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Date Aired or Published August 4, 2023
Media outlet where first aired or published: Halifax Examiner
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Location: Halifax
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Short explanation of the story and how it developed:

Carrie Low been quite public about has details of her sexual assault and her subsequent battles for police accountability, but she had never before told the complete story of her earlier conflicts with police, her substance abuse issues, and all the details proceeding her assault. Tim Bousquet sat in on a two-week long Police Review Board hearing and then sat with Low for two hours-long interviews in order to provide this sweeping profile of a woman challenging the police and attitudes towards sexual assault survivors.

Resources of the newsroom (money and time) available to complete the story:

Reporting and writing this profile took approximately a month of Bousquet's time.

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