New Media Guide Will Provide Recommendations For Media Coverage Of Missing Persons
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
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
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
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
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
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.
Black and Missing: Baltimore woman found, but her disappearance highlighted ongoing national crisis
The official search ensued after the woman’s family had been searching on their own for days.
No, there hasn’t been a sudden spike in missing girls in D.C.
But we should still be paying attention to the issue.
Arizona woman disappears after attending concert in Atlanta
Inzinga Barge was last seen wearing a blue and white flower dress, wedge heels and red nails.
DC Police refute viral claims of missing women; advocates urge social media caution
The department confirmed Saturday that while concerns have been raised online, there is no verified uptick in missing person cases.