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Georg Restle, Mareike Wilms – „Wie mit Verbrechen Politik gemacht wird“ (2025)

„Irgendwas läuft richtig, bei der ARD.“ Das können wir ja auch mal festhalten, nach all dem verdienten Bashing, die vor allem „Das Erste“ zuletzt einstecken musste. Für mich ist diese Reportage von Georg Restle und Mareike Wilms auch deshalb ein Anlass dazu, den Journalismus im ÖRR mal wieder zu loben. Denn wo sonst hätte dieser Beitrag etwa gesendet werden können? Die wahrscheinlich wichtigsten 30 Minuten im Programm der ARD in der letzten Woche:

THE SEARCH FOR A FORGOTTEN ACTIVIST—Marty Goddard, pioneer of the modern forensic “rape kit”—takes a deep dive into the vagaries of the US justice system and the many ways it grinds down the most vulnerable, including Ms. Goddard herself. A MINUS

https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-secret-history-of-the-rape-kit-pagan-kennedy/1142929102?ean=9780593314715

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What Reality TV Gets Wrong About Criminal Investigations. (Spoiler: So Much.)
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When Edgar Barrientos-Quintana was cleared of murder charges last year, reporter Jessica Lussenhop noticed something she had never seen before in a wrongful conviction case: the involvement of popular true crime show “The First 48.”

https://www.propublica.org/article/the-first-48-wrongful-conviction-edgar-barrientos-quintana?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

Prompt 38 - two books with the same title (2) - April 5, 2025 - This is a true crime book written by a former profiler. He discusses many notorious serial killers focusing on their upbringing, personalities, and trying to understand what made them deviant. The main point he made is that there is no way to rehabilitate a deviant mind. If released, they will commit further crimes.

Rating ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️

The Centre for Postdigital Cultures at Coventry University is excited to share the updated programme for Fan Studies and True Crime in the New Media Environment—an inaugural workshop bringing together academics exploring the intersections of fan studies, true crime, and new media.

Date: May 8, 1:30–6:00 PM
Location: Coventry University (in-person with hybrid offered)
Organized & hosted by: Dr. Judith Fathallah (Killer Fandom, mediastudies.press, 2023: https://www.mediastudies.press/killer-fandom)

View the programme: https://livelancsac-my.sharepoint.com/:w:/g/personal/fathallj_lancaster_ac_uk/Ee-g3rgeQ6lItapQcWsx2hUBwrm02GJitlyDDj8NBeBvcA?rtime=XTF0PEdw3Ug

Register here: https://www.eventsforce.net/fanstudies

Light refreshments provided. A small amount of travel funding is available (priority given to PhD students & precarious scholars, first come, first served).

For enquiries, email judith.fathallah@coventry.ac.uk.

Join for an afternoon of critical discussions on true crime, fandom and digital culture.