Category: Podcasts

Reporting, research aids story development The Washington Post was awarded three Pulitzers this week, for national reporting on abortion; for feature writing about post-pandemic America; and for a biography of George Floyd in the category of best general nonfiction. The Post also was honored to have five entries announced as Pulitzer finalists. Former students Vanessa Montalbano, McKenzie Beard, Megan Ruggles and Carley Welch researched hundreds of court cases as part of their …

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Despite the United States being the most prepared country to fight a global pandemic, the country led the world in confirmed COVID-19 cases and deaths. More than 1.1 million people died, and more than 103 million were diagnosed with COVID as of March of 2023. It became clear early in 2020 that the federal government …

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Chicago Public Media Associate Editor Margot Susca’s favorite podcast remains This American Life, which in 2020 was the first-ever radio program to win a Pulitzer Prize. The site describes its history and influence this way: “Back in 1999, the American Journalism Review declared that the program was ‘in the vanguard of a journalistic revolution’ and …

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The Los Angeles Times Studios released Border City recently, an eight-part podcast that has consumed IRW contributing editor Susan White and her friend and reporter Sandra Dibble for several years. Dibble reported on Tijuana, Mexico, for the San Diego Union-Tribune for 28 years. She now lives in Imperial Beach, California, “close enough to see Tijuana’s lights from my terrace,” she wrote in …

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Fewer people might be listening in their cars because of the pandemic, but podcast production continues unabated.

We might be living in the golden age of podcasts. Investigative journalists, from reporters in the world’s largest newsrooms to independent producers striking out on their own, are using audio to tell stories previously reserved for 5,000-word stories. At IRW, we’ve curated a list of some of the best investigative podcasts for your binging pleasure. …

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