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  • Tampa Bay Times will stop publishing mug shot galleries

    06/15/2020 1:59:21 PM PDT · by Altura Ct. · 43 replies
    MSN ^ | 6/15/20
    The Tampa Bay Times announced Monday it will no longer publish mug shot galleries of arrests made in the newspaper's circulation area, with the executive editor saying the photo collections "serve little journalistic purpose." "The galleries lack context and further negative stereotypes," said Tampa Bay Times Executive Editor Mark Katches. "We think the data is an important resource that our newsroom will continue to analyze and watch carefully, but the galleries alone serve little journalistic purpose." Katches said the paper, which is owned by the Poynter Institute, will still publish individual mug shots with stories when arrests have been made....