Before delving into true crime journalism full time, I went the freelance route. It was 2016, which was the summer Louisiana police fatally shot Alton Sterling, a Black man, in a filmed encounter. A mere day later, a Minnesota police officer fired seven shots at Philando Castile during a routine traffic stop, killing him in …
Mariquita and Natalia join forces once again to talk about True Crime: who consumes true crime, which group or groups of people are deemed worthy of coverage (and what does that say about how we value individual life), what is ethical consumption, and how can we do better? Our October pick: We Keep the Dead …
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