Episode 388: Agency, Empathy, and the Ethics of Writing True Crime with Kim H. Cross

The Creative Nonfiction Podcast with Brendan O'Meara

"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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