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Reliable Sources examines how journalists do their jobs and how the media affect the stories they cover in this CNN program.
Prison inmate turned journalist Keri Blakinger shares her unique insights from the criminal justice beat
Reliable Sources
35 minutes
3 years ago
Prison inmate turned journalist Keri Blakinger shares her unique insights from the criminal justice beat
Keri Blakinger's reporting for The Marshall Project focuses on prisons and jails. Her new memoir, "Corrections in Ink," shares her personal experience with the criminal justice system, from her arrest for heroin possession to her two years behind bars. Blakinger tells Brian Stelter how she created a journalism career by accepting the "darkest parts of her past" and how being a former inmate impacts her storytelling. She also critiques how other news outlets cover America's prison system.
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Reliable Sources
Reliable Sources examines how journalists do their jobs and how the media affect the stories they cover in this CNN program.
