The "People First" campaign by FWD.us advocates for media to stop using dehumanizing labels like "felon" and "inmate" in criminal justice reporting, promoting language that respects the dignity and humanity of those impacted by the criminal justice system.

The Sentencing Project's media guide offers ten key recommendations for journalists to improve the accuracy and fairness of crime coverage, emphasizing the need to avoid sensationalism, correct racial biases, and use humanizing language that better reflects the complexities of crime and justice issues.

The Opportunity Agenda's Criminal Justice Reform Phrase Guide offers tips for using language that fosters fairness, respect, and effective communication in discussions about the criminal justice system, encouraging the use of people-first terminology, connecting individual cases to systemic issues, and avoiding harmful stereotypes.

The Prison Journalism Navigator by the Prison Journalism Project offers tools, guides, and practical insights to support journalists in working with incarcerated writers, aiming to create a national network of correspondents who can report on prison life, criminal justice issues, and related news from their unique perspectives.