It didn’t take long for the national media to see what was happening in Missouri. The fatal police shooting of an unarmed black teenager had turned the town of Ferguson into a tinderbox and a symbol of African-American anger at over-zealous law enforcement. But as reporters tried to get at the story, they got caught in the crossfire.
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Callie Crossley is the host of WGBH News' Under the Radar.
Dan Kennedy is an associate professor of journalism at Northeastern University.
Jon Keller is a political analyst for WBZ.
Tom Fiedler is the dean of Boston University's College of Communication.
