Janet Malcolm

Examining the lawsuit between Jeffrey MacDonald, a convicted murderer, and Joe McGinniss the author of a book about the crime.

The Journalist and the Murderer

Andrew Reeves

Such a fascinating discussion of the strange relationship between journalists and their subjects. Worth reading for any journalist who struggles with how to represent the people they write about on the page.

Brishti Basu

Sebastian Leck

Queena Li

Amanda S

Kathryn Reyes

David Smith

Explores the relationship between journalists and their subjects, and the question of journalistic ethics, using the lawsuit of convicted murderer Jeffrey MacDonald against author Joe McGinniss, as a case study

The Journalist and the Murderer

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