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[IN THE NEWS] [TWO TRAGEDIES]

Covering tragedies two ways

Coverage of two tragedies raised questions about whether the News & Observer pays more attention to some people and not others.

A story about a car-truck collision that killed five people, all with Hispanic surnames, ran at the bottom of Page 1B. The arrest of a white man in the killing of his wife in a comfortable suburb ran at the top of Page 1A, along with a four-column picture of the man.

Why the difference in coverage and placement? One simplistic explanation, according to N&O Public Editor Ted Vaden, is reader interest -- the domestic murder case was one of the best-read stories on the paper's Web site that week. A reporter noted that the murder story had had unusual elements that made it newsworthy, the types of things that do not come up in a typical domestic dispute.

The N&O did do some follow-up coverage on the accident, resulting in what Vaden calls a nicely crafted narrative on the front page that gave readers a fuller appreciation of the five lost lives.

Ted Vaden in The News & Observer


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NPR's five-minute newscasts get more exposure than any NPR show, creating a great deal of journalistic responsibility to achieve balance. Alicia C. Shepard on National Public Radio
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Turns out the "monster pig" seen 'round the world wasn't so big after all – it was a case of old-fashioned camera trickery. Derek Donovan in The Kansas City Star
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An editor takes pride in his ability to spot "turf" mail but says it's "often akin to playing third base in the dark." Joyce Hoffmann in The Virginian-Pilot

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