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NT News caused distress to family and friends of deceased teenage boys, APC finds

November 13, 2017 1:52

An NT News article covering the reactions to the deaths of two teenage boys in Darwin failed to avoid causing substantial distress to the families and friends of the deceased, the Australian Press Council has ruled.

The print article headed  ‘He told me he loved me’ and online as ‘Friends in shock over death of Darwin teens..on Stuart Highway’, featured an image of a young girl who was the subject of the article.

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Zoe Samios worked at Mumbrella between 2016 and 2019, finishing up as senior media reporter in March 2019.

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