The journalist does clearly know that he isn't charged and convicted, and if they did not know that while writing an article about someone's crimes and still pr

The journalist does clearly know that he isn't charged and convicted, and if they did not know that while writing an article about someone's crimes and still printed that assertion, it would qualify as reckless disregard for obtaining truth. Major papers rarely lose libel cases because they do the obvious thing and avoid publishing libel.