Madeleine Baran

Madeleine Baran is an investigative reporter, best known for her reporting of law enforcement investigations.[1][2]

Chris Worthington, Madeleine Baran, Sasha Aslanian and Mike Edgerly from MPR News arrive on the red carpet before accepting the Peabody for Betrayed by Silence.

Baran is the host and lead reporter of the podcast In the Dark, produced by American Public Media.[3] It was named one of "The Best New Podcasts of 2016" by The New York Times.[4] In 2020, season 2 of In the Dark won the Radio Silver Gavel Award from the American Bar Association.[5]

Before APM, Baran spent six-and-half years at Minnesota Public Radio (MPR).[6] In 2013 and 2014, Baran led MPR’s award-winning coverage of the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis’ sex abuse scandals, “Betrayed by Silence”. Her reporting led to the resignation of the archbishop, criminal charges against the archdiocese, and lawsuits by victims of clergy sex abuse.[3][7]

Baran has received the Alfred I. duPont–Columbia University Award for excellence in journalism in the public service.[7] Her work has also won a Peabody Award, a Gracie Award, and two national Sigma Delta Chi Awards.[7]

Baran is from Milwaukee.[3] She studied at Hampshire College and New York University, where she received a master’s degree in Journalism and French Studies.[8]

References
  1. Larson, Sarah (2018-06-01). "Why "In the Dark" May Be the Best Podcast of the Year". The New Yorker. Retrieved 2018-09-25.
  2. Atad, Corey (2016-11-07). "In the Dark Host Madeleine Baran Explains How the Year's Best True-Crime Podcast Was Made". Esquire. Retrieved 2018-09-25.
  3. Lambert, Brian (2016-09-02). "Reporter Madeleine Baran on APM Reports' new Wetterling podcast: 'I kept asking the same question: Why wasn't this solved?'". MINNPOST. Retrieved 2018-09-25.
  4. Hess, Amanda (2016-12-06). "The Best New Podcasts of 2016". The New York Times. Retrieved 2018-09-25.
  5. Robert, Amanda (2020-05-20). "Silver Gavel Awards honor works on jailing pregnant women, judicial indiscretion". ABA Journal. Retrieved 2020-05-21.
  6. Green, Elon (2016-12-22). "Q&A: Madeleine Baran on reinvestigating the Jacob Wetterling abduction". Columbia Journalism Review. Retrieved 2018-09-25.
  7. "APMReports - Madeleine Baran". Retrieved 2018-09-25.
  8. "Madeleine Baran". Third Coast International Audio Festival. Retrieved 2018-09-25.


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