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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.
Laura Sullivan is an investigative correspondent with NPR News. (Andrew Budziak)

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.

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Laura Sullivan (Linda Fittante)
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.