in college, i did a little presentation in my journalism class about what the key words to watch out for in the police blotter were. there are papers that are pretty openly awful (the philadelphia inquirer, toronto star, los angeles times and chicago tribune being the worst; newspapers of alleged record which have really bad records) and there are papers which will invariably find and sensationalize a story the minute there's a hook beyond transness. generally if you're white and not a sex worker, you get a blurb. in all fairness, cisgendered sex workers of color generally get no mention when killed either, though they tend to at least not get misgendered when they do.

i should dig up the presentation and post it. my roommate-from-college works at the awful, horrible right-wing shitpit that is the Portland Oregonian, a paper that reflects about jack and shit when it comes to Oregonian values, and she's actually got my poster on her cube wall. awwh!