From Jail to Journalism: The Transformed Life of Mario Koran [Part 1]

Mario Koran is an investigative fellow with the New York Times in addition to being on staff at Wisconsin Watch. He was a west coast correspondent for the Guardian US and covered education for Voice of San Diego where he was named 2016 reporter of the year by the San Diego Society of Professional Journalists.  His work can be found in the New York Times, The Appeal and the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. Mario holds a B.S. in Spanish Literature and an M.A. in journalism from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.Read more from Mario:I picked up a drink and casually set fire to my life: how addiction nearly destroyed meMy unlikely path from Jail to JournalismInside a Nightmare Lockdown at a Wisconsin Prison10 Guards, 900 Inmates and the Dire Results of Warnings IgnoredThese doctors were censured. Wisconsin's prisons hired them anyway.This podcast is proudly sponsored by the Innocence Project of Florida. Visit www.floridainnocence.org for more information.