True Crime Pays
The problems of True Crime media ethics are bigger than one network or one experience. I scratched the surface in the above piece for the Reynolds Center for Business Journalism. More clawing to come.
I reflected on my relationships within, & my time working with, LPN; the ethics of True Crime entertainment businesses, power differentials, & action versus inaction. (Snippets >)
[UNDER CONSTRUCTION]
You’ll be able to access my old appearances with Last Pod through this page shortly—
‘left unsaid
After a number of years affiliated (professionally & socially) with the Last Podcast Network, domestic violence and abuse allegations against LPN co-owner Ben Kissel began surfacing. The claims spanned decades, and evidence suggested that co-owners were long aware of the allegations but stayed quiet. I consequently parted ways with Last Podcast (here’s my initial statement)— a network of (mostly) men, built on true crime stories of violence against (mostly) women.
The fallout (a Rolling Stone exposé, the Network’s continued silence & NDAs, and multiplying allegations against other male affiliates’ misconduct at LPN) pushed me to consider how we handle ethical considerations in True Crime media.
In my Substack project,