The Pittsburgh City Paper
The Media and Police Are Doing A Disservice To Missing People of Color
Sunday, October 24, 2021,
By Sophie Gomprecht
, communications professor in the Newhouse School, was quoted by Ìý²¹²Ô»åÌý about the murder of Gabby Petito. Her research was also cited in an article by The Pittsburgh City Paper, “.â€
In a study conducted by Liebler, focused on the disparity in police coverage for missing persons of color, she discussed that, “Both print and broadcast journalists depend on police to alert them to a missing persons case. For journalists, police involvement in a case signaled that the case was legitimate, or as one news director stated, that it had been ‘vetted by a police agency.’â€