In order to proceed with the reporting you must evaluate what your newpaper's boundaries are. There isn't any law (which is odd) that the name of a child can not be printed in connection with an arson attack or murder and there is also nothing that says you can't give personal information about victims and their families.
As far as the bottle goes I would immediately turn it into police. You might be able to get more information about them. Get the information out of this reporter, have them finish writing the story and fire them. You do not want your journalists tampering with evidence...that's a sketchy business.
For crazy Bob, I'd let that be for a minute. This story could be more developed, interesting and important once the big fire story is out of the way.
'JM' is a a sticky situation. I don't feel comfortable printing the name of someone under 16 until they have actually been tried but in a small town with enough positive and reliable sources, it may be the best and most sensible thing to do here.
No comments:
Post a Comment