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The 2025 Pulitzer Prize Finalist in Audio Reporting

Finalist: Dan Taberski, Henry Molofsky, Morgan Jones, Marshall Lewy and Staffs of Wondery and Audacy's Pineapple Street Studios

For “Hysterical,” a fascinating series that traced the outbreak of a mysterious and apparently contagious nerve disorder in upstate New York that largely affected young women, and the frustrating efforts to identify it.

Nominated Work

Biography

Dan Taberski is a writer, director, producer, audio reporter and host. Before Hysterical, his most recent documentary project was 9/12, made with Pineapple Street Studios, Amazon Music, and Wondery, which was awarded Podcast of the Year at the 2022 Ambie Awards. He also hosted, reported, and was an executive producer of The Line, with Alex Gibney’s Jigsaw Productions. Taberski is the host and creator of several other award-winning narrative podcasts, including Running From COPS, Surviving Y2K, and Missing Richard Simmons.

Taberski is a former producer for The Daily Show with Jon Stewart and worked on economic policy in the Clinton White House.

Henry Molofsky is an Executive Producer at Pineapple Street Studios. Starting with the groundbreaking series Missing Richard Simmons, he has overseen production on some of the most popular and critically acclaimed podcasts of the past decade, including Hysterical (Apple Podcasts’ 2024 Show of The Year), Wind of Change (winner of three Ambies), 9/12 (winner of an Edward R. Murrow Award and named Best Podcast of 2021 by The Atlantic and The New York Times), and Running From COPS (nominated for a Peabody Award and a New Yorker Best of 2019 selection). He has also created and produced prestigious chat shows like Still Processing with Wesley Morris and Jenna Wortham for The New York Times, The Severance Podcast with Ben Stiller and Adam Scott, and Stay Tuned, hosted by former United States Attorney Preet Bharara. Molofsky’s work has been recognized by the International Documentary Association, the Tribeca Film Festival, and aired on This American Life and radio stations around the world.

Morgan Jones is the Head of Originals Programming & Strategy at Wondery, where he optimizes its podcast portfolio and helps drive growth. Jones leads content investment decisions, develops programming strategies, and analyzes performance metrics to maximize listener acquisition and retention for Wondery's content across various platforms. Jones has served as executive producer in podcasting and original content endeavors at Wondery, Amazon Music, and Audible. His recent series credits include Executive Producer of Hysterical, Ghost Story Will Be Wild, Class of ’88, Think Twice: Michael Jackson, American Hostage, and 9/12.
 

Marshall Lewy, chief content officer, oversees all podcast content for Wondery, an Amazon company. Recently, Wondery won six Ambie Awards for their Original podcasts—including Podcast of the Year for the critically acclaimed show 9/12—along with the true-crime favorite Suspect, business rivalry podcast Business Wars, and the in-depth sports show The Lead. Lewy oversees the slate of productions for Wondery and Amazon Originals from development through release, with such notable titles as Over My Dead Body, The Apology Line, Harsh Reality, and Dr. Death.

In addition to the Originals, Lewy and the content team collaborate closely with prominent external creators, including leading family podcast company Tinkercast, Guy Raz and the How I Built This team, and with prestigious podcast studio Pineapple Street. A number of Wondery original shows have also been adapted for scripted television or streaming series, where Lewy is an executive producer. These adaptations include Dr. Death and Joe vs Carole on Peacock, and The Shrink Next Door and WeCrashed on Apple TV+.

The Harvard and Columbia graduate was previously in film development at New Line Cinema, a partner at Adaptive Studios, was nominated for a Primetime Emmy in 2015 as an Executive producer for HBO’s Project Greenlight, and in 2019 was nominated for an International Documentary Association Award as producer for Wondery’s Gladiator: The Aaron Hernandez and Football Inc.

Winners

Prize Winner in Audio Reporting in 2025:

Staff of The New Yorker

For their “In the Dark” podcast, a combination of compelling storytelling and relentless reporting in the face of obstacles from the U.S. military, a four-year investigation into one of the most high-profile crimes of the Iraq War–the murder of 25 unarmed Iraqi civilians in Haditha. Audio Reporting

Finalists

Nominated as finalists in Audio Reporting in 2025:

Staffs of WNYC and Gothamist

For their revelatory investigation into decades of sexual assault of female inmates on Rikers Island.

The Jury

Deborah Amos(Chair)

Ferris Professor of Journalism in Residence, Princeton University

Robin Amer

Freelance Editor/Showrunner, Chicago

KalaLea

Producer, Pushkin Industries

Noel King

Host/Editorial Director, Today Explained, NPR

Blake Morrison

Investigative Projects Editor, Reuters

Nicholas Quah

Critic/Staff Writer, New York Magazine/Vulture

Joe Richman

Founder/Executive Producer, Radio Diaries

Winners in Audio Reporting

2023

Staff of Gimlet Media, notably Connie Walker

Whose investigation into her father’s troubled past revealed a larger story of abuse of hundreds of Indigenous children at an Indian residential school in Canada, including other members of Walker’s extended family, a personal search for answers expertly blended with rigorous investigative reporting.
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2025 Prize Winners

National Reporting

Staff of The Wall Street Journal

For chronicling political and personal shifts of the richest person in the world, Elon Musk, including his turn to conservative politics, his use of legal and illegal drugs and his private conversations with Russian President Vladimir Putin.
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