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New Media Guide Will Provide Recommendations For Media Coverage Of Missing Persons
September 16, 2025
The tool for journalists aims to fix a long-standing blind spot in how missing persons cases are reported.
Black and Missing Foundation and Washington Association of Black Journalists Release Groundbreaking Media Guide for Reporting on Missing Persons
September 16, 2025
BAMFI, in partnership with WABJ, today announced the release of The Media Guide for Reporting on Missing Persons, a comprehensive resource designed to address long-standing disparities in media coverage of missing persons cases, especially those involving people of color.
Darcy Staniforth in Conversation with Derrica Wilson, Natalie Wilson, and Mike Fulton of the Black and Missing Foundation
September 12, 2025
The Black and Missing Foundation shouldn’t have to exist, but it does because you probably haven’t heard the names Tamika Huston, Pam Butler, Unique Harris, Phoenix Coldon, Relisha Rudd, or Eileen Robinson.
Concerns grow over missing person’s cases in Prince George’s County as police await new developments
September 4, 2025
The search intensifies for missing 19-year-old DaCara Thompson, as police await forensic results on remains found in Anne Arundel County.
Birmingham man vanished in 2006; family claims police mishandled case from the start
September 3, 2025
Nearly two decades have passed since Lemuel Yarbrough vanished, leaving his family desperate for answers.
Foundation fights to close media gap for missing persons of color
August 8, 2025
When Natalie Wilson co-founded the Black and Missing Foundation in 2008, she made a promise to families too often overlooked: that their missing loved ones would no longer be ignored.