//podcastplus.net/feed/on-assignment-podcast~cd0424f0 On Assignment brings you some of the best conversations from the Columbia Journalism School, produced and hosted by the school's Alfred I. duPont-Columbia University Awards.The duPont-Columbia Awards honor the best in audio-visual reporting across platforms including broadcast, documentary, local investigative, radio and interactive journalism. We started the On Assignment Podcast to go behind the scenes and bring you the conversations we were having with the leading journalists in the field, many of whom are also past duPont Award winners. Tue, 04 Aug 2026 15:46:16 +0000 https://feeds.soundcloud.com/stream/1633411932-on-assignment-podcast-90-cnns-jake-tapper-with-dean-jelani-cobb.mp3 “The incentive structures in the worlds of politics and news media… are geared towards division and not just division, but demonizing people. And it's very dangerous. It has already resulted in loss of life."-CNN’s Jake TapperJake Tapper is the CNN Chief Washington Correspondent, anchor of The Lead with Jake Tapper, and co-host of the Sunday morning public affairs program State of the Union. In 2023, he was part of the team that won a duPont-Columbia award for their coverage of the conflict in Ukraine. He also hosted the awards at Columbia University in 2018.In this episode, Tapper sits down with Columbia Journalism School’s Dean Jelani Cobb to discuss the extraordinary state of American politics how journalists should report on figures like Trump. Fri, 06 Oct 2023 12:00:28 +0000 https://feeds.soundcloud.com/stream/1633411932-on-assignment-podcast-90-cnns-jake-tapper-with-dean-jelani-cobb.mp3 https://feeds.soundcloud.com/stream/1394783464-on-assignment-podcast-arizona-law-enforcement-under-fire-abc-15s-dave-biscobing.mp3 “I've seen officers lie in reports or stretching the truth -- that's not new - - but to entirely make something up completely and unequivocally, that just was really disturbing." - Dave Biscobing, ABC15 Chief Investigative ReporterDave Biscobing’s investigations of the Phoenix police department exposed both dishonest officers lying on the witness stand and outrageous accusations fabricated against Black Lives Matters protestors. Tune in to learn what he found, and how he found it. Fri, 02 Dec 2022 13:48:25 +0000 https://feeds.soundcloud.com/stream/1394783464-on-assignment-podcast-arizona-law-enforcement-under-fire-abc-15s-dave-biscobing.mp3 https://feeds.soundcloud.com/stream/1376378632-on-assignment-podcast-nbc-bay-areas-the-moms-of-magnolia-street.mp3 “We knew it was important to let the cameras continue to roll live. But I'll be honest, we were nervous about where this was going to go when we saw those armored vehicles show up.” - VP of News Stephanie Adrouny, NBC Bay AreaThe 2022 duPont-winning documentary “The Moms of Magnolia Street” follows three mothers who protest Oakland’s affordable housing crisis by illegally occupying a vacant home. Tune in as NBC Bay Area documentarians talk about following along from defiant start to explosive finish. Fri, 04 Nov 2022 12:42:33 +0000 https://feeds.soundcloud.com/stream/1376378632-on-assignment-podcast-nbc-bay-areas-the-moms-of-magnolia-street.mp3 https://feeds.soundcloud.com/stream/1358331025-on-assignment-podcast-82-director-malachy-browne-on-the-january-6th-day-of-rage.mp3 “We understood the magnitude of the event fairly early on and the need to start collecting evidence…That's how we think of this. As evidence, not just cover or B-roll.”— New York Times Visual Investigations Lead Malachy Browne on the January 6 Capitol riots.“Day of Rage” is the duPont-Columbia award-winning, New York Times visual investigation of the January 6th attack on the U.S. Capitol. Co-director Malachy Browne explains what it was like to organize and dissect thousands of hours of footage from “one of the most documented acts of political violence ever.”For more, visit https://bit.ly/OADayofRage Thu, 06 Oct 2022 23:22:13 +0000 https://feeds.soundcloud.com/stream/1358331025-on-assignment-podcast-82-director-malachy-browne-on-the-january-6th-day-of-rage.mp3 https://feeds.soundcloud.com/stream/1336101739-on-assignment-podcast-81-revisiting-ira-glass-behind-the-scenes-at-this-american-life.mp3 “A story is an engine for feelings.” - This American Life founder, host and producer Ira GlassIn 2019, This American Life founder, host, and producer Ira Glass gave his special brand of insight into how he crafts “This American Life,” from story inception, to reporting, writing, and production. We revisit his preeminent editorial style that paved the way for generations of narrative docu-style podcasters. Fri, 02 Sep 2022 01:41:06 +0000 https://feeds.soundcloud.com/stream/1336101739-on-assignment-podcast-81-revisiting-ira-glass-behind-the-scenes-at-this-american-life.mp3 https://feeds.soundcloud.com/stream/1318224730-on-assignment-podcast-80-director-loira-limbals-heartfelt-homage-to-working-mothers.mp3 “I felt like I don't have to tell you how brutal racial capitalism is in the United States if I am showing you. I wanted capitalism to indict itself in the film.” -- director and producer Loira LimbalIn her 2022 duPont Award-winning documentary “Through the Night,” filmmaker Loira Limbal intimately captured the burdens on working mothers and puts a mirror to America’s daycare system, reflecting back the darker sides of capitalism. Fri, 05 Aug 2022 00:59:23 +0000 https://feeds.soundcloud.com/stream/1318224730-on-assignment-podcast-80-director-loira-limbals-heartfelt-homage-to-working-mothers.mp3 http://feeds.soundcloud.com/stream/1020931330-on-assignment-podcast-69-wnbc-anchor-david-ushery-on-covering-coronavirus-from-the-epicenter.mp3 David Ushery, discusses reporting on coronavirus last spring, as New York City became the epicenter of a pandemic. The WNBC team brought viewers vital life and death information about COVID, day after day, in real time. Their reporting won a 2021 duPont-Columbia award. In this conversation with duPont Awards Director, Lisa R. Cohen, Ushery recounts the uncertainty of the pandemic’s early days, his team’s commitment to transparently inform viewers, and how WNBC reporters and photographers grappled with the fear of reporting on a highly infectious virus.Visit our website: www.onassignmentpodcast.comVisit the duPont awards website: www.duPont.orgFollow us on Twitter: twitter.com/columbiajournLike is on Facebook: facebook.com/duPontColumbiaAwards Fri, 02 Apr 2021 10:15:22 +0000 http://feeds.soundcloud.com/stream/1020931330-on-assignment-podcast-69-wnbc-anchor-david-ushery-on-covering-coronavirus-from-the-epicenter.mp3 http://feeds.soundcloud.com/stream/999092737-on-assignment-podcast-68-the-washington-posts-nadine-ajaka-on-the-value-of-visual-forensics.mp3 Nadine Ajaka, The Washington Post’s senior producer for visual forensics, talks about her team’s reconstruction of the crackdown on peaceful protesters in Lafayette Square in Washington D.C which won a 2021 duPont-Columbia award. By analyzing visual evidence, Ajaka and her team meticulously recreated the moments leading up to Donald Trump’s infamous “bible photo-op” in front of St. John’s church.See the full reconstruction, here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JxYmILDya0A&t=77sVisit our website: onassignmentpodcast.comVisit the duPont awards website: duPont.orgFollow us on Twitter: twitter.com/columbiajournLike is on Facebook: facebook.com/duPontColumbiaAwards Fri, 05 Mar 2021 10:52:10 +0000 http://feeds.soundcloud.com/stream/999092737-on-assignment-podcast-68-the-washington-posts-nadine-ajaka-on-the-value-of-visual-forensics.mp3 http://feeds.soundcloud.com/stream/961297795-on-assignment-podcast-66-rachel-maddow-and-michael-yarvitz-on-their-2020-dupont-award-winning-podcast-bag-man.mp3 In our latest episode, Rachel Maddow and Michael Yarvitz discuss their duPont Award-winning podcast, Bag Man, which details the brazen wrongdoing of Richard Nixon’s Vice President, Spiro T. Agnew -- and why so many have forgotten about him altogether. Fri, 08 Jan 2021 04:59:00 +0000 http://feeds.soundcloud.com/stream/961297795-on-assignment-podcast-66-rachel-maddow-and-michael-yarvitz-on-their-2020-dupont-award-winning-podcast-bag-man.mp3 http://feeds.soundcloud.com/stream/940562683-on-assignment-podcast-nytimes-health-reporter-donald-mcneil-on-the-lessons-hes-learned-covering-infectious-diseases.mp3 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 2020 John Chancellor Excellence in Journalism award-winner has been informing audiences of The Times’ podcast The Daily, and he’s joined here by The Daily host Michael Barbaro in a recent J-School student session to celebrate McNeil’s Chancellor win. Fri, 04 Dec 2020 04:59:05 +0000 http://feeds.soundcloud.com/stream/940562683-on-assignment-podcast-nytimes-health-reporter-donald-mcneil-on-the-lessons-hes-learned-covering-infectious-diseases.mp3