Chapter 2: Homicidal Math, Ep. 2

In this episode of Chapter 2: Homicidal Math, Melonee talks with Denetra Walker, Doctoral Scholar with the Southern Regional Education Board and the Grace Jorden McFadden Fellow at the University of South Carolina.

Denetra Walker, Doctoral Scholar with the Southern Regional Education Board and the Grace Jorden McFadden Fellow at the University of South Carolina.

They discuss the role of police data and local reporting vs. the need for investigative journalism in crime beats. How does race, place, and data-based decision-making help municipalities tackle crime instead of putting the buck back on communities for their problems?

Richard jumps in the conversation with a challenge to local media around crime data coverage. What’s at stake if we get it right?