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There are some important lessons we’ve learned about how the coverage of violence—especially juvenile violence—influences the way many of us think about teenagers and crime. Related Article “What Numbers Can…

336% = the percentage increase in coverage of homicide on NBC, ABC, and CBS nightly news between 1990 and 1995. During this time, homicide arrests dropped by 13%. 99% =…

English-Language Newspapers May Have Been Too Timid, Even Collaborated

The Black Press Relives Its Own Horrors and Seeks Justice

Televising the Truth and Reconciliation Commission

How Journalists Tell These Stories Depends on Who They Are and Where They Work

Lifting the Veil of Secrecy

In therapy sessions, children use art to describe their lives. “Children in a Violent Society,” Edited by Joy D. Osofsky, The Guilford Press.Each year in our country at least three…

A street sign bearing his name stands near the pavement where he was slain, a monument to the seven-year-old boy who started a revolution in our newsroom.On the morning of…

One of the first books I read when I was getting to know Chicago was Alex Kotlowitz’s “There Are No Children Here,” a vivid portrayal of the desperate lives of…