Cruel’s intentions: A journalist’s mission to find the missing
Journalist Sergio Cruel is using his investigative skills to do more than turn a story. He's searching for missing persons in Philadelphia.
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Sergio Cruel found his journalistic calling by helping to find missing persons in Philadelphia. (Courtesy of Sergio Cruel)
After a story he reported for Fox29’s Chasing News team went viral, Sergio Cruel found his journalistic calling in helping to find missing persons in Philadelphia. Now, he’s left Fox29, launched his own website, and is pursuing cases. On this episode of The Why, Cruels tells us why his new work is “deeper than journalism.”
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