Posts Tagged ‘Podcast’
IRE Radio Podcast | Wards of Neglect
What happens when a state cuts $100 million from its mental health budget? Reporters from the Tampa Bay Times and Sarasota Herald-Tribune spent 18 months finding out. Their Pulitzer-winning investigation exposed deadly violence in Florida’s mental hospitals, where staff shortages, regulatory fumbling and years of neglect were, for years, hidden from the public eye. In…
Read MoreIRE Radio Podcast | White Coat Criminals
A team of journalists at The Atlanta Journal-Constitution uncovered a nationwide phenomenon of sexual abuse in the medical community. Thousands of doctors, many still practicing, had a lurid history of sexual misconduct, their crimes hidden from the public. On this episode, we’re talking to reporter Carrie Teegardin and illustrator Richard Watkins about how they found…
Read MoreIRE Radio Podcast | Profiting from Prisoners
Prisons have long posed a challenge for investigative journalists. And when you’re trying to report on a private prison – one owned by a company, not the government – the situation becomes even more challenging. On this episode, we’re talking to three reporters who managed to pull back the curtain on the for-profit prison system. Shane Bauer describes…
Read MoreIRE Radio Podcast | Regulated by God
No parent wants to put their child in danger. But when parents in some states enroll their children in religious day cares, that’s exactly what happens. On this episode, Reveal reporter Amy Julia Harris discusses what she found when she began investigating the exemptions granted to faith-based day cares. In a handful of states, religious…
Read MoreIRE Radio Podcast | BONUS: Tips from a FOIA Terrorist
You’ve probably heard of Jason Leopold, even if his name doesn’t immediately ring a bell. He’s the journalist who forced the release of Hillary Clinton’s emails. He’s also unearthed shocking details on CIA torture and spying. Jason works at VICE News, and he’s the master of the federal FOIA request. In fact, he’s such a…
Read MoreIRE Radio Podcast | Los Desaparecidos
[For the English version of this episode, click here.] No es un secreto en México, ni en Colombia, que la gente desaparece, muchas veces por los carteles y sin razón clara. Daniela Guazo y su equipo de datos de El Universal trabajo con El Tiempo de Colombia para darle una cara humana a la grave…
Read MoreIRE Radio Podcast | The Disappeared
[Looking for the Spanish version of the podcast? Click here] It’s no secret to Mexicans or Colombians that people are disappeared, all the time, often at the hands of cartels and with seemingly no reason. We talked with Daniela Guazo from Mexico’s El Universal about the work she and her team did along with Colombia’s…
Read MoreIRE Radio Podcast | The Disappeared – Transcript
The follow is an abbreviated transcript of Daniela Vidal’s interview with Daniel Guazo for the IRE Radio Podcast. This transcript has been lightly edited for clarity. Daniela Vidal (IRE): Could you tell me a little bit about what this project is about, The Disappeared? Daniela Guazo (El Universal): The objective of this project was…
Read MoreThe Center for Investigative Reporting bets it can change audio journalism—and itself
By David Uberti, CJR Editor’s Note: This article first ran on April 25, 2016 on the Columbia Journalism Review’s website. In 2014, The Center for Investigative Reporting found itself at a crossroads: Cut much of its staff or create a full-time radio show. That was the choice then-editorial director Mark Katches says the organization faced. “The…
Read MoreIRE 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…
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