Beat of the Week

(Honorable Mention)

Amid #MeToo, states debate teaching consent to kids

for stories showing how lawmakers, educators and teens themselves are re-examining whether sex education should evolve to better address some of the issues raised by the #MeToo movement.https://bit.ly/2JXMxr8https://bit.ly/2M4fGUp

Beat of the Week

(Honorable Mention)

AP investigation reveals lenient pattern of punishment for serial cyberstalker

for using police and court records, and victim interviews to show that at least eight women and teenagers since 2012 contacted authorities to accuse a man of stalking or harassing them, but none of their complaints resulted in prison time for the man. The AP published its findings a day before a Utah judge sentenced the man to serve up to five years in prison. https://bit.ly/2YZMOxR