Finalist: Lauren Chooljian, Alison MacAdam, Jason Moon, Daniel Barrick and Katie Colaneri of New Hampshire Public Radio

Lauren Chooljian is a senior reporter/producer for New Hampshire Public Radio’s Document, a narrative-driven, longform reporting project. Lauren is the host of the critically acclaimed podcast "The 13th Step." She also co-hosted the award-winning "Stranglehold" podcast, described by The New York Times as a “novelistic portrait of the relationship between the state’s residents and the [presidential] primary.” Her work has also been recognized by the Third Coast International Audio Festival.

Before joining NHPR in 2017, Lauren spent nearly six years as a reporter, producer and fill-in host for WBEZ in Chicago. She has appeared on NPR, CNN, C-SPAN, MSNBC and in The Washington Post, among others. Lauren graduated with a degree in history from Saint Anselm College and has a graduate degree from the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University.

Alison MacAdam is an independent story editor for audio journalism. Her recent work includes the critically acclaimed podcast "The 13th Step," the 2019 Peabody Award-winning podcast "Believed," and "Embedded: Capital Gazette," which received the 2022 Murrow Award for Excellence in Writing. Other editing work includes the podcasts "544 Days," "The New Yorker Radio Hour," "Throughline," "The Heist," "Land of the Giants," and "Code Switch."

Prior to becoming a freelancer, Alison spent nearly two decades in public media working as a producer and then senior editor for NPR's All Things Considered, and later, as NPR's audio storytelling trainer. She was a 2014 Nieman Fellow at Harvard University and a 2022 Ochberg Fellow at Columbia University’s Dart Center for Journalism and Trauma.

Jason Moon is a senior reporter/producer for New Hampshire Public Radio’s Document, a narrative-driven, longform reporting project. Jason has created audio documentary series on topics ranging from unsolved murders, to presidential elections, to secret lists of police officers. Jason is also the host of "Bear Brook," NHPR's hit true crime podcast, which was named one of the best podcasts of 2018 by The New Yorker magazine.

Before joining NHPR in 2015, Jason interned with a variety of public radio organizations including StoryCorps, Transom.org, and WBHM in Birmingham, Alabama. He is a graduate of Bennington College.

Daniel Barrick is NHPR's news director, managing a team of reporters, editors, and producers in the newsroom and also overseeing the Document team, a longform, narrative reporting project.

He joined NHPR in 2015 as senior editor for politics and policy. Prior to that, Dan was deputy director of the New Hampshire Center for Public Policy Studies, an independent, non-partisan think tank. He also worked for nearly a decade at the Concord Monitor in various roles, including political reporter, business reporter, deputy city editor, and news editor.

Katie Colaneri is the senior editor of New Hampshire Public Radio’s Document team, a narrative-driven, longform reporting project. Most recently, she oversaw production of the critically acclaimed podcast The 13th Step, and edited the second season of Bear Brook, NHPR's hit true crime podcast.

Before joining NHPR in February 2022, she was the assistant news director at WHYY in Philadelphia, where she helped lead the 60-person newsroom for close to five years. During that time, Katie also grew the station’s podcast portfolio, including launching a daily news podcast and leading production of the 2021 Peabody-nominated series Half Vaxxed. Before becoming an editor, Katie was an award-winning reporter covering a variety of beats from energy to politics. She is a graduate of Wellesley College.