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Jun 11 2004

Even Without Malice, Errors Still Hurt

A Journalist Recalls the Reporting of Her Daughter's Death

By Jenny Wishart

Reporters may have felt they didn’t want to intrude, but far from a closed and hushed house between Sheona’s death and her funeral, it was literally an open house.

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A 40-page guide to help journalists, photojournalists and editors report on violence while protecting both victims and themselves.

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Covering Children & Trauma

When children are victims of violence, journalists have a responsibility to report the truth with compassion and sensitivity.

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