Returning to Imperial Avenue

Posted Tuesday, January 26, 2010

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The Imperial Avenue serial murders left many more questions than answers for the entire community of Northeast Ohio. Some of those questions were answered in the Plain Dealer's profile of accused killer Anthony Sowell. Tuesday morning at 9, we'll hear more about abuse in Sowell's childhood household. Then, we'll find out how families of victims and the Mt. Pleasant neighborhood are healing. Tuesday morning at 9, join host Dan Moulthrop for a conversation following up with Imperial Avenue.

Guests

Tony Brown The Plain Dealer
Joe Guillen The Plain Dealer
Florence Bray mother of Imperial Avenue victim Crystal Dozier
Blaine Griffin Executive Director, Community Relations Board, City of Cleveland
Dr. Gerald Strom Director, Intensive Weekend Program, Case Western Reserve University

Additional Information

Cleveland Rape Crisis Center hotline: (216) 619-6192
Hear David C. Barnett's year-end piece about the families of the missing and A Close-Knit Family Tries to Hold It Together.

Check out previous Sound of Ideas programs on Imperial Avenue:
The Case of Anthony Sowell, 11/5/09
Anthony Sowell: How Could This Happen? 11/6/09
Listening to Imperial Avenue, 11/11/09

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Don 11:04 AM 1/26/10

It is not the Plain Dealer’s coverage or the article itself that bothered me, but rather it was the two half-page above the fold photographs of Sowell’s face that I found offensive. What other people/events did the PD use their front page in that way to “advertise” their story? Is his photograph the most important news items of that day—or was the PD “advertising” their article - what they wanted people to read? This may sound petty - but we all spent money to get one full page of Sowell’s photo. More and more I am concerned about the editorial decisions this paper is making.