Turning investigative reporting into artful radio, with NPR's Laura Sullivan
Dense information, data and details can make investigative stories seem like the least radio-friendly content on the planet. Three-time Peabody-winning journalist Laura Sullivan shares her lessons on breathing life into hard news radio.
Dense information, data and details can make investigative stories seem like the least radio-friendly content on the planet. Three-time Peabody-winning journalist Laura Sullivan shares her lessons on breathing life into hard news radio.
Listen to some of Laura's award-winning radio work:
- Documents Show Red Cross May Not Know How It Spent Millions In Haiti (2015)
- Native Foster Care: Lost Children, Shattered Families (2011)
- Bonding for Profit: Behind the U.S. Bail Bond System (2010)
- Doubts Arise About 1972 Angola Prison Murder (2008)
- Rape Cases on Indian Lands Go Uninvestigated (2007)
About
Laura Sullivan is a NPR News investigative correspondent whose work has cast a light on some of the country's most disadvantaged people. Sullivan is one of NPR's most decorated journalists, with three Peabody Awards and two Alfred I. duPont-Columbia University Silver Batons. She joined NPR in 2004 as a correspondent on the National Desk. For six years she covered crime and punishment issues, with reports airing regularly on Morning Edition, All Things Considered and other NPR programs before joining NPR's investigations unit.