Host Sasha Khokha interviews journalist Sam Anderson on The California Report Magazine about his 10-part series, The Emerald Triangle. Anderson recounts what it was like to break into an insular community with a microphone in hand and how he ultimately uncovered some satisfying answers about the murder of cannabis farmer Jeff Settler. Along the way he learned a lot about the conditions for workers in California’s black market weed industry.
Sam Anderson on the BBC’s The Inquiry
In 2007, Ecuador decided to recognize some of its street gangs as cultural and social organizations. Since then its murder rate has fallen sharply. Can inclusion policies turn gang membership into a force for good? Featuring expert witness Sam Anderson.
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Journalist and former WNYC producer Sam Anderson talks about his recent reporting for Latino USA, “The Rise and Fall of a Latin King.” The piece looks at the history of the Latin Kings and its transformation from a street gang to a social organization. Antonio Fernandez, known as King Tone, rose up through the ranks of the gang and wanted to radically change the Latin Kings from within. Sam Anderson looks at the challenges Fernandez faced in enacting this vision and how the police, FBI, and Fernandez’s own actions ultimately got in the way of its realization.
