Q Read this article on ethical interviewing of crime victims. Then draft a discussion board post using no fewer than 250 words about your own thoughts on the ethics of interviewing crime victims for the production of media stories. Under what circumstances should a journalist choose not to contact a victim? We sometimes see spontaneous interviews of family members and friends after major crimes such as mass shootings - where media trucks swarm a community, and begin the process of information collection. What are your thoughts on this phenomenon, and do you think the practice is ethical, why or why not?
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