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Scenario

When journalism teams disagree on death penalty coverage approaches

My journalism team is covering a high-profile death penalty case and we're struggling with how to report on it because some of us think we should focus on the legal proceedings while others want to examine the broader systemic issues and we keep clashing over what angle serves the public interest. Our editor wants us to find consensus but we're approaching this from completely different frameworks about what journalism should do.

More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Professional obligation becomes contested when team members hold different theories about media responsibility in cases involving life and death.

Your guide for this
Juana
Juana works with people navigating exactly this kind of situation.
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with The death penalty — all perspectives?”

Peri

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