Evoking Empathy or Seeking Solidarity: Which is Preferable When Covering People Without Homes?

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In decades of covering homelessness, American journalists have been known to deviate from the usual norms of detachment and neutrality to depict people without homes in ways that humanize them, helping readers and viewers better empathize with them and the challenges they face. But is that the best way to cover the homeless or other marginalized communities more generally?

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