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Reporter’s Notebook
📝 The Public Safety Beat with Josiah Bates
Nuanced analysis and reporting on violence, policing, and the systems that govern public safety in America. Occasionally, notes on journalism, writing, and good movies and TV.
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The Quiet Rollback of Police Reform
Across the country, reforms that once dominated headlines are being weakened, overturned, or abandoned
Who Owns the Crime Narrative?
Question of the Week
Chicago Shootings, Racist Talking Points
Notes From The Beat — June 26
Deadly Force, Baltimore and Skill Games
Notes From The Beat — June 19
Karmelo Anthony, ICE Funding and Falling Crime
Notes From The Beat — June 12
Teen Takeovers, gun trafficking and violence prevention
Notes From The Beat — June 5
Summer Violence, New York City, and Politics
Notes From The Beat — May 29
Police Legitimacy, Bail Reform, and January 6
Notes From The Beat — May 22
Grief, ICE detention, and youth programs
Notes From The Beat — May 15th