storytelling
is my passion
I’m an award-winning investigative journalist, editor, senior producer, and on-air host with more than 15 years of experience creating narrative-driven journalism for national media outlets.
My work sits at the crossroads of investigative reporting, cultural history, and intimate, character-driven storytelling, using deeply reported narratives to reveal how systems of power shape people’s lives.
From 2023 to 2025, I was a reporter, host, and senior producer at Wondery — the global podcast studio owned by Amazon. I was initially recruited as a contract investigative journalist and senior development producer, and later converted to staff after successfully pitching and developing my own original series, Liberty Lost.
The seven-part investigative documentary examines reproductive justice and Christian nationalism in post-Roe America.
Before bringing the project to Wondery, I spent six months working independently to conceive and report the series, identifying and securing vulnerable sources, conducting sensitive long-form interviews, cultivating archival and documentary research, and building the editorial and narrative framework from ideation to publication.
Upon its release, Liberty Lost quickly climbed Apple Podcasts’ Top 200 National Charts — it became the No. 2 podcast in America, and topped out as the No. 1 show in the Society & Culture section.
T.J. Raphael at the Newswomen's Club of New York's annual Front Page Awards Gala. T.J. won the annual award for investigative reporting in audio for her series Liberty Lost.The series drew widespread critical acclaim for its investigative reporting and emotional depth. In recognition of its impact, Liberty Lost received a 2025 Signal Award for Best Documentary Limited Series, and a 2026 Front Page Award for Investigative Reporting from the Newswomen’s Club of New York.
Following Liberty Lost, I’ve continued working as an independent investigative journalist, producer, and editor across audio and print. My recent freelance work includes reporting and producing for Audiochuck; pitching and producing a nationally aired story for NPR News; serving as a senior producer for Foreign Policy Magazine and Monarch Kaleidoscope; and a story editor Entropy Media Co.
I’ve also taught editorial and business development through Association of Independents in Radio (AIR), written for about trends in online publishing for Digital Content Next, and advised journalism students as a guest speaker at Princeton University.
From 2019 to 2023, I was a reporter, host, and senior producer with Sony’s Global Podcast Division. There, I created and led multiple chart-topping documentary series, including Cover Up: The Pill Plot — a deeply reported investigation into the covert battle to bring the abortion pill to the United States —and BioHacked: Family Secrets, which examined America’s unregulated fertility industry.
BioHacked reached No. 1 on Apple Podcasts’ science chart, peaked at No. 9 nationally, surpassed one million downloads in its first eight weeks, and was named one of Apple Podcasts’ “Most Loved” shows of 2022. The Pill Plot received critical acclaim from outlets including NPR, The Guardian, and Jezebel, and charted in Apple’s Top 50 true crime podcasts.
With Sony, I was also a reporter, writer, and senior producer on Broken: Jeffrey Epstein, an investigative podcast documentary that reached No. 1 on Apple Podcasts and examined the systemic and institutional failures that protected Epstein and silenced survivors for years.
The show was profiled in The New York Times, selected as podcast of the week by The Guardian, named a monthly podcast pick by The New Yorker and named one of the top 50 podcasts of 2019 by The Atlantic. Within a year of launching, it was downloaded more than three million times.
In addition to my reporting work, I have extensive experience in editorial leadership, audience development, and the business of audio. In 2018, I was tapped to help run Slate Magazine’s Podcast Network, which generated roughly 180 million downloads annually and accounted for a significant share of company revenue.
T.J. Raphael at the 2025 Signal Awards celebration. T.J. won gold for Best Documentary for her series Liberty Lost.