"Last Seen: Postmortem," hosted by senior reporter Ally Jarmanning, is an investigation into the Harvard Medical School morgue scandal. "This story gives a glimpse into a macabre and lucrative world: a nationwide network of human remains trading," says Jarmanning. Throughout the series, she seeks to answer the haunting questions that drive her reporting: How should the dead be treated? And who gets to decide? "Postmortem" is the latest season of "Last Seen" — a podcast about people, places and things that have gone missing. All five podcast episodes are available now and the series will air in five daily installments during WBUR's "Morning Edition" beginning Monday, June 24.
WBUR
Broadcast Media Production and Distribution
Boston, MA 7,098 followers
News & announcements, events and behind-the-scenes at @WBUR
About us
90.9 WBUR-FM is Boston's NPR news station and the home of nationally syndicated programs, including On Point, Here & Now, Only A Game and Car Talk, which reach millions of listeners each week on NPR stations across the country and online. WBUR provides listeners with thorough coverage of local, national and international news from NPR, Public Radio International and the BBC, in addition to its own locally produced content. WBUR has a dedicated newsroom reporting original, local content throughout the day, as well as Radio Boston, a daily news magazine examining issues, news, people and places through a distinctly Boston lens. Through a dynamic exchange of ideas, WBUR serves and engages the local community as a source of news and information, providing insight and cultural context that unites a diverse, complex and changing world.
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http://wbur.org
External link for WBUR
- Industry
- Broadcast Media Production and Distribution
- Company size
- 51-200 employees
- Headquarters
- Boston, MA
- Type
- Nonprofit
- Founded
- 1950
- Specialties
- News, Information, Radio, Podcasts, Media, Digital Media, and Broadcast
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Primary
890 Commonwealth Avenue
Boston, MA 02215, US
Employees at WBUR
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Todd Mundt
Here & Now from WBUR and NPR News
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Nigel Jacob
Civic Innovation OG, Public Sector Innovation, Startup Advisor
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Paula Pinheiro Witkin
Business grows through exceptional strategy, flawless execution, analyzing results and making the right adjustments along the way.
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Joan DiMicco, Ph.D.
Executive Director, Product & Audience Insights, WBUR
Updates
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WBUR is hiring! Check out our openings here: https://shorturl.at/xE8W2
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We are proud to announce that WBUR teams won three 2024 PMJA Awards. Public Media Journalists Association - PMJA supports, empowers and advocates for journalists working in public media, seeking to foster high ethical standards in the practice of journalism. Congratulations to the winners! Series: Division E (30 or more newsroom staff) First Place: "PFAS chemicals” Multimedia: Division E Second Place: “Field Guide to Boston” National News Coverage: All Divisions First Place: WBUR and NPR - “A mother is working to prevent overdose deaths by supervising drug use at home” https://lnkd.in/e2iX-BSa
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Our children's podcast Circle Round has won a Gold from NAUTILUS BOOK AWARDS! "The Lion's Whisker" by host Rebecca Sheir with illustrations by Nikita Abuya was recognized in the Children's Picture Book category. The Nautilus Book Awards celebrate "better books for a better world," and their core mission is to support conscious living and green values, wellness, social change, social justice, and spiritual growth. https://lnkd.in/eZh_Nuu2
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We’re proud to share that WBUR is the winner of the Radio Television Digital News Association (RTDNA) Overall Excellence honor for the second year in a row. In total, we’re taking home seven awards in the Large Market Radio division this year. A huge thank you to everyone who produces and supports our award-winning journalism. And congratulations our teams behind these winners: Continuing Coverage: Seeking Shelter Digital: Field Guide to Boston Feature Reporting: These Boston Marathon Medical Volunteers Responded to the Bombings - Then Healed Each Other Hard News: As Boston Police Prepare to Remove 'Mass. and Cass' Encampment, Some Wonder What Comes Next News Documentary: On Point - The Border Crisis Arrives in Chicago Podcast: The Gun Machine Overall Excellence: WBUR
RTDNA Announces 2024 Region 10 Edward R. Murrow Award Winners
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Collaborative projects produced by WBUR with partners ProPublica and NPR have earned first place wins across National Headliner Awards radio categories this year. Todd Wallack, Christine Willmsen, Martha Bebinger, and Elisabeth Harrison were acknowledged for their investigative reporting. State politics reporter Walter Wuthmann was also recognized for his work.
WBUR secures two first-place National Headliner Awards for coverage of public housing and supervised consumption
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Congratulations to the 2023 Daniel Schorr Journalism Prize winners: Jared Bennett and Justin Hicks from Louisville Public Media. Their winning entry, "Invasive and Incomplete: How flood cleanup left eastern Kentucky feeling violated and vulnerable" is an investigation for The Kentucky Center Investigative Reporting. The Schorr Prize judges finalist judges — NPR White House correspondent Asma Khalid and Here & Now co-host Scott Tong — said: "As listeners, we were struck by the richness of the residents who told their stories of grief and loss. Jared and Justin's team combined these voices with appropriate music mixed to deliver first-hand experiences to the audience. It's an engaging listen… also a testament to solid investigative reporting delivered to the listener by audio and illustrated to the web audience online."
WBUR announces Daniel Schorr Journalism Prize winners: Jared Bennett and Justin Hicks from Louisville Public Media
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Our Engineering team is hiring! Apply Here: https://lnkd.in/eynmWcvk
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Our CitySpace team is hiring! Apply Here: https://lnkd.in/eA-S-pbD
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Reporter Martha Bebinger has been recognized for her reporting on efforts parents are taking to keep their children and others alive amid the worsening opioid crisis with a 2024 Gracie Award from Alliance for Women in Media. The story, "'I ain't found it yet.' No line this mother won't cross to save her addicted daughter," was the result of a collaboration between NPR and WBUR and won for News Feature in the Radio - Nationally Syndicated Non-Commercial category. https://lnkd.in/ekhVxr2p "This is a story that urgently needed to be told. Martha wanted to show the lengths to which parents like Renae will go to keep their children alive amid a merciless drug epidemic — but who often do so in the shadows due to fear or shame," said WBUR Executive Editor for News Dan Mauzy. "Martha pursued this story for years. Now, thanks to her extraordinary reporting and to Renae, who was willing to share her story, parents and loved ones know they are not alone."
WBUR's Martha Bebinger wins 2024 Gracie Award
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