#79: Nanfu Wang’s Brave COVID Doc Draws Dramatic Parallels
“Finding people who praise the government is easy. Finding people who are critical of the government is easy. What is the most difficult is convincing some people who are ordinary citizens who have information to come out and speak up. ” --- director and producer Nanfu Wang
1 Jul 202226min
#78: CBS’s Norah O’Donnell On Her Toughest Story Yet: Sexual Assault in the U.S. Military
“These women who join the military are just the finest…and the fact that they are being harassed and abused and driven from military service is really a national security issue.” --- CBS Managing Editor and Anchor Norah O’Donnell
3 Jun 202223min
#77: Tracing Trauma with WNYC's KalaLea
In episode two of Season 15, WNYC’s KalaLea discusses how her 2022 duPont-Columbia award-winning audio series, "Blindspot: Tulsa Burning," immerses listeners in the past, embedding them in the Tulsa Race Massacre of 1921, while threading the impact of generational trauma through to the present.
6 Mai 202221min
#76: NPR's Laura Sullivan Talks Trash
NPR’s Laura Sullivan reveals the surprising twists and turns behind her 2022 duPont-award winning Planet Money piece, “Waste Land.” Stowed in boxes of old lobbying documents in private family homes, away from public view, Laura finds out that the oil and gas industry knew all along that plastic recycling would never work – a revelation that led her down a winding road of reporting that she details in this first episode of On Assignment’s Season 15.
31 Mar 202223min
#75: Ed Ou, director of A Different Kind of Force — Policing Mental Illness
Ed Ou is co-director of the duPont-Columbia award-winning documentary A Different Kind of Force — Policing Mental Illness. Ou joins host Lisa Cohen to talk about the process of creating a nuanced and intimate documentary that tackles two of the most fraught subjects in American life — police violence and mental illness.
3 Des 202133min
#74: Ear Hustle's Earlonne Woods and Nigel Poor
Earlonne Woods and Nigel Poor are the co-creators and co-hosts of the 2021 duPont Columbia Award-winning podcast Ear Hustle, a unique podcast produced in San Quentin State Prison. In this interview, they recount the origin story of this unlikely project, offer insight on the challenges of reporting inside prison, and share the true definiton of "ear hustling."
5 Nov 202134min
#73: Isobel Yeung
Isobel Yeung talks about India Burning, her 2021 duPont Columbia Award-winning work for Vice on Showtime and the importance of international journalism. Visit our website: www.onassignmentpodcast.com Visit the duPont awards website: www.duPont.org Follow us on Twitter: twitter.com/columbiajourn Like is on Facebook: facebook.com/duPontColumbiaAwards
1 Okt 202127min
#72: Nicole Newnham and Jim LeBrecht on their duPont Award-winning documentary Crip Camp
Nicole Newnham and Jim LeBrecht discuss their 2021 duPont Columbia Award-winning documentary Crip Camp. The directors of the film, which was also nominated for an Oscar, speak candidly about topics like disability representation in the media, the film's relationship to present-day grassroots movements, and what it was like to get edit notes from the Obamas. Visit our website: www.onassignmentpodcast.com Visit the duPont awards website: www.duPont.org Follow us on Twitter: twitter.com/columbiajourn Like is on Facebook: facebook.com/duPontColumbiaAwards
3 Sep 202129min
