When Did True Crime Take Over? Dateline’s Andrea Canning Explains
Author: Dear Media
April 27, 2026
Duration: 1:16:24
🎟️ Don’t miss your chance to experience the Behind the Curtain tour LIVE! Grab your tickets now before they’re gone! Get yours here: https://linktr.ee/over50flourishing In this episode of Over 50 and Flourishing, I sit down with Andrea Canning for a conversation about true crime, career resilience, and building a life that doesn’t fit into just one box.Andrea Canning is an award-winning correspondent for Dateline NBC, where she has spent over a decade covering some of the most compelling and complex true crime stories in America. Beyond Dateline, Andrea is also an accomplished screenwriter, having written more than 30 films for Lifetime and Hallmark, and she’s a mother of six navigating the realities of a demanding career and a full family life.We talk about when true crime became such a cultural phenomenon, what really goes into putting together a Dateline episode, and the surprising amount of care, time, and collaboration behind each story. Andrea shares what it’s like working in an industry where rejection and setbacks are part of the process, and why her philosophy that “nothing should be beneath you or above you” has shaped her career in powerful ways. She also opens up about her unexpected journey into writing movies, how she built a second creative path from scratch, and what it looks like to pursue new opportunities at any stage of life.We also dive into motherhood, how she balances raising six kids with a demanding career, the reality of not being able to do everything, and why letting go of perfection has been key.For more on Andrea, follow her on:Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/andreacanning/ Listen to Dateline: True Crime Weekly: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/dateline-true-crime-weekly/id1745566056 Watch Talking Dateline: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLdiKDUXe8phlUOcUFvnRTJn6Yjll3C4DG Thanks to my Sponsors:Hero Bread: Go to hero.co and use code FLOURISHING at checkout for 10% off your orderHill House Home: Get 15% off your first order of $100 or more at HillHouseHome.com with code FLOURISHING Gusto: Try Gusto today at gusto.com/OVER50 and get 3 months free when you run your first payroll. O Positiv: Take proactive care of your health and head to OPositiv.com/FLOURISHING or enter FLOURISHING at checkout for 25% off your first purchase Uresta: You need to check out Uresta–it’s like nothing else out there and can finally provide you relief! Learn more about this amazing breakthrough, trusted by over 50 thousand women at Uresta.com Hollow Socks: For a limited time, Hollow Socks is having a Buy 2, Get 2 Free Sale. Head to Hollowsocks.com today to check it out. Keep in Touch:Website: https://dominiquesachse.tv/Book: https://dominiquesachse.tv/book/Insta: https://www.instagram.com/dominiquesachse/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DominiqueSachse/TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@dominiquesachse?lang=enYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@dominiquesachsetvHave a question for Dominique? Submit it here for a chance to have it answered on the show! https://forms.gle/MpTeWN1oKN8t18pm6 Interested in being featured as a guest? Please email courtney@dominiquesachse.tv We want to make the podcast even better. Help us learn how we can: https://bit.ly/2EcYbu4Please note that this episode may contain paid endorsements and advertisements for products and services. Individuals on the show may have a direct or indirect financial interest in products or services referred to in this episode.Produced by Dear Media.
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