IRE Radio Podcast | The Fairbanks Four

For nearly 15 years, a journalism professor at the University of Alaska Fairbanks has been investigating the case of the Fairbanks Four, a group of men convicted in the 1997 beating death of a teenager. And he hasn’t been working alone. Each year, students in Brian O’Donoghue’s investigative reporting class picked up the case. Their work had a huge impact: In December 2015, the Fairbanks Four were exonerated, freed after nearly two decades behind bars. On this episode, Brian takes us through the investigation.

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EPISODE NOTES

Looking for links to the stories, resources and events we discussed on this week's podcast? We've collected them for you.

• Read all of the Fairbanks Daily News-Miner’s coverage of the Fairbanks Four.
• Watch a seven-part series on the Fairbanks Four by TV station KTUU.
• See photos of the Fairbanks Four on the "Free the Fairbanks Four" Facebook page.
• Members only: Learn more about how Brian O’Donoghue and his students investigated the Fairbanks Four by reading a questionnaire on their reporting (27662_Q.pdf).

CREDITS

Aaron Pellish reported this episode. IRE Web Editor Sarah Hutchins edits the podcast. We are recorded in the studios of KBIA at the University of Missouri.

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