#65: Donald G. McNeil Jr. with Michael Barbaro in our own "The Daily: This Is Your Life" episode
The New York Times’ Science and Health Reporter Donald G. McNeil Jr., was months ahead of the general public, as he foretold the disastrous effects of COVID-19 early last spring. The winner of the 20...
4 Des 202053min
#64: Professor Henry Louis Gates, Jr. on Reconstruction: America After the Civil War
In our latest episode of On Assignment, Professor Henry Louis Gates, Jr. and duPont juror Mark Whitaker reflect on the lessons learned from Gates’ 2020 duPont-winning documentary series Reconstruction...
6 Nov 202041min
#63: Uncovering the Stories of the 1992 Los Angeles Uprising
In this month’s On Assignment episode, listen to the 2018 duPont-Award winning filmmakers describe the tenacious reporting required to produce “Let it Fall: Los Angeles 1982-1992.” Director John Ridle...
2 Okt 202044min
#62: Michael Rey and Oriana Zill de Granados
In this episode of On Assignment, CBS News 60 Minutes producers Michael Rey and Oriana Zill de Granados go behind the scenes of their duPont-winning reports on the US-Mexico Border. They describe base...
4 Sep 202040min
#61: Revisiting Caught: The Lives of Juvenile Justice
In this episode of On Assignment, we revisit a conversation with Kai Wright and Kaari Pitkin, creators of the award-winning podcast Caught: The Lives of Juvenile Justice. The WNYC series showed the hu...
7 Aug 202027min
#60: Revisiting Jelani Cobb and James Jacoby on Policing the Police
In this episode of On Assignment, we revisit a conversation from 2016 between New Yorker Staff Writer and Columbia Journalism Professor Jelani Cobb, FRONTLINE Producer James Jacoby, and Columbia Journ...
10 Jul 202033min
#59: Charlie Specht
WKBW's Charlie Specht talks with Professor Nina Alvarez about a reporting journey that took many unexpected turns: from covert emails sent anonymously from inside the church, to parking lot meetings, ...
5 Jun 202039min
#58: Clarissa Ward
In this episode of On Assignment, Clarissa Ward joins duPont Awards Director, Lisa R. Cohen for a conversation about how CNN managed to break story after story on Khashoggi’s disappearance; how she ha...
1 Mai 202049min
