Sometimes, more sensitivity is needed

By DAVID MARTIN

Editor

Normally in this space, readers find an unsigned editorial detailing the newspaper’s position on some issue going on that affects Green River’s residents in some way.

This week, we’re changing things up to address an important concern that’s come up in the last week. Last week, we published a story following up on a court case involving a man who sexually abused a girl. The man appeared at a probation revocation and through that, the story then recapped the events that led up to his conviction and used the victim’s initials and age within that recap.

The sto...