Will I Know Anyone At This Party Act 1: Party in the USA - This American Life

In a tumultuous election year, Producer Zoe Chace traveled to Minnesota to report on immigration push back, in this firsthand account of the changes taking place in America today.

Listen to On Assignment podcast to hear J-School Prizes Executive Director of Abi Wright and duPont-Columbia Awards Director Lisa R. Cohen speak with This American Life producer and reporter Zoe Chace about interviewing people who don't want to talk, covering the Republican Convention, and reporting for This American Life.

Michael Barbaro, host of The New York Times’ podcast The Daily, and Zoe Chace, reporter and producer for This American Life, are making some of the most compelling audio journalism today.  They spoke in conversation with acclaimed author - and a podcaster himself - Columbia Journalism School Professor Daniel Alarcón about the rewards and challenges of making stories for audio, the "tyranny of the good talker," and the sense of intimacy that comes from the voice alone.

CREDITS

Producer: Zoe Chace

Executive Producer: Ira Glass

Producer/Reporter: Chana Joffe-Walt

Executive Producer - Serial Podcast: Sarah Koenig

Senior Producer: Brian Reed