Bill Healy

Bill Healy (he/him) has spent his life listening to people. At age 10, he started writing a weekly newspaper column called the Youth Perspective, about the suburb where he grew up.

Bill has transformed his curiosity into a career, first as an intern at Chicago’s public radio station, then later as a freelance journalist and teacher. "Somebody", an investigative podcast Bill produced with the Invisible Institute, was a finalist for the 2021 Pulitzer Prize in Audio Reporting. Bill enjoys mentoring younger reporters. For several years, he supported a small but dedicated team of students in Gary, Indiana, to create a podcast that drew national attention to a dump being built across the street from their school. Bill is currently working on two new podcasts: One about the potential of the parole process to lessen mass incarceration, and another podcast building on the work of his hero, Studs Terkel.