Patrick Walters

Patrick Walters

@patricktwalters.bsky.social

Journalism professor at Washington and Lee University in Lexington, Virginia. Teaching the next generation of journalists, researching ways to improve our information ecosystem. Always trying to be a better human - and find more Skittles.

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10 months ago
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Journalists play a key role in how icons are remembered. In this study, an undergraduate student and I examine how journalistic standards have evolved when it comes to coverage of the deaths of famous men who have acknowledged or been accused of sexual abuse or domestic violence. bit.ly/3EHrqYT

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11 months ago

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Broadcasting Solutions: A Textual Analysis of Philadelphia Local Television News Coverage of Remedies for Gun Violence - Jennifer Midberry, Patrick Walters, 2025 Philadelphia set records for gun violence in 2021. This textual analysis examined stories about firearm incidents from the four local television news networks i...

Gun violence is a problem that journalists, including myself, have long struggled to report on in a constructive way. Jennifer Midberry and I studied TV news coverage in Philadelphia and looked at ways journalists can better report on the problem. Check out our piece in JMCQ here bit.ly/429S7xf

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