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Article Evaluation
Cohen v. California This article only had 6 references, which was not nearly enough. The references were also mainly citing the government record of the case, so it did not provide more than one view of the case.AstroFan2017 (talk) 02:03, 2 February 2018 (UTC)

KUHF I could improve this article by adding more references and adding information about the station's local broadcasting programs

Article Selection
Tara Grinstead murder case I will create a section outlining how the podcast Up and Vanished helped to solve the cold case of Tara Grinstead. I will also check sources and add to existing ones.

Overview
Tara Faye Grinstead (born November 14, 1974) was an American beauty queen and high school history teacher who lived in Ocilla, Georgia, and has been missing since October 23, 2005. Over the span of a decade, it became the largest case file in Georgia's history. On February 23, 2017, a press conference was held by the Georgia Bureau of Investigation (GBI) formally announcing that a tip had been received, leading to the arrest of Ryan Alexander Duke for the murder and concealment of Tara Faye Grinstead. In addition, on March 3, 2017, a supplementary arrest was made public in connection with Tara's disappearance: Bo Dukes (a former classmate of Ryan Alexander Duke, with no familial relation) was charged with attempting to conceal a death, hindering apprehension and tampering with evidence. These tips are believed to be a result of the renewed conversation about he case brought about by the Up and Vanished podcast.

Up and Vanished
In 2016, documentary filmmaker Payne Lindsey of Tenderfoot TV studios began researching the Tara Grinstead cold case as a possibility for a new film. Lindsay became aware of the case, because of its reputation as the largest case file in Georgia state history, but he also soon discovered that his grandmother's friend was one of the last people to see Tara alive. Inspired by the popular NPR podcast Serial, Lindsey recorded his research in a podcast style format detailing the specifics of the case, as well as interviews with key witnesses. The podcast, Up and Vanished, premiered on Apple Podcasts and the show's website, upandvanished.com, on August 7, 2016. Soon after the podcast's release it made the top charts and began receiving attention and notoriety within the small Ocilla, Georgia community. The podcast is credited with reigniting the discussion on the case after it sat dormant for twelve years.

After Ryan Duke and Bo Dukes were arrested, Irwin County Judge Melanie Cross issued a gag order prohibiting anyone involved with the case from talking about it in order to protect Ryan Duke's right to a fair trial. Georgia television stations WMAZ and WXIA challenged the order in court which resulted in Judge Cross relaxing the order, but still, "restricted public comment by anyone working with the prosecution or defense, court staff, and current and former police officers on the case." WMAZ and WXIA again took this order to court and the case went to the Supreme Court of Georgia in October 2017, but the case has yet to be decided. AstroFan2017 (talk) 02:39, 2 March 2018 (UTC)

[Perhaps start with an overall summary or main takeaway point. Consider breaking the info up into smaller paragraphs. Also, you should consider adding something to the lead paragraph of the article on this as well. Erickaakcire (talk) 18:05, 6 March 2018 (UTC)]

Responding to Peer Review
I chose not to add an overall summary, because it already exists on the page. I also chose not to divide it up, because it 's main focus was meant to be on the podcasts actions in the case. I also don't feel that there is enough information for multiple paragraphs. I did decide to add a sentence to the overview.

Responding to Professor Comments
I broke up the content into smaller paragraphs and included the podcast in the lead paragraph.

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