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3:06 p.m. EDT
04.18.2025
The award-winning video sequence takes viewers into the lives and experiences of individuals impacted by the legal justice system.
The Marshall Venture’s Inside Story, an unique video sequence distributed in partnership with Scripps Information, has been nominated for a 2025 Peabody Award — one of the crucial prestigious honors in broadcast and digital media.
Inside Story — which brings important information and data on the legal justice system to incarcerated folks in additional than 1,400 prisons and jails throughout the nation, in addition to audiences on the skin — is among the many nominees for public service. The present was amongst 68 nominees in information, public service, podcast and documentary, chosen from greater than 1,100 entries this 12 months.
Inside Story’s second season thoughtfully introduced consideration to tales of delayed justice, redemption, imprisonment — and journalism’s energy to carry therapeutic in a household torn aside by the system. The sequence — hosted by Lawrence Bartley and directed by Donald Washington, Jr., each Marshall Venture employees members who have been previously incarcerated — supplies a 360-degree view of the system and the folks whose lives it touches.
Along with deeply reported investigations, the present options profiles of those that rebuilt their lives after jail, animated essays on the expertise of the system, and interviews with folks on the intersection of celeb and legal justice. Amongst them on Season 2 have been actor and rapper Frequent and comic Donnell Rawlings. Rapper G. Dep additionally sat down for an unique dialog days after his launch from jail.
“This recognition will not be solely a celebration of TMP’s daring, unique and modern journalism, but in addition of the storytellers and communities who trusted us with their tales,” mentioned Bartley, writer of The Marshall Venture Inside. “We’re deeply honored to be among the many different Peabody nominees.”
The Peabody Awards are identified for amplifying “tales that matter,” and this 12 months’s honorees span probably the most impactful programming throughout tv, radio and digital media. Remaining winners might be introduced on Might 1, with an awards ceremony to observe in Los Angeles on June 1.
“The Marshall Venture’s Inside Story options individuals who typically go unheard and helps shine a lightweight on important points going through our justice system,” mentioned Matt Simon, Scripps Information vp. “As TMP’s nationwide distribution companion, Scripps Information was honored to have the ability to develop the attain and impression of those tales, delivering very important info to Individuals — each incarcerated and never.”
Washington and Bartley developed the sequence in the course of the pandemic. For Season 2, TMP partnered with Scripps to distribute the present on the community’s stations throughout the nation.
“The Marshall Venture’s partnership with Scripps was key to our wider distribution technique for Season 2,” mentioned Chief Technique Officer Ebony Reed. “We’re at the moment searching for extra distribution companions and funders to help Season 3.”
Click on right here to be taught extra about Inside Story and watch Season 2.
