Breaking news, death and Facebook friends

HARTLAND TOWNSHIP, Mich. — A blog post from Poynter today discusses the ethics of should a reporter contact a person’s friends on Facebook after that person died during a breaking news event. The Poynter experts weigh in. Notice, this is one of those tough, case-by-case, situations, but they do offer good advice. Feel free to give your two cents here (Remember, you could earn a point in the EC contest).