Covering violence: a report on a conference on violence and the young. (includes related articles and lists of the conference speakers and Casey Journalism Center's fellowship recipients)

Stories about crime and violence dominate the freshs but the stories oftentimes don't go much beyond material substance counts. As a result, the media face increasing criticism for lurid coverage that put out of humors public fear about runaway crime. Against that backdrop, the Casey Journalism Center for Children and Families conven a colloquy to help journalists take a more comprehensive await at the causes and ends of increasing violence by way of and against children and youths. Thirty print and broadcast journalists worn out a week in intensive discussions with 40 quicks at the conference upon ...