This is Behind the Blog, where we share our behind-the-scenes thoughts about how a few of our top stories of the week came together. This week, we discuss San Diego and Costa Rica reporting trips.
SAM: Some weeks I feel like I’ve absorbed way too much internet to be able to formulate any more thoughts by Friday, especially after the past week and a half, but because the entire world went a little more batshit last time we sat down to BTB, I didn’t get to write about my trip to San Diego. So I guess I’ll do that now. Content warning for everything here on out re: sexual violence.
I had the chance to fly out for a few days to cover the sentencing of GirlsDoPorn ringleader Michael Pratt. I talked at length about what it was like and what I saw there in the second half of the free version of the podcast this week, so check that out if you’re able. But the TL’DListen of it is: it was incredible to get to go in-person to one of these court dates, and arguably the biggest one, after covering GDP for six years.