{"podcast":{"title":"On Assignment","slug":"on-assignment-7432756","podcast_index_feed_id":7432756,"rss_url":"https://feeds.megaphone.fm/onassignment","website_url":"https://www.reuters.com/","image_url":"https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/8a76c28a-2fe5-11f0-8cbc-eb2eaa014389/image/c39e83d75e4719d2e47c7935583dcace.png?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&max-w=3000&max-h=3000&fit=crop&auto=format,compress","author":"Reuters","episode_count":49,"summary":"Dive into the stories behind the news with a new podcast from Reuters. We take you past the headlines right to the heart of the action. From the frontlines of war to corporate boardrooms and the centers of political power, listen to our award-winning investigative journalists around the world make sense of the most important stories today.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-25T12:19:07.195469+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/on-assignment-7432756"},"episode":{"title":"A conversation with Pulitzer winners","slug":"a-conversation-with-pulitzer-winners","published_at":"2026-05-09T05:01:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/on-assignment-7432756/a-conversation-with-pulitzer-winners","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/on-assignment-7432756","url":"https://pdst.fm/e/traffic.megaphone.fm/THRH7846688741.mp3","audio_url":"https://pdst.fm/e/traffic.megaphone.fm/THRH7846688741.mp3","summary":"Reuters journalists received Pulitzer prizes for investigations into Meta and Trump's campaign of retribution, and were finalists for Illustrated Reporting and Breaking News Photography. We talk to the journalists and editors about the obstacles they overcame on their assignments in order to bring these stories to light. Beat Reporting - Jeff Horwitz and Engen Tham of Reuters National Reporting - Staff of Reuters, notably Ned Parker, Linda So, Peter Eisler and Mike Spector Illustrated Reporting (Finalists) - Adolfo Arranz, Poppy McPherson, Devjyot Ghoshal and Han Huang of Reuters Breaking News Photography (Finalists) - Photography Staff of Reuters On Assignment - Meta’s flirty chatbot and the man who never made it home On Assignment - Tracking Trump’s retribution targets Visit the ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Thomson Reuters Privacy Statement⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ for information on our privacy and data protection practices. You may also visit ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠megaphone.fm/adchoices⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ to opt out of targeted advertising.","meta_description":"Reuters journalists received Pulitzer prizes for investigations into Meta and Trump's campaign of retribution, and were finalists for Illustrated Reportin…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2141,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/on-assignment-7432756/episodes/a-conversation-with-pulitzer-winners/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/on-assignment-7432756/a-conversation-with-pulitzer-winners.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}