Recent Streetsblog DENVER posts about Media Watch

Commentary: In Streetsblog Denver’s absence, local news has a responsibility to get out from behind the windshield

By David Sachs | Jan 31, 2022 | No Comments

Since I founded Streetsblog Denver, the city’s media landscape has shifted, at least somewhat, to question automobile dominance and the general lack of good alternatives. Hell, one-time A-Line agitator Kyle Clark is now a hero of the movement.

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Op-Ed: Hey, Reporters, Stop Blaming Crashes on the Victims

By Eve Kessler | Nov 17, 2019 | No Comments

A new academic paper argues that a shift away from the victim-blaming of most news coverage of traffic crashes involving pedestrians could improve the lackluster policy debate around vehicle violence.

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Media Watch: Local Papers Love Drivers

By Vince DiMiceli | Sep 23, 2019 | No Comments

An editorial board in a Missouri town warns that “impatient teens” are going to get themselves killed — by drivers who apparently have the right of way — if something isn’t done to solve the drop-off and pick-up problem at a local high school. Another in Oregon questions whether city buses should be allowed to control […]