Maggie Rahr is an award-winning freelance investigative journalist and host of CARRIE LOW VS., an all-new CBC podcast that chronicles Carrie Low, a sexual assault survivor who claims the police botched their investigation of the crime, only leading to further trauma in the process.

Over the years, Maggie has found herself in an unlikely position: the reporter rape survivors turn to when justice cant be found within the institutions designed to receive them.  After several separate year-long investigations into violent rapes, Rahr was prepared to step away from trauma reporting, to preserve her own well being. But when Carrie called, she had to answer.

Through her reporting, Maggie and Carrie have developed a close relationship. Not unlike Carrie, Rahr feels she cannot avoid the work: someone has to do it. But it takes a toll.

Rahr also sees that her reporting provides an opportunity to examine how the media itself is complicit in the failure to accurately, and humanely convey the ravages of sexual violence. She has developed a system of reporting built on a foundation of consent, respect and safety and has fought to protect her sources working in many different outlets, from CBC, to print journalism, to podcasts, including writing/hosting the podcast What Happened to Holly Bartlett.