''Reveal'' created by

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(CIR) and hosted by

Al Letson Al Letson (born August 8, 1972) is an American writer, journalist, and radio and podcast host. Since 2013, he has served as the host of the radio show and podcast '' Reveal'' from the Center for Investigative Reporting and PRX. Before that, he c ...

is a nationally broadcast public radio show and investigative reporting podcast. The radio program is released on Saturdays on radio stations in the

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network and the show is also available in podcast form. It is part of a growing trend of investigative reporting being disseminated through audio. Its first weekly season was ranked among the top 50 podcasts by ''

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''. ''Reveal'' has experimented with new modes of distribution, including using

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to provide interactivity to its podcasts. The main website for ''Reveal'' contains links to each podcast episode, video, and multimedia story shared by the outlet. Each video is also available on their YouTube channel. The outlet also has a blog where the staff posts about internal updates and how they created data-driven stories. ''Reveal'' showcases the work of CIR and other large and small newsrooms in the US. The show sued the

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under the

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for access to records related to the cost of the

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the administration is pursuing. Its reporting resulted in the shut down of unlicensed work camps being used as drug treatment facilities. All of the CIR's digital reporting is available on ''Reveal''s website where the CIR shares podcasts, videos, and many data-driven investigative projects. ''Reveal''s CEO is Christa Scharfenberg. ''Reveal''s investigation into racial disparities in mortgage lending in 2018 was mentioned on the floor of the Senate by Senator Elizabeth Warren and was the subject of a lengthy op-ed in ''

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''. In 2017, host

was photographed physically intervening to protect a right-wing protester at a rally that turned violent in

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Reception and awards

In 2013, the show received a

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for its first radio episode, "Reveal: The VA's Opiate Overload (Public Radio)". ''Reveal'' won the 2017 Edward Murrow Award from the

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for best News Documentary for "Dropped and Dismissed: Child Sex Abuse Lost in the System" as well as Best Sports Reporting for "Making the Team". The episode "Voting rights – and wrongs" earned a podcast

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in 2017 for News & Information. In 2016, it won the Edward R. Murrow Award for Overall Excellence for a small online news organization. Two episodes from 2018, "Monumental Lies" and "Kept Out", each won Peabody Awards, and the radio show itself won the Alfred I. duPont–Columbia University Award in 2018.

Episodes

''Reveal'' releases new episodes weekly on Saturdays. , the show has released 269 episodes.

References

External links

* {{Official website, https://revealnews.org/ 2013 podcast debuts Audio podcasts Investigative journalism Political podcasts News podcasts American podcasts