Galsworthy Criminal Justice Reform Program

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Shifting how journalists talk about people in prison

“‘Instead of reporting in a way that exposes the tragedy of prison violence, we get headlines like, ‘Convicted rapist stabbed to death,’ he explains. ‘The media presents the victim as if he could only be the crime he was convicted of. It happens all the time, over and over again’.“

Columbia Journalism Review

January 22, 2019