Reena Virk was fatally beaten and drowned by a group of her peers in Saanich, BC, when she was 14 in 1997. A new TV series wrestles with the ethics of truth, and how fiction can help us understand our shared reality. Jeevan Sangha writes. Jeevan is the 2024 Hummingbird journalism fellow with The Tyee. Published July 2, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2024/07/02/Under-Bridge-Lesson-True-Crime-Complexity/

‘Under the Bridge’ Is a Lesson in True-Crime Complexity

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We’re an independent, online news magazine from B.C. founded in 2003. We’re devoted to fact-driven stories, reporting and analysis that informs and enlivens our democratic conversation. This podcast features our stories, read by AI narration. Our reporting has changed laws, started movements and garnered numerous awards. While some journalism gives the last word to power, we try to give the last word to ordinary folks. We are reader-supported so if you like what you hear, you can go to https://support.thetyee.ca/ and contribute to our hard-hitting journalism.

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