By David Montero
Rocky Mountain News
Published 12/13/2007
Excerpt:
The answers aren't simple, said Bob Steele, who specializes in media
ethics at The Poynter Institute, a nonprofit foundation in St.
Petersburg, Fla., that offers journalism training.
Steele said there is a wide spectrum of people to consider when
running front-page news that features references to past killers. It's
a bit of a tightrope act, he said.
"The key is to minimize the downside and not ignore the necessary
obligation to tell important stories," Steele said. "It may be
necessary to report on a manifesto and it may be necessary to use
graphic images and it may be necessary to tell about a murderer's
background to give society an understanding of why this happened."
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