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News media heeding call to limit naming perpetrators in mass shootings

  • Written by Thomas J. Hrach, Associate Professor, Department of Journalism and Strategic Media, University of Memphis
imageAt times taking their lead from police, journalists are naming shooters less often and less prominently.Brad Vest/Getty Images

The day after a man opened fire at a Collierville, Tennessee, grocery store, killing one person and wounding 13 others before turning the gun on himself, local police conducted an impromptu news conference to identify the...

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