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Wrongful Conviction

Lava for Good PROJECT
Wrongful Conviction by Lava for Good

credits

Title
  • Wrongful Conviction
Entrant
  • Lava for Good

About This Project

Summary

Lava for Good's Wrongful Conviction features powerful stories of men and women incarcerated for crimes they maintain they didn’t commit. Some are exonerated, while others remain incarcerated or face execution. It's hosted by leading journalists and activists including series creator and Lava for Good CEO Jason Flom, Pulitzer Prize-winner Maggie Freleng, Emmy winner Lauren Bright Pacheco, and formerly incarcerated hosts like Ear Hustle co-creator Earlonne Woods.

Goals & Objectives

Lava for Good creates standout original content, podcasts, and experiences. Its mission is to amplify the voices of contemporary social justice champions and inspire action towards a more informed, empathic, and just society.

Results & Impact

Founded by music executive and philanthropist Jason Flom and Lava Media COO Jeff Kempler, Lava for Good’s podcasts, produced in association with Signal Co. No1, have been downloaded over 70 million times and are credited with influencing exonerations, clemencies, pardons, and reforms nationwide.

the team

Jason Flom
  • Executive Producer, Host
  • Lava for Good
Maggie Freleng
  • Host
  • Lava for Good
Jeff Kempler
  • Executive Producer
  • Lava for Good
Kevin Wortis
  • Executive Producer
  • Signal Co. No1
Conor Hall
  • Senior Producer, Editing, Mixing and Sound Design
  • Signal Co. No1
Anny Celsi
  • Senior Producer, Editing, Mixing and Sound Design
  • Signal Co. No1
Jackie Pauley
  • Mixing and Sound Design
  • Signal Co. No1
Jeff Clyburn
  • Producer
  • Signal Co. No1
Lila Robertson
  • Producer
  • Signal Co. No1
Kathleen Fink
  • Producer
  • Signal Co. No1
Sonia Paul
  • Story Editor
  • Signal Co. No1
Hannah Beal
  • Story Editor
  • Signal Co. No1
Shelby Sorrells
  • Researcher
  • Signal Co. No1
J. Ralph
  • Scoring and Original Composition