On this episode we’re joined by Elizabeth Weill-Greenberg. Elizabeth is an investigative reporting fellow for The Appeal.

The Appeal is a non-profit news organization that writes exposés about the criminal legal system. She’s written for other news organizations too. Among the topics she writes about – wrongful convictions and extreme sentences.

She has previously worked for The Innocence Project as a case analyst helping exonerate those wrongfully convicted. And she’s written two interview-based plays on intense subjects. Elizabeth is a graduate of Rutgers with a masters from Northwestern.

Elizabeth explained how a job like this has always been her passion, what goes into the work she does reporting on such harrowing subjects, and why a distrust of those in power is necessary for her reporting work. She explained how she decompresses. And she shares what aspiring journalists need to know about entering the profession.

Elizabeth’s articles: https://theappeal.org/authors/elizabeth-weill-greenberg/

Elizabeth’s salutes: Lauren Gill (Bolts), Joshua Vaughn (Penn Live)

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