The Dallas Morning News’ Groundbreaking Fentanyl Series Receives Accolades and National Notice
19 Septiembre 2023 - 11:00AM
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Throughout this September,
The Dallas Morning News continues to produce one
story daily on fentanyl’s increasing path of unforgiving
destruction. The ambitious series, for which more than two dozen
News staffers are contributing, has been covered on CNN and
produced praise for its work.
“Deadly Fake: 30 Days Inside Fentanyl’s Grip on North Texas”
tells the story of a prominent Dallas couple who lost their son to
fentanyl. It looks at the rough street life of Brooklynn, an addict
whose life is consumed by the readily available drug. How the Drug
Enforcement Agency’s Dallas Field Division head remarks, “We’re
only in the top of fentanyl’s second inning.” Take a ride-along to
the front lines with Dallas Police Department officers and the head
of the department’s narcotics division. And more stories and
editorials are coming to round out the month.
Appearing on “CNN Newsroom with Jim Acosta” on Saturday, Sept.
9, News executive editor Katrice Hardy said, “For me and for our
staff, the wake-up call really was news that three young people had
died in a middle school right outside of Dallas in one school year.
And more than a handful of others had overdosed – some multiple
times. And it was just time to really step back and think what is
going on in our community.”
Since the series debuted on Sept. 1, more than 100,000 online
readers have consumed the stories and content. Readers have praised
the reporting, calling it “a wake-up call,” “mandatory reading in
middle schools and high schools,” and “this excellent reporting is
what keeps me subscribing to
The Dallas Morning News. This story will stay with
me for a long time.”
The daily series wraps on Saturday, Sept. 30, but will be
packaged and featured prominently on DallasNews.com. The Texas
Legislature has designated October as Fentanyl Poisoning Awareness
Month to increase awareness of the dangers of fentanyl and
potential overdoses.
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