Dealing the Dead

NBC News

This year-long exposé revealed how medical institutions and body brokers dissected and sold the bodies of hundreds of unclaimed individuals–often poor, homeless, or mentally ill–without family consent or knowledge. 

Watch the winning work here: www.nbcnews.com/specials/dealing-the-dead-2024/index.html

CREDITS: 

Correspondent: Liz Kreutz

Managing Editor: Julie Shapiro

Senior Investigative Reporter: Mike Hixenbaugh

Senior Producer: Michelle Melnick

Executive Producer: Meghan R. Rafferty

Producers: Mary Godie, Alexa Jeyes

Writer: Jon Schuppe

Reporter: Bryan Gallion

Editors: Susan Carroll, Margaret Kassner 

Photographers: Jorge Pujol, Andy Viganas

Graphics Designer: Erik Loften