“In The Dark” Is In Peabody Spotlight

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It’s a chilling story but one worth telling. In the Dark, an investigative podcast by APM Reports, has received a George Foster Peabody Award for its groundbreaking reporting on the 27-year investigation of the Jacob Wetterling kidnapping. The award is the highest honor in broadcast media, and is the second Peabody Award for host Madeleine Baran (Betrayed by Silence, 2014) and senior producer Samara Freemark (Radio Diaries, 2012). In the Dark took listeners inside one of the most notorious child abductions in the United States – the kidnapping of 11-year-old Jacob Wetterling in Minnesota in 1989. Over nine episodes, the podcast revealed the failures of the Wetterling investigation – and the consequences.

“We are honored to receive a George Foster Peabody Award,” said host Madeleine Baran. “This was an important story for us to tell. We’re grateful to the Peabody jurors for recognizing the importance of this story and the larger questions it raises about crime and law enforcement accountability.”

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