Reporters can move child welfare coverage beyond tragedy

September 25, 2025

CFR Director of Communications Diana Denza was quoted in this Poynter piece on child welfare coverage.

“Our parent advocates and former clients, who have firsthand experience with systems of family policing, can provide the personal anecdotes that are often necessary to establish an emotional hook for stories,” she said. “Oftentimes, system-involved parents are unfairly demonized by the press or their perspectives are not covered at all.”

Read the full piece here.