Interview with Keri Blakinger, staff reporter at LA Times

The Clarke Forum For Contemporary Issues
The Clarke Forum For Contemporary Issues
Interview with Keri Blakinger, staff reporter at LA Times
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Keri Blakinger is a staff reporter at the Los Angeles Times, where she covers the sheriff’s department and jails. She is the author of the 2022 memoir, Corrections in Ink, which traces her journey from competitive figure skating, to struggles with an eating disorder and addiction, to eventually a two-year sentence in New York’s prison system. Blakinger is interviewed by Isa Mester ’26, Clarke Forum student project manager.