October 18, 2018In 2018, we told you about how The Plain Dealer in Cleveland1 was rethinking its practices: reducing its use of mugshots, not naming those arrested for minor crimes, and allowing people to request their information be removed from old stories in some cases. And now the movement is gathering speed.
On Friday, The Boston Globe announced a new program called “Fresh Start: Revisiting the Past for a Better Future”:
Following the nationwide reckoning on racial justice, the Globe is looking inward at its own practices and how they have affected communities of color. As we update how we cover the news, we are also working to better understand how some stories can have a lasting negative impact on someone’s ability to move forward with their lives.