Iris Adler is a former reporter, News Director, and Executive Director for Programming and Podcasts at WBUR Radio. In these roles she reported widely on Boston and New England and helped oversee the station’s news coverage, special projects and national and local programming. Most recently, she created WBUR’s Innovation Lab where she oversaw new initiatives, including the station’s original podcasts and wbur.org’s opinion site Cognoscenti. She has also worked as the Executive Editor at New England Cable News (NECN), where she developed a nationally recognized documentary unit. Over the course of her career Adler has won every major national and regional award for her work in both television and radio, including the Edward R. Murrow award, the Alfred I. Dupont award and several Emmys.