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Gina Barton reporter/podcast host

Gina Barton is an investigative reporter who has been covering criminal justice issues since 2002. Her reporting on lax oversight of police officers and deaths in police custody helped prompt a first-of-its-kind state law that requires independent investigations of all officer-involved deaths. Gina is the reporter, producer and host of the national Edward R. Murrow Award-winning podcast Unsolved and the author of the true crime book Fatal Identity. She has won numerous national journalism awards, including the George A. Polk Award, an IRE certificate and a Casey Medal. A Chicago native, Gina holds a bachelor’s degree from the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University and a master’s degree in liberal studies with concentrations in criminal justice and creative writing from Indiana University-South Bend. Got a tip? Contact her at [email protected] or on Signal at (262) 757-8640.