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Listen to the Top 5 ‘FRONTLINE Dispatch’ Podcast Episodes of 2021
Catch the 5 most-downloaded episodes from ‘The FRONTLINE Dispatch’ in 2021.
December 21, 2021
Pegasus Spyware Placed on Phone of Jamal Khashoggi’s Wife Before his Murder, Washington Post Reports
The revelation is part of an ongoing investigation into a spyware, called Pegasus, that has been sold to governments by the Israeli company NSO Group and used to monitor journalists, politicians and human rights activists.
December 21, 2021
Watch 2021’s 10 Most-Streamed New FRONTLINE Documentaries
As another tumultuous year winds down, explore the 10 most-streamed FRONTLINE documentaries released in 2021.
December 21, 2021
A Conversation with Nobel Peace Prize Winner Maria Ressa
In The FRONTLINE Dispatch podcast: Journalist Maria Ressa, 2021 Nobel Peace Prize winner and subject of the documentary 'A Thousand Cuts,' talks with director Ramona S. Diaz and FRONTLINE's Raney Aronson-Rath.
December 9, 2021
‘A Thousand Cuts’: Where to Stream the Documentary About Nobel Peace Prize Winner Maria Ressa
As Ressa receives the 2021 Nobel Peace Prize, watch a documentary chronicling how the journalist became a target of President Rodrigo Duterte’s crackdown on the press in the Philippines.
December 8, 2021
Catching Up With 2 of the Kids from ‘Poor Kids’
Nine years after the documentary’s premiere, we talked to Kaylie and Johnny about where they are today, what’s next and life during COVID.
December 7, 2021
The ‘21-Foot Rule’: How a Controversial Training for Police is Used to Justify Shootings
The 21-foot rule is taught to police across the U.S. and officers use it to explain why they shot at someone. But it's not based on science or the law. And some national policing leaders argue it shouldn’t be taught to cadets anymore.
The Salt Lake Tribune
December 6, 2021
A Rare Look Inside Police Training in Utah
How might police training impact whom, when and why officers shoot? Watch an excerpt from the new FRONTLINE/Salt Lake Tribune documentary “Shots Fired.”
November 23, 2021
Is the Fear Factor Overblown in Police Shootings?
Utah’s police training has been questioned for focusing on worst-case scenarios.
The Salt Lake Tribune
November 22, 2021
Episode 11, epilogue: "The wounds and the scars"
Journalist Josh Baker returns to Mosul and finds that, while the fighting may be largely over, the people of Iraq are facing a different battle.
November 19, 2021
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Shots Fired
Amid record police shootings in Utah, FRONTLINE and The Salt Lake Tribune investigate the use of deadly force in the state.
November 23, 2021
Only Minneapolis Police Officer Formally Disciplined for Misconduct Tied to the Department's Riot Response Has Left Job
Colleen Ryan quit her job and filed a complaint, alleging her former employer discriminated against her because she's a lesbian who advocated for "women and queer officers" in the workplace.
Star Tribune
October 29, 2021