Somebody
Topic / iHeart / Tenderfoot
Sound Designer, Music ,
Awards / Recognition:
- Finalist - Pulitzer Prize, 2020
- Winner - Third Coast - Best Serialised Story, 2020
- Winner - IDA - Best Audio Documentary, 2020
- Winner - Gracies, 2020
- Scripps Howard Award for Excellence in Radio/Podcast Coverage
- American Society of Magazine Editors' Ellie Award for Podcasting
- National Headliner Award for Best Criminal Justice Podcast
- Gracie Award for Podcasting
- Gracie Award for Podcasting
- Peter Lisagor Awards for Best Investigative Reporting, Best Feature Series, Best New Podcast, Best Podcast and Best Podcast Single Episode
When Shapearl Wells’s son Courtney is found outside a Chicago police station with a fatal bullet wound, Shapearl immediately distrusts the official narrative. So she launches her own investigation into her son’s murder and teams up with journalists from the Invisible Institute to confront the cops and find the truth about Courtney’s death. Somebody explores the racial disparities and turbulent relationship between law enforcement and citizens in one of America’s largest cities.
