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Anita Varma

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A gavel perched in front of an empty courtroom bench.
Marcellus Williams and the problem with the contingency of innocence in journalism

Reporting that this individual is “one of the good ones,” news coverage routinely suggests that the systems governing society are in place to punish the unequivocally guilty — not the innocent.

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Solidarity reporting can help the cause of public safety for marginalized communities

Solidarity news values offer important, actionable, and already-practiced alternatives, many of which originated in the Black press.