Observatoire des droits humains (anglais seulement)

Write ill of the dead? Obits rarely cross that taboo as they look for the positive in people's lives

(Version anglaise seulement)

par Janice Hume, Professor of Journalism, University of Georgia

Capturing a life accurately and sympathetically is a challenge, more so if it is one that lasts nearly a century.

So when a notable person like the Duke of Edinburgh dies, obituary writers face a quandary: What should be highlighted, softened or even ignored?

News organizations were quick to remember Prince Philip’s long marriage to Queen Elizabeth II and decades of…

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