From Podcast to Television: Widening the Lens

This event took place on Monday, March 14, 2022 at 4:00 PM UTC.

The investigative podcast "Somebody," a Pulitzer finalist from Topic Studios, The Intercept and the Invisible Institute, documents Shapearl Wells’ fearless quest to discover the truth about what happened to her son Courtney, who was found outside a Chicago police station with a fatal bullet wound. With the Studio’s TV adaptation now in development, the panel will consider the opportunities and challenges of moving from podcast to TV. How to widen the lens and reinterpret the story cinematically? How to give voice and dimension to characters both existing and new? And how to protect the story’s integrity? Join us for a discussion into the dynamic process of reshaping stories for different mediums, while discovering the collaborative way the Studio’s verticals work together across formats. Venue: Austin Convention Center, Room 15 Alison Flowers, Christy Gressman, Quan Phung, Shapearl Wells