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| Reveal (radio program) | |
|---|---|
| Show name | Reveal |
| Format | Investigative journalism |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| First aired | 2006 |
Reveal (radio program) is an investigative journalism radio program and podcast produced by the Center for Investigative Reporting, Public Radio Exchange, and Reveal from The Center for Investigative Reporting. The program focuses on investigative reporting, documentary storytelling, and accountability journalism, often collaborating with public media partners, nonprofit newsrooms, and independent reporters to expose wrongdoing, malpractice, and systemic failures. Reveal's reporting has covered subjects ranging from criminal justice, immigration, public health, environmental hazards, to corporate misconduct, influencing public debate and policy.
Reveal is a production of the Center for Investigative Reporting and Public Radio Exchange that presents investigative pieces, long-form documentaries, and newsmagazine segments. The program collaborates with outlets such as NPR, ProPublica, The New York Times, The Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, Chicago Tribune, The Guardian (London), The Atlantic, Bloomberg News, The Wall Street Journal, Reuters, Associated Press, Mother Jones, Vox (media company), The Intercept, POLITICO, PBS, CBC/Radio-Canada, BBC Radio 4, Al Jazeera English, Frontline (American documentary series), 60 Minutes, This American Life, Radiolab, Marketplace (radio program), Fresh Air (radio program), The Rachel Maddow Show, The Daily (podcast), The New Yorker Radio Hour, Science Friday, Democracy Now!, The Ingraham Angle, The Today Show, Nightly News (NBC) and other public media and commercial partners.
Reveal began as a project of the Center for Investigative Reporting in the mid-2000s and launched a regular radio program and podcast in the 2010s, evolving alongside the growth of digital audio distribution and podcasting platforms such as iTunes, Stitcher, Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, SoundCloud, Acast, Overcast (software), Pocket Casts, Audible (company), Podbean, TuneIn, Pandora Radio, Amazon Music, YouTube, and public radio stations across the United States. Its development intersected with trends in nonprofit journalism exemplified by organizations like ProPublica, Center for Public Integrity, Investigative Reporters and Editors, The Marshall Project, Reveal from The Center for Investigative Reporting, The Texas Tribune, The Trace, Gannett, McClatchy, NPR Foundation, Knight Foundation, MacArthur Foundation, Ford Foundation, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Open Society Foundations, Google News Initiative, and philanthropic support models that funded investigative collaborations with universities, newsrooms, and multimedia producers.
Reveal combines long-form investigative reports, short features, documentary episodes, and serialized multi-part investigations. Episodes often include interviews with sources, victims, whistleblowers, experts, and officials drawn from institutions like Federal Bureau of Investigation, Department of Justice (United States), Department of Homeland Security, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Food and Drug Administration, Environmental Protection Agency, Internal Revenue Service, United States Congress, Supreme Court of the United States, United States Senate, United States House of Representatives, California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, New York State Department of Health, Los Angeles Police Department, Chicago Police Department, American Civil Liberties Union, Human Rights Watch, Amnesty International, Southern Poverty Law Center, National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, Electronic Frontier Foundation, and academic centers such as Harvard Kennedy School, Columbia Journalism School, University of California, Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism, Stanford University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Johns Hopkins University, Yale University, Oxford University, and Cambridge University.
Reveal's investigations have exposed issues in criminal justice, public health, environmental contamination, corporate negligence, and immigration enforcement, prompting responses from officials, litigation, and policy changes. Coverage has examined prison conditions linked to institutions like Rikers Island, San Quentin State Prison, Pelican Bay State Prison, and federal detention centers overseen by United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement, while reporting on environmental hazards has addressed contamination tied to companies in industries regulated by the Environmental Protection Agency and state agencies such as the California Environmental Protection Agency and Texas Commission on Environmental Quality. Other investigations intersected with reporting by The New York Times, ProPublica, The Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, Bloomberg News, Reuters, Associated Press, The Guardian (London), Mother Jones, The Intercept, Reveal from The Center for Investigative Reporting, and advocacy groups, influencing legislation, regulatory enforcement actions, and corporate reforms.
Hosts and producers for Reveal have included journalists, editors, producers, and investigative reporters associated with institutions such as the Center for Investigative Reporting, Public Radio Exchange, NPR', ProPublica, The New Yorker, The Atlantic, Reuters, Los Angeles Times, The New York Times, The Washington Post, Marketplace, This American Life, Radiolab, Frontline (American documentary series), Investigative Reporters and Editors, and journalism schools at University of California, Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism, Columbia Journalism School, Newmark Graduate School of Journalism, Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism, Medill School of Journalism. The production team comprises editors, fact-checkers, sound designers, legal counsel, and multimedia producers, collaborating with station partners such as KQED (FM), KCRW (FM), WBUR, WNYC, KUT, WHYY, KPCC, WAMU, KEXP, WBEZ, KCUR, and public broadcasting entities.
Reveal has been distributed via public radio syndication, podcast platforms, and partnerships with public media stations and digital outlets. It has aired on stations affiliated with NPR, carried on networks including Public Radio International, American Public Media, and shared audio and reporting through collaborations with print and broadcast partners such as The New York Times', Los Angeles Times', The Washington Post', Chicago Tribune', ProPublica', The Guardian (London)', PBS', BBC Radio 4', and international platforms.
Reveal and its reporters have received awards and recognition from journalism organizations and institutions including the Peabody Awards, Pulitzer Prize, George Polk Awards, Investigative Reporters and Editors Awards, Society of Professional Journalists, Online Journalism Awards, Emmy Awards, Webby Awards, James Beard Foundation Awards, American Society of Magazine Editors, Edward R. Murrow Awards, John S. Knight Journalism Fellowships, MacArthur Fellows Program, Knight-Bagehot Fellowship, Pulitzer Prize for Public Service, Overseas Press Club Awards, and regional press associations, reflecting impact across investigative journalism, audio storytelling, and public interest reporting.