Episode 388
Episode 388: Agency, Empathy, and the Ethics of Writing True Crime with Kim H. Cross
The Creative Nonfiction Podcast with Brendan O'Meara
October 13, 202356m 27sExplicit
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Show Notes
"I try to minimize harm and maximize truth," says Kim H. Cross, author of In Light of All Darkness: Inside the Polly Klaas Kidnapping and the Search for America's Child (Grand Central Publishing).
In this episode we touch on:
- Giving people agency
- The ethics of writing true crime
- Being a human first and a journalist second,
- And the importance of setting up writing retreats for yourself
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Topics
kim h. crosskim crosspolly klaasin light of all darknessgrand central publishingtrue crimewritingjournalism