Elizabeth Weill-Greenberg, Investigative Reporting Fellow at The Appeal

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)Subscribe to our newsletter hereYou can find all our episode guides for teachers and professors here,Please support your local public radio station: adoptastation.orgThank you for listening. You can e-mail me at [email protected] our website: thejournalismsalute.org Mark’s website (MarkSimonmedia.com)