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  "meta": {
    "source": "The Archive Ethics Project — National Policy Atlas",
    "source_url": "https://archiveethics.org/atlas",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-12T06:08:54.547Z",
    "snapshot_type": "live",
    "methodology": "https://archiveethics.org/methodology",
    "codebook": "https://archiveethics.org/data/codebook.json",
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    "notice": "Live snapshot of the Archive Ethics Project Policy Atlas, not a versioned dataset release. Counts describe only listed records, not U.S. newsrooms generally. \"not_established\" means the available evidence does not establish a position; it is not \"no\". PT5 means no public policy was located, not that no policy exists. Withheld classifications are omitted. Fictional example records are marked is_example=true and must be excluded from any analysis. Columns prefixed nsmpa_ and evidence with human_verified=false are automated findings imported from NSMPA (https://github.com/kalebhoffer/nsmpa, CC BY 4.0 (compiled evidence); quoted excerpts remain the work of their publishers); they are leads, not AEP classifications, and must not be counted as such. No data license has been selected yet for AEP classifications; cite with the retrieval timestamp."
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    "publication": "Radio Television Digital News Association",
    "profile_url": "https://archiveethics.org/atlas/radio-television-digital-news-association",
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    "separate_from_parent": "unknown",
    "publication_type": "journalism_organization",
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      "city": null
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    "active_status": "unverified",
    "outreach_status": "not_contacted",
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      "withheld": "no_classification"
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      {
        "policy": "Covering Crime - Radio Television Digital News Association",
        "version_label": null,
        "is_current": true,
        "source_url": "https://www.rtdna.org/covering-crime",
        "archive_reference": null,
        "stated_effective_date": null,
        "first_observed_date": "2026-10-08",
        "last_verified_date": null,
        "adoption_evidence": null,
        "known_gaps": "Found automatically. Adoption date and earlier versions unknown.",
        "origin": "nsmpa",
        "human_verified": false
      }
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    "automated_finding": {
      "source": "NSMPA",
      "source_url": "https://github.com/kalebhoffer/nsmpa",
      "license": "CC BY 4.0 (compiled evidence); quoted excerpts remain the work of their publishers",
      "caveat": "Automated finding from NSMPA, not yet checked by a person and not an AEP classification. It is a starting point for review, and it is never counted in Atlas statistics.",
      "entity_id": "10",
      "stance": "NO_RELEVANT_GUIDANCE",
      "confidence": 0.7,
      "rationale": "Targeted searches completed and 12 first-party page(s) inspected (6 policy/about) without qualifying post-publication guidance",
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        "removal": {
          "policy": "unaddressed",
          "practice": "none"
        },
        "deindexing": {
          "policy": "unaddressed",
          "practice": "none"
        },
        "anonymization": {
          "policy": "unaddressed",
          "practice": "none"
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        "contextual_update": {
          "policy": "unaddressed",
          "practice": null
        }
      },
      "human_review": "unreviewed",
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        "tier": "A",
        "focus": "Explicit de-indexing guidance",
        "program": "Explicit de-indexing guidance",
        "primary_url": "https://www.rtdna.org/covering-crime",
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      {
        "evidence_id": 664,
        "tier": 4,
        "type": "automated_lead",
        "origin": "nsmpa",
        "origin_id": "788",
        "human_verified": false,
        "title": "Covering Crime - Radio Television Digital News Association",
        "publisher": "Radio Television Digital News Association",
        "url": "https://www.rtdna.org/covering-crime",
        "archive_url": null,
        "publication_date": null,
        "retrieved_date": "2026-10-08",
        "excerpt": "We recommend you consider updating or removing archived digital versions of stories when requested in the following circumstances; If the case is expunged."
      },
      {
        "evidence_id": 665,
        "tier": 4,
        "type": "automated_lead",
        "origin": "nsmpa",
        "origin_id": "789",
        "human_verified": false,
        "title": "Covering Crime - Radio Television Digital News Association",
        "publisher": "Radio Television Digital News Association",
        "url": "https://www.rtdna.org/covering-crime",
        "archive_url": null,
        "publication_date": null,
        "retrieved_date": "2026-10-08",
        "excerpt": "The committee could vote on each request and determine if the story needs to be removed entirely, deindexed, or should remain with an update."
      },
      {
        "evidence_id": 666,
        "tier": 4,
        "type": "automated_lead",
        "origin": "nsmpa",
        "origin_id": "790",
        "human_verified": false,
        "title": "Covering Crime - Radio Television Digital News Association",
        "publisher": "Radio Television Digital News Association",
        "url": "https://www.rtdna.org/covering-crime",
        "archive_url": null,
        "publication_date": null,
        "retrieved_date": "2026-10-08",
        "excerpt": "We recommend your newsroom be prepared to follow up on these crimes through adjudication and update the story, especially if charges are dismissed."
      },
      {
        "evidence_id": 667,
        "tier": 4,
        "type": "automated_lead",
        "origin": "nsmpa",
        "origin_id": "791",
        "human_verified": false,
        "title": "Covering Crime - Radio Television Digital News Association",
        "publisher": "Radio Television Digital News Association",
        "url": "https://www.rtdna.org/covering-crime",
        "archive_url": null,
        "publication_date": null,
        "retrieved_date": "2026-10-08",
        "excerpt": "Considerations for Policies to Update Digital Crime Stories We recommend newsrooms have a policy for removing or updating archived digital versions of digital stories."
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        "evidence_id": 668,
        "tier": 4,
        "type": "automated_lead",
        "origin": "nsmpa",
        "origin_id": "792",
        "human_verified": false,
        "title": "Covering Crime - Radio Television Digital News Association",
        "publisher": "Radio Television Digital News Association",
        "url": "https://www.rtdna.org/covering-crime",
        "archive_url": null,
        "publication_date": null,
        "retrieved_date": "2026-10-08",
        "excerpt": "In all of our crime reporting it is important to consider ways to minimize harm, particularly to vulnerable communities."
      },
      {
        "evidence_id": 669,
        "tier": 4,
        "type": "automated_lead",
        "origin": "nsmpa",
        "origin_id": "793",
        "human_verified": false,
        "title": "Covering Crime - Radio Television Digital News Association",
        "publisher": "Radio Television Digital News Association",
        "url": "https://www.rtdna.org/covering-crime",
        "archive_url": null,
        "publication_date": null,
        "retrieved_date": "2026-10-08",
        "excerpt": "The Use of Mugshots and Police Released Video We recommend newsrooms reevaluate the frequent use of mugshots, due to the potential societal and individual harm caused by their use."
      },
      {
        "evidence_id": 6217,
        "tier": 4,
        "type": "automated_lead",
        "origin": "nsmpa",
        "origin_id": "2625",
        "human_verified": false,
        "title": "Ethics - Radio Television Digital News Association",
        "publisher": "Radio Television Digital News Association",
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        "archive_url": null,
        "publication_date": null,
        "retrieved_date": "2026-10-08",
        "excerpt": "Minimizing harm, particularly to vulnerable individuals, should be a consideration in every editorial and ethical decision."
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