On Assignment - From the duPont-Columbia Awards

Zoe Chace has no problem walking up to strangers with headphones on and mike poised. It’s how she captured her duPont-Columbia winning story, “Ep 600 Will I Know Anyone at This Party?” which gives a firsthand account of the immigration push back taking place in America today. Chace is a producer at the radio program and podcast, This American Life. She reveals her tips for getting into the Republican convention without credentials, persuading people to talk when they don’t want to, and managing fears of getting fired. Check out the “Deploraball” episode referenced in this week’s podcast. And see Chace and our other winners accept their batons at the 2018 duPont-Columbia ceremony.

26 Jan 201828min

Gawker went bankrupt after releasing the Hulk Hogan sex tape, but the scandal uncovered a far bigger threat to the press: billionaires angling to silence the media. In Nobody Speak: Trials of the Free Press, Director Brian Knappenberger explores how billionaires like Peter Thiel and Sheldon Adelson used their fortunes to censor journalists at Gawker and the Las Vegas Review Journal.

8 Des 201733min

Washington Post Chief Correspondent Dan Balz knows politics. In conversation with Executive Editor Martin Baron, Balz shares with us the lessons he learned covering seven presidents--and how to report in the era of Trump.

22 Nov 201741min

'Obit' by Vanessa Gould offers viewers a glimpse into the world of the New York Times obituaries desk, examining the work of the small team tasked with writing profiles of the recently deceased.

10 Nov 201734min

Oscar-winning director John Ridley and veteran ABC News producer Jeanmarie Condon wove together intimate first person accounts and archival footage to create a stunning, cinematic portrait of the events preceding the 1992 Los Angeles riots in the new documentary 'Let It Fall.' Ridley and Condon visited the Columbia Journalism School to discuss the film with professor June Cross.

27 Okt 201729min

Filmmakers Dylan Bank, Daniel DiMauro, and Morgan Pehme followed lobbyist, political strategist, and self-identified "dirty trickster" Roger Stone for five years. In a recent conversation with Columbia Journalism School professor Betsy West, they discuss how their work resulted in the Netflix documentary "Get Me Roger Stone."

12 Okt 201733min

On Assignment speaks with Kate Howard, a veteran investigative reporter for WFPL’s Kentucky Center for Investigative Reporting, who shares her essential tips for doing a 15-minute background check on your sources.

28 Sep 201726min

NBC Anchor and Correspondent Kate Snow, who won a 2017 duPont award for her Dateline NBC report, “The Cosby Accusers Speak,” talks with On Assignment about her experience reporting on 27 of the women who accused Bill Cosby of sexual harassment and assault.

14 Sep 201730min