Reporting Crime or Turning to Crime
Head of Audience Catherine Cusick and Head of Fact-Checking Matt Giles share what they've been reading and working on this week. This week: [2:40] “He’s a Liar, a Con Artist and a Snitch. His Testimony Could Soon Send a Man to His Death.” (Pamela Colloff, December 4, 2019, ProPublica) [2:56] “Worked at Vice Then Went to Jail”: How a Bunch of Canadian Hipsters Wound Up Smuggling Cocaine (and Getting Caught)” (Kate Knibbs, December 2, 2019, The Ringer) [29:00] Sign up to get email updates from Pamela Colloff about her investigation into jailhouse informants and how she reported the story. Produced by Longreads and Charts & Leisure.