Show Notes
Longform journalist Dara Mensah and essayist Claudia Reyes join us for a conversation about the ethical and craft challenges of writing about difficult human experiences. How do you earn the right to tell a painful story? What do you owe the people you write about? How do you make hard material readable without being exploitative?
Topics
- The ethics of representation and consent in narrative journalism
- How to write about trauma without causing harm to readers or subjects
- The craft challenge of making difficult content compelling to read
- Finding hope in hard stories without distorting the truth
