I used to handle police beat, and it’s one of the most stressful things to write because of the requests (more like threats) to take a story down, which was not something I can do.
There also had been a handful of cases I followed from arrest to trial to judgment. And boy the satisfaction it brings—the bond between the person (arrested/accused) until eventual redemption.
I have seen this happen with colleagues on the justice beat as well. Maybe the challenge also lies in that cases cross over to other beats, so the story can get lost in that transition.
I used to handle police beat, and it’s one of the most stressful things to write because of the requests (more like threats) to take a story down, which was not something I can do.
There also had been a handful of cases I followed from arrest to trial to judgment. And boy the satisfaction it brings—the bond between the person (arrested/accused) until eventual redemption.
I have seen this happen with colleagues on the justice beat as well. Maybe the challenge also lies in that cases cross over to other beats, so the story can get lost in that transition.