Crime, Mugshots and Takedown Requests

News Leaders Association

Crime, Mugshots and Takedown Requests: Addressing the long tail of digital crime reporting

People identified in crime news often face long-term effects that can last a lifetime. As newsrooms grapple with cultural shifts to address racism, social inequity and the damage a long-tail of publishing can cause, they're fielding an increase in requests to unpublish crime reports online. Even traditional crime reporting practices such as using mug shots are increasingly under scrutiny in newsrooms across the country.News leaders <a href="https://twitter.com/nabjprez2011" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Greg Lee Jr.</a> (The Boston Globe), <a href="https://twitter.com/chicagomargaret" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Margaret Holt</a> (The Chicago Tribune), <a href="https://twitter.com/aligerb" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Alison Gerber</a> (Chattanooga Times Free Press) and <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/christopher-quinn-50790115/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Chris Quinn</a> (Cleveland.com) will share their newsrooms’ editorial policies and the philosophies driving them — including managing requests to remove, de-index or alter "the first draft of history."Deborah Dwyer, a fellow with the Reynolds Journalism Institute <a href="https://www.rjionline.org/account/profile/4394" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">working on tools to help newsrooms address unpublishing</a>, will moderate the discussion and facilitate an audience Q&A.From News Leaders Association and the Reynolds Journalism Institute. The program is free to attend; <a href="https://www.newsleaders.org/donate-1" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">donations</a> will support NLA's programs. Reach out to contact@newsleaders.org with any questions.

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