Experts weigh in on publishing 'the list'

By Tom Bell tbell@mainetoday.com
Staff Writer 

http://www.pressherald.com/news/experts-weigh-in-on-publishing-the-list_2012-10-14.html

 

Kelly McBride, an expert on journalism ethics at the Poynter Institute, knows all about "the list," the much anticipated electronic police log containing the names of the alleged "johns" in a Kennebunk prostitution case that has gotten nationwide attention.

Several reporters and editors from New England media outlets called her this week to ask about the ethical implications of running the entire list in their newspapers or on their websites.
The list reportedly has more than 150 names, including those of several prominent community figures, and has been a subject of both anticipation and dread in Kennebunk, a town of 10,500 on Maine's southern coast.

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