National Press Club member Ana Arana will appear with other panelists at a special Club event highlighting the iHeartRadio and Kaleidoscope podcast about the murder of journalists, "Silenced: The Radio Murders," on Thursday, July 27 at 5:30 p.m.
Transporting listeners back to 1990s Miami, the series re-examines the unsolved assassinations of three radio journalists in Little Haiti, linked to pro-democracy broadcasts. To this day, the masterminds remain free. Ana Arana, who first investigated the crimes thirty years ago, teamed up with host and Kaleidoscope founder Oz Woloshyn to find answers.
Ana Arana said of the podcast’s creation, “When we began this podcast, we wanted to tell a story about impunity and the impact it has on immigrant communities. However, as the series developed, we realized the need to have federal authorities re-examine the cases because they encroached on the First Amendment and the essential right to free speech. With their murders, these voices, and the ideas that those broadcasters held were silenced.”
Join us at the National Press Club for a special event to hear select clips from the podcast with reactions, reflections, and in-depth context from panelists.
Oz Woloshyn is an Emmy and Peabody award-winning journalist and the co-host of Silenced: The Radio Murders. He is also the co-founder of Kaleidoscope, a podcast studio dedicated to telling the most engaging and urgent narrative non-fiction stories from around the world.
Ana Arana is an investigative journalist who has received several awards for outstanding journalism, including a team award from the Online News Association, a Third Coast Audio Festival Silver Award, a Peabody, and two Overseas Press Club awards.
Garry Pierre-Pierre is a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and the founder and publisher of The Haitian Times. He is an adjunct professor of journalism at The City College of New York and a former reporter for the New York Times.
Michele Montas is an award-winning professional broadcast journalist and editorialist. Served from January 2007 to December 2009 as Spokesperson and Senior communications adviser for the Secretary-General of the United Nations and in 2003-2004 as Spokesperson for the President of the United Nations General Assembly. Over twenty years experience as News Director and News Anchor of Haiti’s leading radio station, Radio Haiti. Eleven years experience in Public Information at the United Nations. Thirteen years experience as college Guest Lecturer on International journalism issues.