'This is a crime story': Putting polarizing politics aside to cover the killing of Charlie Kirk

One year after conservative figure and Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk was assassinated on a Utah college campus, Following Leads goes behind the headlines to examine the tragedy through a different lens: true crime reporting.

Arizona’s Family Chief Investigative Reporter Morgan Loew joins host Laura Hettiger to discuss why journalists had to put polarizing politics aside to cover the murder of a local father and neighbor, how the Phoenix community reacted, Erika Kirk’s public forgiveness, and whether Turning Point USA can survive without its charismatic leader.

Watch this episode of Following Leads: The Podcast at the top of this story.

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The Team of Following Leads: The Podcast

• Host/Booker/Co-Creator: Laura Hettiger
• Executive Producer/Creator: Wade Smith