The Reporter's Notebook from The Las Cruces Sun-News

The Reporter's Notebook, Ep. 36: Yacone Family Tragedy

October 01, 2022 Damien Willis / Algernon D'Ammassa Season 1 Episode 36
The Reporter's Notebook from The Las Cruces Sun-News
The Reporter's Notebook, Ep. 36: Yacone Family Tragedy
Show Notes

This week, we’re speaking to Algernon D’Ammassa. Algernon is an investigative and enterprise reporter for the Sun-News. We’re talking about the recent Yacone family tragedy — in which local restaurateur Bob Yacone is accused of killing his wife, Kimberly, before engaging deputies from the Doña Ana County Sheriff’s Office in a shootout that left him injured.

As is often the case in situations like this, official information trickled out at a relatively slow pace. Meanwhile, in the newsroom, we were beginning to put the pieces together much more quickly.

Apart from the tragedy itself, the situation raised a number of ethical questions and prompted many conversations in our newsroom. It was important that our reporting be thoughtful, and that decisions be deliberate. This week, we’ll talk to Algernon about how he approached his coverage of this story — and his coverage of Bob Yacone through the years.

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