners

Julie Moos — Wed, 26 Dec 2012 13:24:45 +0000

The Journal News honored victims of the Newtown, Conn., shooting on its front page Christmas Day with memorial candles that named the 26 students and staff killed at Sandy Hook Elementary. The paper chose a less lyrical approach last weekend… Read more

Factcheck: NRA blames media for gun violence

Andrew Beaujon and Julie Moos — Fri, 21 Dec 2012 19:41:56 +0000

At a Friday “press conference” (no questions were allowed), National Rifle Association Executive Vice President Wayne LaPierre provided the gun lobby’s explanation for the shooting deaths of 28 people a week ago today in Newtown, Conn. Among LaPierre’s culprits: the … Read more

When to go fast, when to go slow on social media

Jeff Sonderman — Thu, 20 Dec 2012 13:32:05 +0000

Reuters | Nieman Lab
Ben Walsh writes that his unfiltered Twitter stream “was basically unusable as an information source” during the Newtown school shooting.

Because he follows so many journalists and news organizations, his timeline repeated the same facts … Read more

Newtown victim’s sister: Anguished photo of her ‘kills’

Andrew Beaujon — Wed, 19 Dec 2012 16:06:34 +0000

New York Daily News | NowThis News | The Washington Post | GigaOM

: This photo of Carlee Soto was taken Friday, Dec. 14 by AP photojournalist Jessica Hill.

Carlee Soto told CBS the now-iconic photo of her waiting for news … Read more