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The Alfred I. duPont–Columbia University Award honors excellence in
broadcast Broadcasting is the distribution of audio or video content to a dispersed audience via any electronic mass communications medium, but typically one using the electromagnetic spectrum ( radio waves), in a one-to-many model. Broadcasting began ...
and digital
journalism Journalism is the production and distribution of reports on the interaction of events, facts, ideas, and people that are the "news of the day" and that informs society to at least some degree. The word, a noun, applies to the occupation (profes ...
in the public service and is considered one of the most prestigious awards in journalism. The awards were established in 1942 and administered until 1967 by
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's O. W. Riegel, Curator and Head of the Department of Journalism and Communications. Since 1968 they have been administered by the
Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism The Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism is located in Pulitzer Hall on the university's Morningside Heights campus in New York City. Founded in 1912 by Joseph Pulitzer, Columbia Journalism School is one of the oldest journalism s ...
in
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, and are considered by some to be the broadcast equivalent of the
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, another program administered by
Columbia University Columbia University (also known as Columbia, and officially as Columbia University in the City of New York) is a private research university in New York City. Established in 1754 as King's College on the grounds of Trinity Church in Manhatt ...
. Dedicated to upholding the highest journalism standards, the duPont awards inform the public about the contributions news organizations and journalists make to their communities, support journalism education and innovation, and cultivate a collective spirit for the profession. The duPont-Columbia Awards were established by
Jessie Ball duPont Jessie Ball duPont (January 20, 1884 – September 26, 1970) was an American teacher, philanthropist and designated a Great Floridian by the Florida Department of State.Alfred I. du Pont Alfred Irénée du Pont (May 12, 1864 – April 28, 1935) was an American industrialist, financier, philanthropist and a member of the influential Du Pont family. Alfred du Pont first rose to prominence through his work in his family's Delaware ...
. It is the most well-respected journalism-only award for
broadcast journalism Broadcast journalism is the field of news and journals which are broadcast by electronic methods instead of the older methods, such as printed newspapers and posters. It works on radio (via air, cable, and Internet), television (via air, cable, ...
; starting in 2009, it began accepting
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submissions. The duPont, along with the
George Foster Peabody Awards The George Foster Peabody Awards (or simply Peabody Awards or the Peabodys) program, named for the American businessman and philanthropist George Peabody, honor the most powerful, enlightening, and invigorating stories in television, radio, and ...
, rank among the most prestigious awards programs in all electronic media. The duPont-Columbia jury selects the winners from programs that air in the United States between July 1 and June 30 of each year. Award winners receive batons in gold and silver designed by the American architect
Louis I. Kahn Louis Isadore Kahn (born Itze-Leib Schmuilowsky; – March 17, 1974) was an Estonian-born American architect based in Philadelphia. After working in various capacities for several firms in Philadelphia, he founded his own atelier in 1935. Whi ...
. The gold baton, when awarded, is given exclusively in honor of truly outstanding broadcast journalism.


Notable winners

In 2003, the first-ever foreign-language program was awarded a duPont-Columbia Award:
CNN en Español CNN en Español is a Pan-American Spanish-language news channel, owned by CNN Global, a news division for Warner Bros. Discovery. It was launched on pay television, on 17 March 1997. History CNN en Español before 1997 In 1988, CNN began produc ...
and reporter Jorge Gestoso won a Silver Baton for investigative reporting on Argentina's '' desaparecidos''. In 2010, the first award for digital reporting was given to
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and photographer
Jonathan Torgovnik Jonathan Torgovnik (born 1969) is an Israeli photographer and photojournalist. He lives in Johannesburg, in South Africa. He spent two years in Rwanda photographing women who had been systematically raped during the Rwandan genocide in 1994, and t ...
for "Intended Consequences" about children born of rape in
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. In 2012, the first-ever theatrically released documentary film was honored by the duPont jury: the Oscar-nominated ''
Hell and Back Again ''Hell and Back Again'' is a 2011 American-British-Afghan documentary film produced, shot, and directed by Danfung Dennis, about a sergeant in the United States Marine Corps who returns from the Afghanistan conflict with a badly broken leg and pos ...
'', about the war in Afghanistan and the struggles facing veterans when they return home.


Note

All winners are listed on the website of the
Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism The Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism is located in Pulitzer Hall on the university's Morningside Heights campus in New York City. Founded in 1912 by Joseph Pulitzer, Columbia Journalism School is one of the oldest journalism s ...
.


duPont Award


1942

*
Fulton Lewis Jr. Fulton Lewis Jr. (April 30, 1903 in Washington D.C. – August 20, Lists his death date as 21 August, but other references show the death date to be 20 August. 1966 in Washington D. C.) was a conservative American radio broadcaster from the 1930 ...
*
KGEI KGEI was a shortwave radio station founded by General Electric in 1939. It was purchased by the Far East Broadcasting Company in 1960. History KGEI was founded by GE in 1939 at the Golden Gate International Exposition on Treasure Island with the ...
Radio,
San Francisco San Francisco (; Spanish language, Spanish for "Francis of Assisi, Saint Francis"), officially the City and County of San Francisco, is the commercial, financial, and cultural center of Northern California. The city proper is the List of Ca ...


1943

* Raymond Gram Swing *
WLW WLW (700 AM) is a commercial news/talk radio station licensed to Cincinnati, Ohio. Owned by iHeartMedia, WLW is a clear-channel station, often identifying itself as The Big One. WLW operates with around the clock. Its daytime signal provides ...
Radio,
Cincinnati Cincinnati ( ) is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio and the county seat of Hamilton County. Settled in 1788, the city is located at the northern side of the confluence of the Licking and Ohio rivers, the latter of which marks the state line wit ...
* WMAZ Radio,
Macon, Georgia Macon ( ), officially Macon–Bibb County, is a consolidated city-county in the U.S. state of Georgia. Situated near the fall line of the Ocmulgee River, it is located southeast of Atlanta and lies near the geographic center of the state of Geo ...


1944

*
H. V. Kaltenborn Hans von Kaltenborn (July 9, 1878June 14, 1965), generally known as H. V. Kaltenborn, was an American radio commentator. He was heard regularly on the radio for over 30 years, beginning with CBS CBS Broadcasting Inc., commonly shortened ...
*
WJR WJR (760 AM) is a commercial radio station in Detroit, Michigan, owned by Cumulus Media, with a news/talk format. Most of WJR's broadcast studios, along with its newsroom and offices, are in the Fisher Building in Detroit's New Center area. A ...
Radio,
Detroit Detroit ( , ; , ) is the largest city in the U.S. state of Michigan. It is also the largest U.S. city on the United States–Canada border, and the seat of government of Wayne County. The City of Detroit had a population of 639,111 at th ...
* WTAG Radio,
Worcester, Massachusetts Worcester ( , ) is a city and county seat of Worcester County, Massachusetts, United States. Named after Worcester, England, the city's population was 206,518 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, making it the second-List of cities i ...


1945

*
Lowell Thomas Lowell Jackson Thomas (April 6, 1892 – August 29, 1981) was an American writer, actor, broadcaster, and traveler, best remembered for publicising T. E. Lawrence (Lawrence of Arabia). He was also involved in promoting the Cinerama widescreen ...
* KDKA Radio,
Pittsburgh Pittsburgh ( ) is a city in the Commonwealth (U.S. state), Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, United States, and the county seat of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, Allegheny County. It is the most populous city in both Allegheny County and Wester ...
* WNAX Radio,
Yankton, South Dakota Yankton is a city in and the county seat of Yankton County, South Dakota, United States. The population was 15,411 at the 2020 census, and it is the principal city of the Yankton Micropolitan Statistical Area, which includes the entirety of Y ...


1946

*
Elmer Davis Elmer Holmes Davis (January 13, 1890 – May 18, 1958) was an American news reporter, author, the Director of the United States Office of War Information during World War II and a Peabody Award recipient. Early life and career Davis was born ...
* WHO Radio,
Des Moines, Iowa Des Moines () is the capital and the most populous city in the U.S. state of Iowa. It is also the county seat of Polk County. A small part of the city extends into Warren County. It was incorporated on September 22, 1851, as Fort Des Moines, ...
*
WFIL WFIL (560 AM) is a radio station in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, with a Christian radio format consisting of teaching and talk programs. Owned by Salem Media Group, studios and transmitter facilities are shared with co-owned WNTP ...
Radio,
Philadelphia Philadelphia, often called Philly, is the largest city in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, the sixth-largest city in the U.S., the second-largest city in both the Northeast megalopolis and Mid-Atlantic regions after New York City. Sinc ...


1947

* Edward R. Murrow * WBBM Radio,
Chicago (''City in a Garden''); I Will , image_map = , map_caption = Interactive Map of Chicago , coordinates = , coordinates_footnotes = , subdivision_type = Country , subdivision_name ...
*
WFIL WFIL (560 AM) is a radio station in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, with a Christian radio format consisting of teaching and talk programs. Owned by Salem Media Group, studios and transmitter facilities are shared with co-owned WNTP ...
Radio, Philadelphia


1948

*
Henry J. Taylor Henry Junior Taylor (September 2, 1902 – February 24, 1984) was an American author, economist, radio broadcaster and former United States Ambassador to Switzerland (1957–1961). Taylor was born in Chicago to Henry Noble and Eileen O'Hare Taylo ...
*
KLZ KLZ (560 AM) is a commercial radio station licensed to Denver, Colorado and owned by Crawford Broadcasting. KLZ received its first broadcasting license on March 10, 1922. It is the oldest broadcasting station in the state of Colorado, and one of ...
Radio,
Denver Denver () is a consolidated city and county, the capital, and most populous city of the U.S. state of Colorado. Its population was 715,522 at the 2020 census, a 19.22% increase since 2010. It is the 19th-most populous city in the Unit ...
* WLS Radio, Chicago


1949

* Morgan Beatty * WNOX Radio,
Knoxville, Tennessee Knoxville is a city in and the county seat of Knox County, Tennessee, Knox County in the U.S. state of Tennessee. As of the 2020 United States census, Knoxville's population was 190,740, making it the largest city in the East Tennessee Grand Di ...
*
WPIX WPIX (channel 11) is a television station in New York City. Owned by Mission Broadcasting, it is operated under a local marketing agreement (LMA) by Nexstar Media Group, making it a ''de facto'' owned-and-operated station and flagship (broadcas ...
-TV, New York * WWJ Radio, Detroit * Special Program Award—
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and Association


1950

*
John Cameron Swayze John Cameron Swayze (April 4, 1906 – August 15, 1995) was an American news commentator and game show panelist during the 1940s and 1950s who later became best known as a product spokesman. Early life Born in Wichita, Kansas, Swayze was the ...
* AVZ Radio,
Hartford, Connecticut Hartford is the capital city of the U.S. state of Connecticut. It was the seat of Hartford County until Connecticut disbanded county government in 1960. It is the core city in the Greater Hartford metropolitan area. Census estimates since the ...
*
WFIL WFIL (560 AM) is a radio station in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, with a Christian radio format consisting of teaching and talk programs. Owned by Salem Media Group, studios and transmitter facilities are shared with co-owned WNTP ...
-TV, Philadelphia


1951

*
Joseph C. Harsch Joseph C. Harsch (May 25, 1905 – June 3, 1998) was an American newspaper, radio, and television journalist. He spent more than sixty years writing for the ''Christian Science Monitor'' and at the time of his departure from his stationing i ...
* WCAU Radio and WCAU-TV, Philadelphia * WEEI Radio,
Boston Boston (), officially the City of Boston, is the state capital and most populous city of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, as well as the cultural and financial center of the New England region of the United States. It is the 24th- mo ...


1952

* Gerald W. Johnson * WBNS-TV,
Columbus, Ohio Columbus () is the state capital and the most populous city in the U.S. state of Ohio. With a 2020 census population of 905,748, it is the 14th-most populous city in the U.S., the second-most populous city in the Midwest, after Chicago, and t ...
* WMT Radio,
Cedar Rapids, Iowa Cedar Rapids () is the second-largest city in Iowa, United States and is the county seat of Linn County, Iowa, Linn County. The city lies on both banks of the Cedar River (Iowa River), Cedar River, north of Iowa City, Iowa, Iowa City and north ...


1953

* Pauline Frederick * WBZ Radio and
WBZ-TV WBZ-TV (channel 4) is a television station in Boston, Massachusetts, United States, airing programming from the CBS network. It is owned and operated by the network's CBS News and Stations division alongside independent station WSBK-TV (channe ...
, Boston *
WOI-TV WOI-DT (channel 5) is a television station licensed to Ames, Iowa, United States, serving the Des Moines area as an affiliate of ABC. It is owned by Tegna Inc. alongside CW affiliate KCWI-TV (channel 23), also licensed to Ames. Both stations sh ...
,
Ames, Iowa Ames () is a city in Story County, Iowa, United States, located approximately north of Des Moines in central Iowa. It is best known as the home of Iowa State University (ISU), with leading agriculture, design, engineering, and veterinary medici ...


1954

* Eric Sevareid * KGAK Radio,
Gallup, New Mexico Zuni: ''Kalabwaki'' , settlement_type = City , nickname = "Indian Capital of the World" , motto = , image_skyline = Gallup, New Mexico.jpg , imagesize = 250px , image_caption ...
* WHAS Radio,
Louisville, Kentucky Louisville ( , , ) is the largest city in the Commonwealth of Kentucky and the 28th most-populous city in the United States. Louisville is the historical seat and, since 2003, the nominal seat of Jefferson County, on the Indiana border ...


1955

*
Howard K. Smith Howard Kingsbury Smith (May 12, 1914 – February 15, 2002) was an American journalist, radio reporter, television anchorman, political commentator, and film actor. He was one of the original members of the team of war correspondents known as th ...
* WICC Radio,
Bridgeport, Connecticut Bridgeport is the List of municipalities in Connecticut, most populous city and a major port in the U.S. state of Connecticut. With a population of 148,654 in 2020, it is also the List of cities by population in New England, fifth-most populous ...
* WTIC Radio,
Hartford, Connecticut Hartford is the capital city of the U.S. state of Connecticut. It was the seat of Hartford County until Connecticut disbanded county government in 1960. It is the core city in the Greater Hartford metropolitan area. Census estimates since the ...


1956

*
Chet Huntley Chet is a masculine given name, often a nickname for Chester (given name), Chester, which means ''fortress'' or ''camp''. It is an uncommon name of England, English origin, and originated as a surname to identify people from the city of Chester, En ...
*
KNXT-TV KCBS-TV (channel 2) is a television station in Los Angeles, California, United States, serving as the West Coast flagship of the CBS network. It is owned and operated by the network's CBS News and Stations division alongside independent outle ...
,
Los Angeles Los Angeles ( ; es, Los Ángeles, link=no , ), often referred to by its initials L.A., is the largest city in the state of California and the second most populous city in the United States after New York City, as well as one of the world' ...
*
WFMT WFMT is an FM broadcasting, FM radio station in Chicago, Illinois, featuring a format of fine arts, classical music programming, and shows exploring such genres as folk music, folk. The station is managed by Window to the World Communications, In ...
Radio, Chicago


1957

* Clifton Utley *
KARD-TV KARD (channel 14) is a television station licensed to West Monroe, Louisiana, United States, serving the Monroe, Louisiana–El Dorado, Arkansas market as an affiliate of the Fox network. It is owned by Nexstar Media Group, which acquired t ...
,
Wichita, Kansas Wichita ( ) is the largest city in the U.S. state of Kansas and the county seat of Sedgwick County, Kansas, Sedgwick County. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, the population of the city was 397,532. The Wichita metro area had ...
*
KRON-TV KRON-TV (channel 4) is a television station licensed to San Francisco, California, United States, serving the San Francisco Bay Area as an affiliate of MyNetworkTV. Owned by Nexstar Media Group, KRON-TV maintains studios on Front Street in the c ...
, San Francisco


1958

*
David Brinkley David McClure Brinkley (July 10, 1920 – June 11, 2003) was an American newscaster for NBC and ABC in a career lasting from 1943 to 1997. From 1956 through 1970, he co-anchored NBC's top-rated nightly news program, ''The Huntley–Brinkley Re ...
* KLZ-TV, Denver * WSNY Radio, Schenectady


1959

*
David Schoenbrun David Franz Schoenbrun (March 15, 1915 – May 23, 1988) was an American broadcast journalist. Biography Schoenbrun was born in New York City in 1915. He began his career teaching French. Schoenbrun enlisted in the Army in 1943 and became a W ...
*
KOLN Cologne ( ; german: Köln ; ksh, Kölle ) is the largest city of the German western state of North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW) and the fourth-most populous city of Germany with 1.1 million inhabitants in the city proper and 3.6 million ...
-TV,
Lincoln, Nebraska Lincoln is the capital city of the U.S. state of Nebraska and the county seat of Lancaster County. The city covers with a population of 292,657 in 2021. It is the second-most populous city in Nebraska and the 73rd-largest in the United Sta ...
*
WNTA WNTA (1330 AM) is a radio station licensed to Rockford, Illinois, United States. It serves the Rockford/Stateline area, using a two tower directional antenna system on Sandy Hollow Road. The station's current format is sports. WNTA rebroadcast ...
-TV,
Newark, New Jersey Newark ( , ) is the most populous city in the U.S. state of New Jersey and the seat of Essex County and the second largest city within the New York metropolitan area.Edward P. Morgan Edward Paddock Morgan (June 23, 1910 – January 27, 1993) was an American journalist and writer who reported for newspapers, radio, and television media services including ABC, CBS networks, and the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS). A native o ...
* KDKA-TV, Pittsburgh *
WAVZ WAVZ (1300 AM) is a radio station broadcasting a sports format. Licensed to New Haven, Connecticut, United States. The station is owned by iHeartMedia. The station switched formats in time for Super Bowl XLI on February 4, 2007. WAVZ, as a news ...
Radio,
New Haven, Connecticut New Haven is a city in the U.S. state of Connecticut. It is located on New Haven Harbor on the northern shore of Long Island Sound in New Haven County, Connecticut and is part of the New York City metropolitan area. With a population of 134,02 ...


1961

*
Martin Agronsky Martin Zama Agronsky ( ; January 12, 1915 – July 25, 1999), also known as Martin Agronski, was an American journalist, political analyst, and television host. He began his career in 1936 working under his uncle, Gershon Agron, at the ''Palest ...
*
KING-TV KING-TV (channel 5) is a television station in Seattle, Washington, United States, affiliated with NBC. It is owned by Tegna Inc. alongside Everett-licensed independent station KONG (channel 16). Both stations share studios at the Home Plate ...
,
Seattle Seattle ( ) is a seaport city on the West Coast of the United States. It is the seat of King County, Washington. With a 2020 population of 737,015, it is the largest city in both the state of Washington and the Pacific Northwest regio ...
*
KPFK KPFK (90.7 FM) is a listener-sponsored radio station based in North Hollywood, California, United States, which serves Southern California, and also streams 24 hours a day via the Internet. It was the second of five stations in the non-commerci ...
Radio, Los Angeles


1962

* Howard K. Smith * KVOA-TV,
Tucson, Arizona , "(at the) base of the black ill , nicknames = "The Old Pueblo", "Optics Valley", "America's biggest small town" , image_map = , mapsize = 260px , map_caption = Interactive map ...
*
WFMT WFMT is an FM broadcasting, FM radio station in Chicago, Illinois, featuring a format of fine arts, classical music programming, and shows exploring such genres as folk music, folk. The station is managed by Window to the World Communications, In ...
Radio, Chicago


1963

*
Louis M. Lyons Louis Martin Lyons (September 1, 1897 – April 11, 1982) was an American journalist in Massachusetts and curator of the Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard University. Biography Lyons was born in Boston in 1897 and was a graduate of Mass ...
* WFBM Radio,
Indianapolis, Indiana Indianapolis (), colloquially known as Indy, is the state capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Indiana and the seat of Marion County. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the consolidated population of Indianapolis and Mari ...
* Silver Baton— WJZ-TV,
Baltimore Baltimore ( , locally: or ) is the List of municipalities in Maryland, most populous city in the U.S. state of Maryland, fourth most populous city in the Mid-Atlantic (United States), Mid-Atlantic, and List of United States cities by popula ...


1964

*
WFTV WFTV (channel 9) is a television station in Orlando, Florida, United States, affiliated with ABC. It is owned by Cox Media Group alongside independent station WRDQ (channel 27). Both stations share studios on East South Street (SR 15) in downto ...
,
Orlando, Florida Orlando () is a city in the U.S. state of Florida and is the county seat of Orange County, Florida, Orange County. In Central Florida, it is the center of the Greater Orlando, Orlando metropolitan area, which had a population of 2,509,831, acco ...
* WRCV-TV, Philadelphia


1965

* Cecil Brown *
KTWO-TV KTWO-TV (channel 2) is a television station in Casper, Wyoming, United States, affiliated with ABC. It is owned by Vision Alaska LLC, which maintains a shared services agreement (SSA) with Coastal Television Broadcasting Company LLC, owner of ...
,
Casper, Wyoming Casper is a city in, and the county seat of, Natrona County, Wyoming, United States. Casper is the second-largest city in the state, with the population at 59,038 as of the 2020 census. Only Cheyenne, the state capital, is larger. Casper is nic ...
*
WBBM-TV WBBM-TV (channel 2) is a television station in Chicago, Illinois, United States, airing programming from the CBS network. Owned and operated by the network's CBS News and Stations division, the station maintains studios on West Washington Stre ...
, Chicago * WCCO Radio,
Minneapolis Minneapolis () is the largest city in Minnesota, United States, and the county seat of Hennepin County. The city is abundant in water, with thirteen lakes, wetlands, the Mississippi River, creeks and waterfalls. Minneapolis has its origins ...
*
WFBM-TV WRTV (channel 6) is a television station in Indianapolis, Indiana, United States, affiliated with ABC and owned by the E. W. Scripps Company. The station's studios are located on Meridian Street north of downtown Indianapolis, and its transmit ...
, Indianapolis, Indiana * WHCU Radio,
Ithaca, New York Ithaca is a city in the Finger Lakes region of New York, United States. Situated on the southern shore of Cayuga Lake, Ithaca is the seat of Tompkins County and the largest community in the Ithaca metropolitan statistical area. It is named a ...
*
WRVR WRVR (104.5 FM, branded "The River 104.5") is an adult contemporary radio station broadcasting in Memphis, Tennessee. It has broadcast this format for at least 34 years as of 2021. Owned by Audacy, Inc., the station's studios are located in Sout ...
Radio, New York


duPont–Columbia Award


1969

* Dr. Everett C. Parker * KNBC-TV, Los Angeles, California, "The Slow Guillotine" *
KQED KQED may refer to: * KQED (TV), a PBS member station in San Francisco * KQED-FM KQED-FM (88.5 MHz) is a NPR-member radio station in San Francisco, California. Its parent organization is KQED Inc., which also owns its television partners, both ...
, San Francisco, for local coverage of the 1968 political campaigns * National Educational Television and
Public Broadcast Laboratory The Public Broadcast Laboratory (PBL) was a television program broadcast in the United States, created on November 5, 1967, by National Educational Television (NET). The program was considered a live Sunday-night magazine program. In 1969, the For ...
,
Defense and Domestic Needs: The Contest for Tomorrow
* NBC News, "First Tuesday: CBW (Chemical-Biological Warfare): The Secrets of Secrecy" (produced by
Tom Pettit William Thomas Pettit (April 23, 1931 – December 22, 1995) was an American journalist, who was a television news correspondent for NBC from the 1960s through 1995. During most of that period, he filed reports for ''NBC Nightly News'' (as well ...
) * WRKL Radio, Mount Ivy-New City, NY for outstanding coverage of the 1968 political campaigns *
WSB-TV WSB-TV (channel 2) is a television station in Atlanta, Georgia, United States, affiliated with ABC. It is the flagship television property of locally based Cox Media Group, which has owned the station since its inception, and is sister to rad ...
, Atlanta, Georgia "Investigation of Organized Crime"


1971

*
Kenneth A. Cox Kenneth A. Cox (December 7, 1916 – October 31, 2011) was an American attorney who served as a Commissioner of the Federal Communications Commission from 1963 to 1970. He died on October 31, 2011, in Bethesda, Maryland Bethesda () is an unin ...
*CBS News,
Ernest Leiser Ernest Leiser (February 26, 1921 – November 26, 2002) was an American executive producer of The CBS Evening News. He was recognized with Emmy and Peabody awards for coverage of post-war Europe, civil rights, and Vietnam. He was in charge of t ...
; Russ Bensley;
John Laurence John Laurence (also known as Jack Laurence) is an American television correspondent, author, and documentary filmmaker. He is known for his work on the air at CBS News, London correspondent for ABC News, documentary work for PBS and CBS, and his ...
, "
Charlie Company A company is a military unit, typically consisting of 80–250 soldiers and usually commanded by a major or a captain. Most companies are formed of three to seven platoons, although the exact number may vary by country, unit type, and structure. ...
" * National Educational Television and Frederick Wiseman, "
Hospital A hospital is a health care institution providing patient treatment with specialized health science and auxiliary healthcare staff and medical equipment. The best-known type of hospital is the general hospital, which typically has an emerge ...
" *NBC News and Fred Freed, "
White Paper A white paper is a report or guide that informs readers concisely about a complex issue and presents the issuing body's philosophy on the matter. It is meant to help readers understand an issue, solve a problem, or make a decision. A white paper ...

Pollution is a Matter of Choice
*
WCCO-TV WCCO-TV (channel 4) is a television station licensed to Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States, broadcasting the CBS network to the Twin Cities area. It is owned and operated by the network's CBS News and Stations division, and maintains studios ...
, Minneapolis, "Grunt's Little War" * WOOD-TV, Grand Rapids, Dick Cheverton and Herb Thurman, "Our Poisoned World"


1972

*CBS News, John Sharnik and Eric Sevareid, "Justice in America" (part
onetwo
an
three
* Group W, George Moynihan and Susan Garfield, "All The Kids Like That: Tommy’s Story" *
KUTV KUTV (channel 2) is a television station in Salt Lake City, Utah, United States, affiliated with CBS. It is owned by Sinclair Broadcast Group alongside independent station KJZZ-TV (channel 14) and St. George–licensed MyNetworkTV affiliate K ...
, Salt Lake City, Richard Spratling, Diane Orr and Fred Edwards, "Warriors Without A Weapon" *NBC News, William B. Hill and
Tom Pettit William Thomas Pettit (April 23, 1931 – December 22, 1995) was an American journalist, who was a television news correspondent for NBC from the 1960s through 1995. During most of that period, he filed reports for ''NBC Nightly News'' (as well ...
, "First Tuesday: The Man from Uncle (Sam)" and "The FBI" *NBC News, Martin Carr, "
White Paper A white paper is a report or guide that informs readers concisely about a complex issue and presents the issuing body's philosophy on the matter. It is meant to help readers understand an issue, solve a problem, or make a decision. A white paper ...

This Child is Rated X
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WABC-TV WABC-TV (channel 7) is a television station in New York City, serving as the flagship of the ABC network. Owned and operated by the network's ABC Owned Television Stations division, the station maintains studios in the Lincoln Square neighbor ...
,
Geraldo Rivera Geraldo Rivera (born Gerald Riviera; July 4, 1943) is an American journalist, attorney, author, political commentator, and former television host. He hosted the tabloid talk show '' Geraldo'' from 1987 to 1998. He gained publicity with the liv ...
, "Drug Crisis in East Harlem"


1973

*
Mike Wallace Myron Leon Wallace (May 9, 1918 – April 7, 2012) was an American journalist, game show host, actor, and media personality. He interviewed a wide range of prominent newsmakers during his seven-decade career. He was one of the original correspo ...
for outstanding reporting on CBS News "
60 Minutes ''60 Minutes'' is an American television news magazine broadcast on the CBS television network. Debuting in 1968, the program was created by Don Hewitt and Bill Leonard, who chose to set it apart from other news programs by using a unique styl ...
" *CBS News, Perry Wolff, Robert Markowitz, and Charles Kuralt, "
CBS Reports ''CBS Reports'' is the umbrella title used for documentaries by CBS News which aired starting in 1959 through the 1990s. The series sometimes aired as a wheel series rotating with '' 60 Minutes'' (or other similar CBS News series), as a series of i ...

...But What If the Dream Comes True?
* Group W, Dick Hubert and Paul Altmeyer, "The Search for Quality Education" *
KERA-TV KERA-TV (channel 13) is a PBS member television station licensed to Dallas, Texas, United States, serving the Dallas–Fort Worth Metroplex. Owned by North Texas Public Broadcasting, Inc., it is sister to National Public Radio (NPR) member statio ...
, Dallas, for outstanding coverage of the 1972 political campaigns *
National Public Affairs Center for Television WETA-TV (channel 26) is the primary PBS member television station in Washington, D.C. Owned by the Greater Washington Educational Telecommunications Association, it is a sister station to NPR member WETA (90.9 FM). The two outlets share studi ...
, for coverage of the 1972 political campaigns *NBC News and Fred Freed, "
White Paper A white paper is a report or guide that informs readers concisely about a complex issue and presents the issuing body's philosophy on the matter. It is meant to help readers understand an issue, solve a problem, or make a decision. A white paper ...

The Blue Collar Trap
*
WABC-TV WABC-TV (channel 7) is a television station in New York City, serving as the flagship of the ABC network. Owned and operated by the network's ABC Owned Television Stations division, the station maintains studios in the Lincoln Square neighbor ...
, Richard Thruston Watkins, "Like It Is: Attica -- the Unanswered Questions" * WNET-TV, New York, and Tony Batten,
The 51st StateYouth Gangs in the South Bronx
* WNJT-TV, Trenton, New Jersey, Ken Stein and John Dimmer, "Towers of Frustration: Assignment: New Jersey" *
WTVJ-TV WTVJ (channel 6) is a television station in Miami, Florida, United States, airing programming from the NBC network. It is owned and operated by the network's NBC Owned Television Stations division alongside Fort Lauderdale–licensed WSCV (chan ...
, Miami, "The Swift Justice of Europe" and "A Seed of Hope"


1974

*ABC News and Arthur Holch, "Inquiry: Chile: Experiment in Red" *CBS News, Irv Drasnin, " CBS News Reports: You and the Commercial" * Group W, Dick Hubert and Rod MacLeish "And the Rich Shall Inherit the Earth" *
KGW-TV KGW (channel 8) is a television station in Portland, Oregon, United States, affiliated with NBC and owned by Tegna Inc. The station's studios are located on Jefferson Street in southwestern Portland, and its transmitter is located in the city's ...
, Portland, Oregon, Pete Maroney, "Death of a Slideshow" * KNX Radio, Los Angeles, California, for editorials on important community issues *NBC News and Robert Northshield, "The Sins of the Fathers" (a segment of ''NBC Reports'') *
National Public Affairs Center for Television WETA-TV (channel 26) is the primary PBS member television station in Washington, D.C. Owned by the Greater Washington Educational Telecommunications Association, it is a sister station to NPR member WETA (90.9 FM). The two outlets share studi ...
and
Elizabeth Drew Elizabeth Drew (born November 16, 1935) is an American political journalist and author. Early life Elizabeth Brenner was born on November 16, 1935, in Cincinnati, Ohio. She is the daughter of William J. Brenner, a furniture manufacturer, and Es ...
,
Thirty Minutes With...
*
WBBM-TV WBBM-TV (channel 2) is a television station in Chicago, Illinois, United States, airing programming from the CBS network. Owned and operated by the network's CBS News and Stations division, the station maintains studios on West Washington Stre ...
, Chicago, Illinois, Judy Muntz, Jim Hatfield, and Lee Phillip, "The Rape of Paulette" * WTIC-TV, Hartford, Connecticut, Jean Sablon and Bard Davis "The Nine-Year-Old in Norfolk Prison"


1975

*ABC News, Av Westin, "Close-Up" *CBS News, Don Hewitt, ''
60 Minutes ''60 Minutes'' is an American television news magazine broadcast on the CBS television network. Debuting in 1968, the program was created by Don Hewitt and Bill Leonard, who chose to set it apart from other news programs by using a unique styl ...
'' * KFWB Radio, Los Angeles, "SLA 54th Street Shootout" * KNXT, Los Angeles, "Why Me?" *NBC News, Fred Freed, "The Energy Crisis" (an ''
NBC White Paper ''NBC White Paper'' is a documentary television series on the NBC television network lasting from 1960 to 1989. Producer Arthur Zegart was nominated for an Emmy Award The Emmy Awards, or Emmys, are an extensive range of awards for artistic ...
'') *NBC News, Series of Reports on Feeding the Poor *
National Public Affairs Center for Television WETA-TV (channel 26) is the primary PBS member television station in Washington, D.C. Owned by the Greater Washington Educational Telecommunications Association, it is a sister station to NPR member WETA (90.9 FM). The two outlets share studi ...
, "
Washington Week in Review ''Washington Week''—previously ''Washington Week in Review''—is an American Public affairs programming, public affairs television program, which has aired on PBS and its predecessor, National Educational Television, since 1967. Unlike other p ...
" *
National Public Affairs Center for Television WETA-TV (channel 26) is the primary PBS member television station in Washington, D.C. Owned by the Greater Washington Educational Telecommunications Association, it is a sister station to NPR member WETA (90.9 FM). The two outlets share studi ...
, Watergate coverage * WNET-TV, New York and Frederick Wiseman, "Juvenile Court" * TVTV and WNET, New York and David Loxton, ''
Lord of the Universe ''Lord of the Universe'' is a 1974 American documentary film about Prem Rawat (at the time known as Guru Maharaj Ji) at an event in November 1973 at the Houston Astrodome called "Millennium '73". ''Lord of the Universe'' was first broadcast on ...
'' * WKY-TV, Oklahoma City and Bob Dotson, "Through the Looking Glass Darkly" (part
onetwo
an
three
*
WPVI-TV WPVI-TV (channel 6), branded on-air as 6 ABC, is a television station in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, airing programming from the ABC network. Owned and operated by the network's ABC Owned Television Stations division, the station ...
, Philadelphia, "Public Bridges and Private Riches"


1976

*
KNBC KNBC (channel 4) is a television station in Los Angeles, California, United States, serving as the West Coast flagship of the NBC network. It is owned and operated by the network's NBC Owned Television Stations division alongside Corona-licens ...
, Burbank, California, Don Harris, " Prison Gangs" * NBC Nightly News and
Tom Pettit William Thomas Pettit (April 23, 1931 – December 22, 1995) was an American journalist, who was a television news correspondent for NBC from the 1960s through 1995. During most of that period, he filed reports for ''NBC Nightly News'' (as well ...
for a series on feeding the poor *NPR,
All Things Considered ''All Things Considered'' (''ATC'') is the flagship news program on the American network National Public Radio (NPR). It was the first news program on NPR, premiering on May 3, 1971. It is broadcast live on NPR affiliated stations in the United ...
* WBTV, Charlotte, for news and documentary programming * WCCO, Minneapolis, Minnesota,
David Moore David Moore may refer to: Politics * David E. Moore (1798-1875), American politician in Virginia * David Moore (Australian politician) (1824–1898), politician in Sandridge, Victoria, Australia * David Moore (Manx politician), member of the H ...
,
Moore on Sunday
*
WCCO Radio WCCO (830 kHz) is a commercial AM radio station in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and owned by Audacy, Inc. Its studios and offices are located on Second Avenue South in Downtown Minneapolis. WCCO features a talk radio format, with frequent newscas ...
, Minneapolis, for news and documentary programming *
WGBH WGBH may refer to: * WGBH Educational Foundation, based in Boston, Massachusetts, United States ** WGBH (FM), a public radio station at Boston, Massachusetts on 89.7 MHz owned by the WGBH Educational Foundation ** WGBH-TV WGBH-TV (channel 2), ...
, Boston, Roger Fisher,
Arabs and Israelis
* WHEC, Rochester and Warren Doremus, "
The Riots ''The Riots'' is a play created by Gillian Slovo from spoken evidence, which explains and evaluates the events that took place during the 2011 England riots. The play is written in the style of verbatim theatre using interviews from politicians ...
Plus Ten Years" *
WKYC WKYC (channel 3) is a television station in Cleveland, Ohio, United States, affiliated with NBC and owned by Tegna Inc. Its studios are located on Tom Beres Way (a section of Lakeside Avenue in Downtown Cleveland named after the station's longti ...
, Cleveland and Brian Ross, " Teamster Power" * WPLG, Miami and Clarence Jones, for crime reporting


1978

* Group W and
Paul Wilkes Paul Wilkes is a journalist, writer, and documentarian who has written extensively about individual spirituality as well as the role of religion in public and personal lives. As a social entrepreneur he has worked to aid the poor and marginalized b ...
,
Six American Families
*
KCET-TV KCET (channel 28) is a secondary PBS member television station in Los Angeles, California, United States. It is owned by the Public Media Group of Southern California alongside the market's primary PBS member, Huntington Beach–licensed KOCE-TV ...
, Los Angeles,
28 Tonight
" *
KGW-TV KGW (channel 8) is a television station in Portland, Oregon, United States, affiliated with NBC and owned by Tegna Inc. The station's studios are located on Jefferson Street in southwestern Portland, and its transmitter is located in the city's ...
, Portland, "The Timber Farmers" *NBC News, "Human Rights: A Soviet-American Debate" (moderated by Edwin Newman) and "NBC Reports: The Struggle for Freedom" (anchored by
Garrick Utley Clifton Garrick Utley (November 19, 1939 – February 20, 2014) was an American television journalist. He established his career reporting about the Vietnam War and has the distinction of being the first full-time television correspondent coverin ...
) * Walter Cronkite and the " CBS Evening News" *
WBBM-TV WBBM-TV (channel 2) is a television station in Chicago, Illinois, United States, airing programming from the CBS network. Owned and operated by the network's CBS News and Stations division, the station maintains studios on West Washington Stre ...
, Chicago, Scott Craig and Bill Kurtis, "Once a Priest" * WFAA-TV, Dallas "Clear and Present Danger" * WNET-TV, New York and
WETA-TV WETA-TV (channel 26) is the primary PBS member television station in Washington, D.C. Owned by the Greater Washington Educational Telecommunications Association, it is a sister station to NPR member WETA (90.9 FM). The two outlets share studios ...
, Washington D.C., "
The MacNeil/Lehrer Report ''PBS NewsHour'' is an American evening television news program broadcast on over 350 PBS member stations. It airs seven nights a week, and is known for its in-depth coverage of issues and current events. Anchored by Judy Woodruff, the progr ...
" for
Carter's Energy Plan
"
Woodward-Bernstein: Frost Interview
" and
Korea and Congress: the Scandal So Far
* WNET-TV, New York "
The Police Tapes ''The Police Tapes'' is a 1977 documentary about a New York City police precinct in the South Bronx. The original ran ninety minutes and was produced for public television; a one-hour version later aired on ABC. Production Filmmakers Alan an ...
"


1979

* Associated Press Radio, "The New South: Shade Behind the Sunbelt" *
KOOL-TV KSAZ-TV (channel 10) is a television station in Phoenix, Arizona, United States, broadcasting the Fox network. It is owned and operated by the network's Fox Television Stations division alongside MyNetworkTV station KUTP (channel 45). Both st ...
, Phoenix, Burt Kennedy, "Water: Arizona's Most Precious Resource" *
KPIX-TV KPIX-TV (channel 5) is a television station licensed to San Francisco, California, United States, serving as the San Francisco Bay Area's CBS network outlet. It is owned and operated by the network's CBS News and Stations division alongside CW ...
, San Francisco, Robert Klein and Richard Hart, "Laser Con-Fusion" *
National Geographic Society The National Geographic Society (NGS), headquartered in Washington, D.C., United States, is one of the largest non-profit scientific and educational organizations in the world. Founded in 1888, its interests include geography, archaeology, and ...
and
WQED-TV WQED (channel 13) is a PBS member television station in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States. Owned by WQED Multimedia, it is sister to public radio station WQED-FM (89.3). The two outlets share studios on Fifth Avenue near the Carnegie Me ...
, Pittsburgh, "The Living Sands of Namib" *NBC News, Robert Rogers and
Garrick Utley Clifton Garrick Utley (November 19, 1939 – February 20, 2014) was an American television journalist. He established his career reporting about the Vietnam War and has the distinction of being the first full-time television correspondent coverin ...
, "NBC News Reports: Africa's Defiant White Tribe" *
WBBM-TV WBBM-TV (channel 2) is a television station in Chicago, Illinois, United States, airing programming from the CBS network. Owned and operated by the network's CBS News and Stations division, the station maintains studios on West Washington Stre ...
, Chicago, Illinois, Gail Sikevitz, Scott Craig, Jim Hatfield, and
Mort Crim Mort Crim (born July 31, 1935) is an author and former broadcast journalist. Crim joined Channel 4 (soon to be named WDIV-TV) in Detroit in 1978. Crim stayed with the station 19 years before retiring from anchoring TV newscasts in 1997. Previously, ...
for documentary reporting * WFAA-TV, Dallas, Texas, Byron Harris for investigative report * WGBH-FM, Boston, "Banned in Chelsea" *
WGBH-TV WGBH-TV (channel 2), branded on-air as GBH or GBH 2 since 2020, is the primary PBS member television station in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. It is the flagship property of the WGBH Educational Foundation, which also owns Boston's sec ...
, Boston and William Cran, "WORLD
Chachaji: My Poor Relation
and John Angier, "
NOVA A nova (plural novae or novas) is a transient astronomical event that causes the sudden appearance of a bright, apparently "new" star (hence the name "nova", which is Latin for "new") that slowly fades over weeks or months. Causes of the dramati ...

The Final Frontier
*
WMHT-TV WMHT (channel 17) is a television station licensed to Schenectady, New York, United States, serving the Capital District as a member of PBS. It is owned by WMHT Educational Telecommunications alongside NPR member WMHT-FM (89.1). The two stations ...
, Schenectady, "Capital Punishment
Inside Albany
* WPLG-TV, Miami and Clarence Jones for investigative reporting *Special Award:
Richard Salant Richard Samuel Salant (April 14, 1914 – February 16, 1993) was a CBS executive from 1952 and president of the CBS News division from 1961 to 1964 and 1966–79. He was noted for the introduction of ''60 Minutes'' and the ''CBS Morning News'' ...


1980

*ABC News, "Closeup: Arson: Fire for Hire!" (reported by Brit Hume) and " World News Tonight: Second to None?" * Bill Moyers, for outstanding reporting on CBS News and WNET-TV, New York *CBS News, "
CBS Reports ''CBS Reports'' is the umbrella title used for documentaries by CBS News which aired starting in 1959 through the 1990s. The series sometimes aired as a wheel series rotating with '' 60 Minutes'' (or other similar CBS News series), as a series of i ...
: The Boat People" (produced by Andrew Lack and reported by Ed Bradley) and "
60 Minutes ''60 Minutes'' is an American television news magazine broadcast on the CBS television network. Debuting in 1968, the program was created by Don Hewitt and Bill Leonard, who chose to set it apart from other news programs by using a unique styl ...
" * KCTS-TV, Seattle,
Do I Look Like I Want to Die?
*
KDFW-TV KDFW (channel 4) is a television station licensed to Dallas, Texas, United States, broadcasting the Fox network to the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex. It is owned and operated by the network's Fox Television Stations division alongside MyNe ...
, Dallas, for investigative reporting *
KUTV-TV KUTV (channel 2) is a television station in Salt Lake City, Utah, United States, affiliated with CBS. It is owned by Sinclair Broadcast Group alongside independent station KJZZ-TV (channel 14) and St. George–licensed MyNetworkTV affiliate K ...
, Salt Lake City, "Clouds of Doubt" * KXL Radio, Portland, "The Air Space -- How Safe?" *
WGBH-TV WGBH-TV (channel 2), branded on-air as GBH or GBH 2 since 2020, is the primary PBS member television station in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. It is the flagship property of the WGBH Educational Foundation, which also owns Boston's sec ...
, Boston, "WORLD
F-16: Sale of the Century
on PBS (reported by
Andrew Cockburn Andrew Myles Cockburn ( ; born 7 January 1947) is a British journalist and the Washington, D.C., editor of '' Harper's Magazine''. Early life Born in the London suburb of Willesden in 1947, Cockburn grew up in County Cork, Ireland. His father ...
) * WHA-TV, Madison, Catalyst Films and
Wisconsin Educational Television Network PBS Wisconsin (formerly Wisconsin Public Television or WPT) is a state network of non-commercial educational television stations operated primarily by the Wisconsin Educational Communications Board and the University of Wisconsin–Madison. It c ...
,
An American Ism: Joe McCarthy


1981

*SILVER BATON ABC News, " The Iran Crisis: America Held Hostage" *SILVER BATON Ed Bradley and CBS News, "
CBS Reports ''CBS Reports'' is the umbrella title used for documentaries by CBS News which aired starting in 1959 through the 1990s. The series sometimes aired as a wheel series rotating with '' 60 Minutes'' (or other similar CBS News series), as a series of i ...
: Blacks in America: With All Deliberate Speed?" *SILVER BATON Group W and
KYW-TV KYW-TV (channel 3) is a television station in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, airing programming from the CBS network. It is owned and operated by the network's CBS News and Stations division alongside CW affiliate WPSG (channel 57 ...
, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania;
WBZ-TV WBZ-TV (channel 4) is a television station in Boston, Massachusetts, United States, airing programming from the CBS network. It is owned and operated by the network's CBS News and Stations division alongside independent station WSBK-TV (channe ...
, Boston, Massachusetts; WJZ-TV, Baltimore Maryland for I-Team Investigations *SILVER BATON Mississippi Center for Educational Television, Jackson, Mississippi,
William Faulkner: A Life on Paper
*SILVER BATON National Public Radio, "
All Things Considered ''All Things Considered'' (''ATC'') is the flagship news program on the American network National Public Radio (NPR). It was the first news program on NPR, premiering on May 3, 1971. It is broadcast live on NPR affiliated stations in the United ...
" and "
Morning Edition ''Morning Edition'' is an American radio news program produced and distributed by NPR. It airs weekday mornings (Monday through Friday) and runs for two hours, and many stations repeat one or both hours. The show feeds live from 5:00 to 9:00 AM ...
" *SILVER BATON
Perry Miller Adato Perry Miller Adato (December 22, 1920 – September 16, 2018) was an American documentary film producer and director and writer. Adato was born Lillian Perry Miller in Yonkers, New York. At age 18 she moved to Greenwich Village. She married Neil ...
and WNET-TV, New York, New York, "Picasso: A Painter's Diary" (part
onetwo
an
three
*SILVER BATON Red Cloud Productions and
WGBY-TV WGBY-TV (channel 57) is a PBS member television station in Springfield, Massachusetts, United States. Owned by the Boston-based WGBH Educational Foundation, it is a sister station to that organization's flagship and namesake, WGBH-TV (channel ...
, Springfield, Massachusetts,
Joan Robinson: One Woman's Story
*SILVER BATON
Roger Mudd Roger Harrison Mudd (February 9, 1928 – March 9, 2021) was an American broadcast journalist who was a correspondent and anchor for CBS News and NBC News. He also worked as the primary anchor for History (U.S. TV channel), The History Channel. ...
and CBS News, "
CBS Reports ''CBS Reports'' is the umbrella title used for documentaries by CBS News which aired starting in 1959 through the 1990s. The series sometimes aired as a wheel series rotating with '' 60 Minutes'' (or other similar CBS News series), as a series of i ...
: Teddy" *SILVER BATON Rueven Frank and NBC News, "
White Paper A white paper is a report or guide that informs readers concisely about a complex issue and presents the issuing body's philosophy on the matter. It is meant to help readers understand an issue, solve a problem, or make a decision. A white paper ...
: If Japan Can... Why Can't We?" *SILVER BATON Special Independent Production Award: Carol Mon Pere, Sandra Nichols and KTEH-TV, San Jose, California "The Battle of Westlands" *SILVER BATON Special Tribute: Walter Cronkite *SILVER BATON
Walter Jacobson Walter David Jacobson (born July 28, 1937) is a former Chicago television news personality and a current Chicago radio news personality. He currently provides opinion segments for WGN Radio AM 720. From 2010 until 2013, he was an anchor of the 6 p ...
and
WBBM-TV WBBM-TV (channel 2) is a television station in Chicago, Illinois, United States, airing programming from the CBS network. Owned and operated by the network's CBS News and Stations division, the station maintains studios on West Washington Stre ...
, Chicago, Illinois, "Perspectives" *SILVER BATON WLS-TV, Chicago, Illinois and
Chicago Sun-Times The ''Chicago Sun-Times'' is a daily newspaper published in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Since 2022, it is the flagship paper of Chicago Public Media, and has the second largest circulation among Chicago newspapers, after the ''Chicago T ...
, "The Accident Swindlers"


1982

*SILVER BATON ABC News, " America Held Hostage: The Secret Negotiations" *SILVER BATON CBS News, Charles Kuralt, " Sunday Morning" *SILVER BATON CBS News, Dan Rather, "
CBS REPORTS ''CBS Reports'' is the umbrella title used for documentaries by CBS News which aired starting in 1959 through the 1990s. The series sometimes aired as a wheel series rotating with '' 60 Minutes'' (or other similar CBS News series), as a series of i ...

The Defense of the United States
*SILVER BATON David Productions and ABC News, "CLOSEUP: Can't it Be Anyone Else?" (produced by Bill Couturié) *SILVER BATON KCTS-TV, Dr.
Willard Gaylin Willard Marvin Gaylin (February 23, 1925 – December 30, 2022) was an American bioethicist and physician who served as clinical professor of psychiatry at Columbia College of Physicians and Surgeons. He was also the co-founder, along with Daniel ...
,
Hard Choices
*SILVER BATON National Public Radio,
Father Cares: The Last of Jonestown
*SILVER BATON Robert Spencer and
WTTW-TV WTTW (channel 11) is a PBS member television station in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Owned by not-for-profit broadcaster Window to the World Communications, Inc., it is sister to commercial classical music radio station WFMT (98.7 FM). Th ...
, Chicago, Illinois,
Six O'clock and All's Well
*SILVER BATON SPECIAL INDEPENDENT PRODUCTION AWARD: KTEH-TV, San Jose, California and John Else, "
The Day After Trinity ''The Day After Trinity'' (a.k.a. ''The Day After Trinity: J. Robert Oppenheimer and the Atomic Bomb'') is a 1980 documentary film directed and produced by Jon H. Else in association with KTEH public television in San Jose, California. The fil ...
" *SILVER BATON SPECIAL TRIBUTE:
David Brinkley David McClure Brinkley (July 10, 1920 – June 11, 2003) was an American newscaster for NBC and ABC in a career lasting from 1943 to 1997. From 1956 through 1970, he co-anchored NBC's top-rated nightly news program, ''The Huntley–Brinkley Re ...
*SILVER BATON
WBBM-TV WBBM-TV (channel 2) is a television station in Chicago, Illinois, United States, airing programming from the CBS network. Owned and operated by the network's CBS News and Stations division, the station maintains studios on West Washington Stre ...
, Chicago, Illinois, "Election Night Coverage" *SILVER BATON
WCCO-TV WCCO-TV (channel 4) is a television station licensed to Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States, broadcasting the CBS network to the Twin Cities area. It is owned and operated by the network's CBS News and Stations division, and maintains studios ...
, Minneapolis, Minnesota, Dave Moore
The Moore Report
*SILVER BATON
WGBH-TV WGBH-TV (channel 2), branded on-air as GBH or GBH 2 since 2020, is the primary PBS member television station in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. It is the flagship property of the WGBH Educational Foundation, which also owns Boston's sec ...
, Boston, Massachusetts,
WORLD
*SILVER BATON WPLG-TV, Miami, Florida, "The Billion Dollar Ghetto"


1984

*SILVER BATON CBS News, "
60 Minutes ''60 Minutes'' is an American television news magazine broadcast on the CBS television network. Debuting in 1968, the program was created by Don Hewitt and Bill Leonard, who chose to set it apart from other news programs by using a unique styl ...
: Good Cop, Bad Cop; Honor Thy Children; and Go Park It in Tokyo" *SILVER BATON John Camp and WBRZ, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, For investigative reporting *SILVER BATON KCTS-TV, Seattle, Washington and Face to Face Productions,
Rape: Face to Face
*SILVER BATON
KRON-TV KRON-TV (channel 4) is a television station licensed to San Francisco, California, United States, serving the San Francisco Bay Area as an affiliate of MyNetworkTV. Owned by Nexstar Media Group, KRON-TV maintains studios on Front Street in the c ...
, San Francisco, California,
The War Within
*SILVER BATON National Public Radio, "The Most Dangerous Game: Nuclear Face-off in Europe" *SILVER BATON NBC News, " News Overnight" *SILVER BATON
Richard Threlkeld Richard Threlkeld (November 30, 1937 – January 13, 2012) was an American television news correspondent who spent 25 years with CBS News. Early life Threlkeld was born in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, and grew up in Barrington, Illinois. He earned ...
, Status Reports on "ABC World News Tonight" *SILVER BATON SPECIAL INDEPENDENT PRODUCTION AWARD:
Jon Alpert Jon Alpert (born c. December 13, 1948) is an American journalist and documentary filmmaker, known for his use of a cinéma vérité approach in his films. Life and career A native of Port Chester, New York, Jonathan B. Alpert is a 1970 gradu ...
and NBC News, "American Survival" (aired on '' Today'') *SILVER BATON Terry Drinkwater, Cancer Reports on "CBS Evening News" *SILVER BATON
WBBM-TV WBBM-TV (channel 2) is a television station in Chicago, Illinois, United States, airing programming from the CBS network. Owned and operated by the network's CBS News and Stations division, the station maintains studios on West Washington Stre ...
, Chicago, Illinois, "Killing Crime: A Police Cop-Out" *SILVER BATON
WMAQ-TV WMAQ-TV (channel 5) is a television station in Chicago, Illinois, United States, airing programming from the NBC network. It is owned and operated by the network's NBC Owned Television Stations division alongside Telemundo outlet WSNS-TV (chan ...
, Chicago, Illinois, "Unit 5: The Chicago Police Investigations" *SILVER BATON
WSMV-TV WSMV-TV (channel 4) is a television station in Nashville, Tennessee, United States, affiliated with NBC. It is owned by Gray Television alongside low-power Telemundo affiliate WTNX-LD (channel 15). The two stations share studios on Knob Road in ...
, Nashville, Tennessee, "Innocent Shame: The Legacy of Child Sexual Abuse" *SILVER BATON WTCN-TV, Minneapolis, Minnesota, "Herpes is Forever"


1985

*SILVER BATON ABC News, "
Nightline ''Nightline'' (or ''ABC News Nightline'') is ABC News' late-night television news program broadcast on ABC in the United States with a franchised formula to other networks and stations elsewhere in the world. Created by Roone Arledge, the progra ...
" *SILVER BATON ABC News, " World News Tonight: US-USSR: A Balance of Powers" *SILVER BATON Brian Ross and Ira Silverman, Outstanding investigative reporting on NBC News *SILVER BATON CBS News, "
60 Minutes ''60 Minutes'' is an American television news magazine broadcast on the CBS television network. Debuting in 1968, the program was created by Don Hewitt and Bill Leonard, who chose to set it apart from other news programs by using a unique styl ...
: Lenell Geter's in Jail" *SILVER BATON KOSU Radio, Stillwater, Oklahoma, "Selling the Public Spectrum" *SILVER BATON
KRON-TV KRON-TV (channel 4) is a television station licensed to San Francisco, California, United States, serving the San Francisco Bay Area as an affiliate of MyNetworkTV. Owned by Nexstar Media Group, KRON-TV maintains studios on Front Street in the c ...
, San Francisco, California, "Climate of Death" *SPECIAL INDEPENDENT PRODUCTION AWARD: Medvideo, Ltd. and Group W, "Whispering Hope: Unmasking the Mystery of Alzheimer's" *Special Independent Production Award: Quest Productions and PBS, "The First Fifty Years: Reflections on US-Soviet Relations" *SILVER BATON Suburban Cablevision, Avenel, New Jersey, "Right to Know: Hillside: A Desegregation Story" *SILVER BATON The Documentary Consortium and PBS "
Frontline Front line refers to the forward-most forces on a battlefield. Front line, front lines or variants may also refer to: Books and publications * ''Front Lines'' (novel), young adult historical novel by American author Michael Grant * ''Frontlines ...

Mind of a Murderer
*SILVER BATON
WGBH-TV WGBH-TV (channel 2), branded on-air as GBH or GBH 2 since 2020, is the primary PBS member television station in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. It is the flagship property of the WGBH Educational Foundation, which also owns Boston's sec ...
and PBS, Boston, Massachusetts, " Vietnam: A Television History" *SILVER BATON WJXT-TV, Jacksonville, Florida, "The Smell of Money" *SILVER BATON WJZ-TV, Baltimore, Maryland, "Baby Boom: The Pig in the Python"


1986

*GOLD BATON ABC News, "
Nightline ''Nightline'' (or ''ABC News Nightline'') is ABC News' late-night television news program broadcast on ABC in the United States with a franchised formula to other networks and stations elsewhere in the world. Created by Roone Arledge, the progra ...
: South Africa" *SILVER BATON Cable News Network and IMAGO, Ltd., "Iran: In the Name of God" *SILVER BATON CBS News, " CBS Evening News: Afghanistan: Operation Blackout" (with footage from Mike Hoover) *SILVER BATON Chris-Craft Television Productions and
Churchill Films Churchill Films aka Churchill Media was a producer and distributor of direct-to-video/educational films founded by Robert Churchill (1902-) and Sy Wexler (1916–2005) in 1948 as Churchill Wexler Film Productions. They have produced ''The Mouse and ...
,
Down for the Count--an Inside Look at Boxing
(aired on ''
Frontline Front line refers to the forward-most forces on a battlefield. Front line, front lines or variants may also refer to: Books and publications * ''Front Lines'' (novel), young adult historical novel by American author Michael Grant * ''Frontlines ...
'') *SILVER BATON Desert West News, Flagstaff, Arizona, For a series of radio reports on the American
Sanctuary Movement The Sanctuary movement was a religious and political campaign in the United States that began in the early 1980s to provide safe haven for Central American refugees fleeing civil conflict. The movement was a response to federal immigration policies ...
*SILVER BATON KNX Radio, Los Angeles, California, "Assignment 84/85" *SILVER BATON Nancy Montoya and KGUN-TV, Tucson, Arizona, For outstanding reporting *SILVER BATON NBC News, "The Real 'Star Wars'--Defense in Space" *SILVER BATON WCAU-TV, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Coverage of the MOVE siege *SILVER BATON
WCCO-TV WCCO-TV (channel 4) is a television station licensed to Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States, broadcasting the CBS network to the Twin Cities area. It is owned and operated by the network's CBS News and Stations division, and maintains studios ...
, Minneapolis, Minnesota,
The Moore Report
*SILVER BATON
WDVM-TV WDVM-TV (channel 25) is an independent television station licensed to Hagerstown, Maryland, United States, serving the Washington, D.C. television market. It is owned by Nexstar Media Group alongside CW owned-and-operated station WDCW (channel ...
, Washington, DC, Investigation of Dr.
Milan Vuitch Milan Vuitch (January 15, 1915 - April 6, 1993) was a physician performing abortions in Washington, D.C., and Silver Spring, Maryland. Born in Serbia, he was a naturalized U.S. citizen.
*SILVER BATON WNET-TV, New York, New York, and PBS, "The Brain"


1987

*GOLD BATON CBS News, "
CBS Reports ''CBS Reports'' is the umbrella title used for documentaries by CBS News which aired starting in 1959 through the 1990s. The series sometimes aired as a wheel series rotating with '' 60 Minutes'' (or other similar CBS News series), as a series of i ...
: The Vanishing Family--Crisis in Black America", presented by Bill Moyers *SILVER BATON ABC News with Ted Koppel, " 45/85" *SILVER BATON Chedd-Angier Production Company and The Documentary Consortium, "
Frontline Front line refers to the forward-most forces on a battlefield. Front line, front lines or variants may also refer to: Books and publications * ''Front Lines'' (novel), young adult historical novel by American author Michael Grant * ''Frontlines ...
: Sue the Doctor? on PBS *SILVER BATON Drew Associates and PBS,
For Auction: An American Hero
*SILVER BATON
KING-TV KING-TV (channel 5) is a television station in Seattle, Washington, United States, affiliated with NBC. It is owned by Tegna Inc. alongside Everett-licensed independent station KONG (channel 16). Both stations share studios at the Home Plate ...
, Seattle, Washington, "Washington 2000" *SILVER BATON
KTUL-TV KTUL (channel 8) is a television station in Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States, affiliated with ABC and owned by Sinclair Broadcast Group. The station's studios are located at Lookout Mountain (near South 29th West Avenue, west of Interstate 244) i ...
, Tulsa, Oklahoma, "Tulsa's Golden Missionary" *SILVER BATON
KYTV-TV KYTV (channel 3) is a television station in Springfield, Missouri, United States, affiliated with NBC. It is owned by Gray Television alongside American Broadcasting Company, ABC affiliate KSPR-LD (channel 33) and Branson, Missouri, Branson-l ...
, Springfield, Missouri, For outstanding reporting by Erin Hayes *SILVER BATON NBC News, Investigative Reporting on NBC Nightly News, citing the work of Brian Ross and
Mark Nykanen Mark Nykanen (1951 – September 16, 2022) was an American novelist and journalist. Nykanen began his career as a journalist for ''New Times Weekly'' in Phoenix, before becoming a news director at KDKB radio and news anchor for Arizona PBS. He t ...
*SILVER BATON NBC Radio News, For coverage of the American raid on Tripoli *SILVER BATON
WBZ-TV WBZ-TV (channel 4) is a television station in Boston, Massachusetts, United States, airing programming from the CBS network. It is owned and operated by the network's CBS News and Stations division alongside independent station WSBK-TV (channe ...
, Boston, Massachusetts, "Afghanistan: The Untold Story" *SILVER BATON
WCBS-TV WCBS-TV (channel 2) is a television station in New York City, serving as the flagship of the CBS network. It is owned and operated by the network's CBS News and Stations division alongside Riverhead, New York–licensed independent station WL ...
, New York, New York, "No Place to Call Home" *SILVER BATON
WCCO-TV WCCO-TV (channel 4) is a television station licensed to Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States, broadcasting the CBS network to the Twin Cities area. It is owned and operated by the network's CBS News and Stations division, and maintains studios ...
, Minneapolis, Minnesota, "State of Texas vs. Steven Lynn Fossum" *SILVER BATON
WMAQ-TV WMAQ-TV (channel 5) is a television station in Chicago, Illinois, United States, airing programming from the NBC network. It is owned and operated by the network's NBC Owned Television Stations division alongside Telemundo outlet WSNS-TV (chan ...
, Chicago, Illinois, "
Cicero Marcus Tullius Cicero ( ; ; 3 January 106 BC – 7 December 43 BC) was a Roman statesman, lawyer, scholar, philosopher, and academic skeptic, who tried to uphold optimate principles during the political crises that led to the estab ...
: Community of Controversy"


1988

*GOLD BATON Blackside, Inc., '' Eyes on the Prize: America's Civil Rights Years, 1954-1965'' *SILVER BATON ABC News, "
20/20 Visual acuity (VA) commonly refers to the clarity of vision, but technically rates an examinee's ability to recognize small details with precision. Visual acuity is dependent on optical and neural factors, i.e. (1) the sharpness of the retinal ...
: By His Father's Hand: The Zumwalkts" *SILVER BATON CBS News, " 48 Hours on Crack Street" *SILVER BATON Florence Films, " Huey Long" *SILVER BATON
KMOV-TV KMOV (channel 4) is a television station in St. Louis, Missouri, United States, affiliated with CBS and MyNetworkTV. It is owned by Gray Television alongside low-power Circle owned-and-operated station KDTL-LD (channel 16). The two stations sh ...
, St. Louis, Missouri, "Sauget: City of Shame" *SILVER BATON NBC News,
Robert Bazell Robert Bazell is adjunct professor of Molecular Cellular and Developmental Biology at Yale University. He is the former chief science and health correspondent for NBC News. Biography Education Bazell graduated from the University of California, ...
, For Coverage of the AIDS epidemic *SILVER BATON
Pam Zekman Pam Zekman (born October 22, 1944, in Chicago) is an American journalist who had been an investigative reporter at WBBM-TV in Chicago from 1981 to 2020. A graduate of the University of California, Berkeley, Zekman spent over a decade as a newspape ...
and
WBBM-TV WBBM-TV (channel 2) is a television station in Chicago, Illinois, United States, airing programming from the CBS network. Owned and operated by the network's CBS News and Stations division, the station maintains studios on West Washington Stre ...
, Chicago, Illinois, For Investigative Reporting *SILVER BATON Roberta Baskin and WJLA-TV, Washington, D.C. For Investigative Reporting *SILVER BATON
WCCO-TV WCCO-TV (channel 4) is a television station licensed to Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States, broadcasting the CBS network to the Twin Cities area. It is owned and operated by the network's CBS News and Stations division, and maintains studios ...
, Minneapolis, Minnesota, For the I-Team *SILVER BATON WFAA-TV, Dallas, Texas, SMU Investigation *SILVER BATON WJXT-TV, Jacksonville, Florida, Jacksonville, Florida, "Jacksonville's Roads: The Deadly Drive Home" *SILVER BATON WLAP Radio, Lexington, Kentucky, "Passing On the Secret of Sexual Abuse" *SILVER BATON WPLG-TV, Miami, Florida, "Florida: State of Neglect"


1989

*GOLD BATON CBS News, "
60 Minutes ''60 Minutes'' is an American television news magazine broadcast on the CBS television network. Debuting in 1968, the program was created by Don Hewitt and Bill Leonard, who chose to set it apart from other news programs by using a unique styl ...
" *SILVER BATON ABC News, "
Nightline ''Nightline'' (or ''ABC News Nightline'') is ABC News' late-night television news program broadcast on ABC in the United States with a franchised formula to other networks and stations elsewhere in the world. Created by Roone Arledge, the progra ...
: In the Holy Land" *SILVER BATON CBS News, Coverage of the Persian Gulf by Alen Pizzey *SILVER BATON
KING-TV KING-TV (channel 5) is a television station in Seattle, Washington, United States, affiliated with NBC. It is owned by Tegna Inc. alongside Everett-licensed independent station KONG (channel 16). Both stations share studios at the Home Plate ...
, Seattle, Washington, "Looking for Lincoln" *SILVER BATON NBC News, "A Conversation with Mikhail Gorbachev *SILVER BATON Nina Totenberg and
National Public Radio National Public Radio (NPR, stylized in all lowercase) is an American privately and state funded nonprofit media organization headquartered in Washington, D.C., with its NPR West headquarters in Culver City, California. It differs from other n ...
, Coverage of the Supreme Court Nominations *SILVER BATON Public Affairs Television and
Alvin H. Perlmutter Alvin H. Perlmutter, Director of The Independent Production Fund, has produced television programming for over thirty years. Prior to forming his own company, Mr. Perlmutter served as NBC News Vice President and earlier as Director of Public Affa ...
, Inc., "
Joseph Campbell and the Power of Myth with Bill Moyers ''The Power of Myth'' is a book based on the 1988 Public Broadcasting Service, PBS documentary ''Joseph Campbell and the Power of Myth''. The documentary was originally broadcast as six one-hour conversations between mythologist Joseph Campbell ( ...
" *SILVER BATON WCAX-TV, Burlington, Vermont, "The Politics of Pollution" *SILVER BATON
WCVB-TV WCVB-TV (channel 5) is a television station in Boston, Massachusetts, United States, affiliated with ABC and owned by Hearst Television. The station's studios are located on TV Place (off Gould Street near the I-95/ MA 128/Highland Avenue int ...
, Needham, Massachusetts, "We the Jury", reported by
David Ropeik David P. Ropeik ( ) is an international consultant, author, teacher, and speaker on risk perception and risk communication. He is also creator and director of Improving Media Coverage of Risk, a training program for journalists. He is a regular con ...
*SILVER BATON
WSMV-TV WSMV-TV (channel 4) is a television station in Nashville, Tennessee, United States, affiliated with NBC. It is owned by Gray Television alongside low-power Telemundo affiliate WTNX-LD (channel 15). The two stations share studios on Knob Road in ...
, Nashville, TN, for investigative reporting by Erin Hayes *SILVER BATON WUSA-TV, Washington, D.C. "Thurgood Marshall: The Man", reported by
Carl Rowan Carl Thomas Rowan (August 11, 1925 – September 23, 2000) was a prominent American journalist, author and government official who published columns syndicated across the U.S. and was at one point the highest ranking African American in the United ...
*SILVER BATON
WWOR-TV WWOR-TV (channel 9) is a television station licensed to Secaucus, New Jersey, United States, serving the New York City area as the Flagship (broadcasting), flagship of MyNetworkTV. It is owned-and-operated station, owned and operated by Fox Te ...
, Secaucus, New Jersey, "For the I-Team"


1990

*GOLD BATON
WGBH WGBH may refer to: * WGBH Educational Foundation, based in Boston, Massachusetts, United States ** WGBH (FM), a public radio station at Boston, Massachusetts on 89.7 MHz owned by the WGBH Educational Foundation ** WGBH-TV WGBH-TV (channel 2), ...
and
Frontline Front line refers to the forward-most forces on a battlefield. Front line, front lines or variants may also refer to: Books and publications * ''Front Lines'' (novel), young adult historical novel by American author Michael Grant * ''Frontlines ...
:
Remember My Lai
"
The Spy Who Broke the Code
"

" "The Choice," and "Children of the Night" *SILVER BATON ABC News and Koppel Communications, " The Koppel Report: Tragedy at Tiananmen--The Untold Story" *SILVER BATON Byron Harris and WFAA-TV, Dallas, Texas, "Other People's Money" *SILVER BATON CBS, Television and Radio Coverage of China *SILVER BATON CNN, Coverage of China *SILVER BATON Gardner Films and WETA, Washington, D.C., " Arab and Jew: Wounded Spirits in a Promised Land" on PBS *SILVER BATON
KCET-TV KCET (channel 28) is a secondary PBS member television station in Los Angeles, California, United States. It is owned by the Public Media Group of Southern California alongside the market's primary PBS member, Huntington Beach–licensed KOCE-TV ...
, Los Angeles, California, "For the Sake of Appearances," and "Expecting Miracles" *SILVER BATON Kentucky Educational Television,
On Our Own Land
(produced by
Appalshop Appalshop is a media, arts, and education center located in Whitesburg, Kentucky, in the heart of the southern Appalachian region of the United States. History Appalshop was founded in 1969 as the Appalachian Film Workshop, a project of the Un ...
) *SILVER BATON
Maryland Public Television Maryland Public Television (MPT) is the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) member state network for the U.S. state of Maryland. It operates under the auspices of the Maryland Public Broadcasting Commission, an agency of the Maryland state govern ...
, Owings Mills, Maryland, "Other Faces of AIDS" *SILVER BATON National Public Radio, "AIDS and Black America: Breaking the Silence" *SILVER BATON WBRZ, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, "The Best Insurance Commissioner Money Can Buy" *SILVER BATON WJXT, Jacksonville, Florida, "Crack Crisis: A Cry for Action"


1991

*GOLD BATON
WGBH-TV WGBH-TV (channel 2), branded on-air as GBH or GBH 2 since 2020, is the primary PBS member television station in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. It is the flagship property of the WGBH Educational Foundation, which also owns Boston's sec ...
and Martin Smith Productions, "
Frontline Front line refers to the forward-most forces on a battlefield. Front line, front lines or variants may also refer to: Books and publications * ''Front Lines'' (novel), young adult historical novel by American author Michael Grant * ''Frontlines ...
: Inside Gorbachev's USSR with
Hedrick Smith Hedrick Smith is a Pulitzer Prize-winning former ''New York Times'' reporter and Emmy award-winning producer and correspondent. After serving 26 years with ''The New York Times'' from 1962-88 as correspondent, editor and bureau chief in both Mosc ...
" *SILVER BATON ABC News, "
Peter Jennings Reporting ''Peter Jennings Reporting'' was a continuing series of documentaries produced and hosted by ABC News anchor Peter Jennings that aired on ABC. Many of these documentaries were produced by Jennings's production company, PJ Productions, and are cu ...
: From the Killing Fields" *SILVER BATON Blackside Inc., " Eyes on the Prize II: America at the Racial Crossroads" *SILVER BATON CBS News, " CBS Evening News with Dan Rather" for human stories behind the fall of Communist governments (reported by Dan Rather,
Tom Fenton Thomas Trail Fenton (born 8 April 1930) is a former television correspondent who retired in 2004 after a 34-year career with CBS News. Fenton graduated from Dartmouth College in 1952 with a B.A. in English and was an officer in the United States ...
, Betsy Aaron, Anthony Mason and Peter Van Sant) *SILVER BATON Exit Films, Cambridge, Massachusetts,
Near Death
*SILVER BATON Helen Borten and
National Public Radio National Public Radio (NPR, stylized in all lowercase) is an American privately and state funded nonprofit media organization headquartered in Washington, D.C., with its NPR West headquarters in Culver City, California. It differs from other n ...
for "Horizons: And Justice for All" *SILVER BATON
KCBS-AM KCBS (740 kHz) is an all-news AM radio station located in San Francisco, California. It is owned by Audacy, Inc. (formerly Entercom), which took over after its merger with CBS Radio. KCBS is the Bay Area's only 24/7, live and local radio statio ...
, San Francisco, California, for coverage of the earthquake *SILVER BATON
KING-TV KING-TV (channel 5) is a television station in Seattle, Washington, United States, affiliated with NBC. It is owned by Tegna Inc. alongside Everett-licensed independent station KONG (channel 16). Both stations share studios at the Home Plate ...
, Seattle, Washington, "Critical Choices: America's Health Care Crisis" *SILVER BATON
KQED-TV KQED (channel 9) is a PBS member television station licensed to San Francisco, California, United States, serving the San Francisco Bay Area. The station is owned by KQED Inc., alongside fellow PBS station KQEH (channel 54) and NPR member KQED- ...
, San Francisco, California, Scott Pearson and Lewis Cohen, "Express: Shield for Abuse" *SILVER BATON NBC News, " NBC Nightly News: Tragedy at Pine Ridge" (reported by
Betty Rollin Betty Rollin (born January 3, 1936, in New York City) has been an NBC News correspondent and author. Rollin's reports have won both the DuPont and Emmy awards. She now contributes reports for PBS's Religion and Ethics News Weekly. Rollin is a gr ...
) *SILVER BATON
P.O.V. ''POV'' (also written ''P.O.V.'') is a Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) public television series which features independent nonfiction films. ''POV'' is an initialism for ''point of view''. ''POV'' is the longest-running showcase on television ...
and
WTVS-TV WTVS (channel 56) is a PBS member television station in Detroit, Michigan, United States, owned by the Detroit Educational Television Foundation. Its main studios are located at the Riley Broadcast Center and HD Studios in Wixom, with an addit ...
, " Who Killed Vincent Chin?? *SILVER BATON WCBD-TV, Charleston, South Carolina, Coverage of
Hurricane Hugo Hurricane Hugo was a powerful Cape Verde tropical cyclone that inflicted widespread damage across the northeastern Caribbean and the Southeastern United States in September 1989. Across its track, Hugo affected approximately 2 million peop ...
*SILVER BATON WJLA-TV, Washington D.C., "NFL Drug Testing: Illegal Procedure", for reporting on
Forest Tennant Forest S. Tennant Jr. is an American physician, writer, businessman, consultant, and former mayor of West Covina, California. Tennant has earned recognition as an expert in pain management and substance dependence and has also been involved in s ...
by Roberta Baskin *SILVER BATON
WKYC-TV WKYC (channel 3) is a television station in Cleveland, Cleveland, Ohio, United States, affiliated with NBC and owned by Tegna Inc. Its studios are located on Tom Beres Way (a section of Lakeside Avenue in Downtown Cleveland named after the stati ...
, Cleveland, Ohio,
Dick Feagler Richard Feagler (July 29, 1938 – July 1, 2018) was an American journalist, playwright and television personality from Cleveland, Ohio. After attending Ohio University, he entered journalism in 1963, writing obituaries for the ''Cleveland Press' ...
for nightly commentaries


1992

*GOLD BATON PBS, Public Affairs Television, Bill Moyers, "After the War,"
The Home Front
"
Beyond Hate
"
Amazing Grace
*SILVER BATON ABC News, Peter Jennings, "A Line in the Sand: War or Peace?", " World News Tonight: Children in Crisis" and "World News Tonight: War in the Gulf: Answering Children's Questions" *SILVER BATON CNN, Peter Arnett's Reports from Baghdad *SILVER BATON KBDI-TV, Denver, Colorado, Carolyn Hales, Tierra O Muerte: Land or Death *SILVER BATON
KPIX-TV KPIX-TV (channel 5) is a television station licensed to San Francisco, California, United States, serving as the San Francisco Bay Area's CBS network outlet. It is owned and operated by the network's CBS News and Stations division alongside CW ...
, San Francisco, Richard Saiz, California, "Wards of the State" *SILVER BATON KWWL-TV, Waterloo, Iowa, "Cloud of Concern" *SILVER BATON
National Public Radio National Public Radio (NPR, stylized in all lowercase) is an American privately and state funded nonprofit media organization headquartered in Washington, D.C., with its NPR West headquarters in Culver City, California. It differs from other n ...
for coverage of the
Gulf War The Gulf War was a 1990–1991 armed campaign waged by a 35-country military coalition in response to the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait. Spearheaded by the United States, the coalition's efforts against Iraq were carried out in two key phases: ...
*SILVER BATON PBS, Friends of Le Chambon,
Pierre Sauvage Pierre Sauvage is a French-American documentary filmmaker and lecturer, who was a child survivor of the Holocaust. Described by ''Tablet'' Magazine as "a filmmaker of rare moral perception." Documentary filmmaker Sauvage is best known for his 1 ...
,
Weapons of the Spirit
*SILVER BATON PBS,
Frontline Front line refers to the forward-most forces on a battlefield. Front line, front lines or variants may also refer to: Books and publications * ''Front Lines'' (novel), young adult historical novel by American author Michael Grant * ''Frontlines ...

High Crimes and Misdemeanors
(reported by Bill Moyers) *SILVER BATON
WETA-TV WETA-TV (channel 26) is the primary PBS member television station in Washington, D.C. Owned by the Greater Washington Educational Telecommunications Association, it is a sister station to NPR member WETA (90.9 FM). The two outlets share studios ...
and Florentine Films,
Ken Burns Kenneth Lauren Burns (born July 29, 1953) is an American filmmaker known for his documentary film, documentary films and television series, many of which chronicle United States, American History of the United States, history and Culture of the ...
, " The Civil War" *SILVER BATON WFAA-TV, Dallas, Texas, Coverage of the
Gulf War The Gulf War was a 1990–1991 armed campaign waged by a 35-country military coalition in response to the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait. Spearheaded by the United States, the coalition's efforts against Iraq were carried out in two key phases: ...
*SILVER BATON
WGBH-TV WGBH-TV (channel 2), branded on-air as GBH or GBH 2 since 2020, is the primary PBS member television station in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. It is the flagship property of the WGBH Educational Foundation, which also owns Boston's sec ...
, Boston, Massachusetts, "
Frontline Front line refers to the forward-most forces on a battlefield. Front line, front lines or variants may also refer to: Books and publications * ''Front Lines'' (novel), young adult historical novel by American author Michael Grant * ''Frontlines ...

Innocence Lost
(produced by
Ofra Bikel Ofra Bikel (born in Israel) is a documentary filmmaker, and television producer. For more than two decades she was a mainstay of the acclaimed PBS series FRONTLINE producing over 25 award-winning documentaries, ranging from foreign affairs to crit ...
) *SILVER BATON
WTBS-TV WPCH-TV (channel 17), branded on-air as Peachtree TV, is an independent television station in Atlanta, Georgia, United States. It is owned by locally based Gray Television alongside CBS affiliate and company flagship WANF (channel 46), and ...
,
National Geographic Society The National Geographic Society (NGS), headquartered in Washington, D.C., United States, is one of the largest non-profit scientific and educational organizations in the world. Founded in 1888, its interests include geography, archaeology, and ...
, " Explorer:
The Urban Gorilla ''The Urban Gorilla'' is a 1991 documentary television film from National Geographic Explorer and ArgoFilms. The film explores the lives of gorillas in an urban environment. ''The Urban Gorilla'' was narrated by Glenn Close and shot by Robert C ...
"


1993

*GOLD BATON National Public Radio, "
All Things Considered ''All Things Considered'' (''ATC'') is the flagship news program on the American network National Public Radio (NPR). It was the first news program on NPR, premiering on May 3, 1971. It is broadcast live on NPR affiliated stations in the United ...
," "
Morning Edition ''Morning Edition'' is an American radio news program produced and distributed by NPR. It airs weekday mornings (Monday through Friday) and runs for two hours, and many stations repeat one or both hours. The show feeds live from 5:00 to 9:00 AM ...
," "
Weekend Edition ''Weekend Edition'' is a set of American radio news magazine programs produced and distributed by National Public Radio (NPR). It is the weekend counterpart to the NPR radio program ''Morning Edition''. It consists of ''Weekend Edition Saturday'' ...
," Coverage of Clarence Thomas Nomination Hearings, Coverage of the
1992 Los Angeles Riots The 1992 Los Angeles riots, sometimes called the 1992 Los Angeles uprising and the Los Angeles Race Riots, were a series of riots and civil disturbances that occurred in Los Angeles County, California, in April and May 1992. Unrest began in S ...
and Aftermath
Voices from the Backstairs
American Folklife Radio Project, an
The Case Against Women: Sexism in the Court
*SILVER BATON ABC News, "
Nightline ''Nightline'' (or ''ABC News Nightline'') is ABC News' late-night television news program broadcast on ABC in the United States with a franchised formula to other networks and stations elsewhere in the world. Created by Roone Arledge, the progra ...
" Coverage of the Los Angeles Riots *SILVER BATON Bill Leonard, former producer at CBS News and director of the duPont Awards *SILVER BATON CBS News, "
60 Minutes ''60 Minutes'' is an American television news magazine broadcast on the CBS television network. Debuting in 1968, the program was created by Don Hewitt and Bill Leonard, who chose to set it apart from other news programs by using a unique styl ...
: Made in China" (reported by Ed Bradley) *SILVER BATON
David Grubin Productions David Grubin (born 1944) is an American documentary filmmaker. Career Grubin is best known for producing television documentaries for PBS, notably ''American Experience'' and ''Healing And The Mind with Bill Moyers''. His work has won two Alfre ...
and
KERA-TV KERA-TV (channel 13) is a PBS member television station licensed to Dallas, Texas, United States, serving the Dallas–Fort Worth Metroplex. Owned by North Texas Public Broadcasting, Inc., it is sister to National Public Radio (NPR) member statio ...
, Dallas, Texas, "
The American Experience ''American Experience'' is a television program airing on the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) in the United States. The program airs documentaries, many of which have won awards, about important or interesting events and people in American his ...

LBJ
on PBS *SILVER BATON HBO,
Abortion: Desperate Choices
(
America Undercover ''America Undercover'' is a series of documentaries that aired on the cable television network HBO from 1983 through 2006. Within the series are several sub-series, such as ''Autopsy'', ''Real Sex'', and ''Taxicab Confessions''. History The seri ...
) (directed by
Susan Froemke Susan Froemke (born November 5, 1947) is an American film director and producer. Froemke was the associate producer and one of the editors of the influential 1975 documentary film ''Grey Gardens'', which was selected for preservation in the Natio ...
, Albert Maysles, and Deborah Dickson) *SILVER BATON KCNC-TV, Denver, Colorado, "Erin's Life" *SILVER BATON Kitchell Films and "
P.O.V. ''POV'' (also written ''P.O.V.'') is a Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) public television series which features independent nonfiction films. ''POV'' is an initialism for ''point of view''. ''POV'' is the longest-running showcase on television ...
", " Berkeley in the Sixties" *SILVER BATON KSTP-TV, St. Paul, Minnesota, "Who's Watching the Store" *SILVER BATON
KTTV-TV KTTV (channel 11) is a television station in Los Angeles, California, United States, serving as the West Coast flagship of the Fox network. It is owned and operated by the network's Fox Television Stations division alongside MyNetworkTV outlet ...
, Los Angeles, California, "Cops on Trial: The Rodney King Case" *SILVER BATON Louisiana Public Broadcasting, Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Louisiana Boys
(produced by the Center for New American Media) *SILVER BATON Lucky Duck Productions and
Nickelodeon Nickelodeon (often shortened to Nick) is an American pay television television channel, channel which launched on April 1, 1979, as the first cable channel for children. It is run by Paramount Global through its List of assets owned by Param ...
, " Nick News: W/5" *SILVER BATON WCPO-TV, Cincinnati, Ohio, "Made in the USA?" *SILVER BATON
WCVB-TV WCVB-TV (channel 5) is a television station in Boston, Massachusetts, United States, affiliated with ABC and owned by Hearst Television. The station's studios are located on TV Place (off Gould Street near the I-95/ MA 128/Highland Avenue int ...
, Boston, Massachusetts, "
Chronicle A chronicle ( la, chronica, from Greek ''chroniká'', from , ''chrónos'' – "time") is a historical account of events arranged in chronological order, as in a timeline. Typically, equal weight is given for historically important events and lo ...
" and Environmental Reporting (by
David Ropeik David P. Ropeik ( ) is an international consultant, author, teacher, and speaker on risk perception and risk communication. He is also creator and director of Improving Media Coverage of Risk, a training program for journalists. He is a regular con ...
) *SILVER BATON
WGBH-TV WGBH-TV (channel 2), branded on-air as GBH or GBH 2 since 2020, is the primary PBS member television station in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. It is the flagship property of the WGBH Educational Foundation, which also owns Boston's sec ...
, Boston, Massachusetts, "
Frontline Front line refers to the forward-most forces on a battlefield. Front line, front lines or variants may also refer to: Books and publications * ''Front Lines'' (novel), young adult historical novel by American author Michael Grant * ''Frontlines ...

Who Killed Adam Mann?


1994

*GOLD BATON Fred Friendly, winner for his lifetime contribution to the ethics and practice of journalism *SILVER BATON ABC News, "
20/20 Visual acuity (VA) commonly refers to the clarity of vision, but technically rates an examinee's ability to recognize small details with precision. Visual acuity is dependent on optical and neural factors, i.e. (1) the sharpness of the retinal ...
: The Gift of Life" (Bob Brown, reporter) *SILVER BATON CNN, Coverage of
Bosnia Bosnia and Herzegovina ( sh, / , ), abbreviated BiH () or B&H, sometimes called Bosnia–Herzegovina and often known informally as Bosnia, is a country at the crossroads of south and southeast Europe, located in the Balkans. Bosnia and He ...
by
Christiane Amanpour Christiane Maria Heideh AmanpourStated on ''Finding Your Roots'', 22 January 2019 (; fa, کریستیان امان‌پور, Kristiane Amānpur; born 12 January 1958) is a British-Iranian journalist and television host. Amanpour is the Chief ...
, Jim Clancy, Brent Sadler, and Jackie Shymanski *SILVER BATON ETC Films, Barbara Kopple, " Fallen Champ: The Untold Story of Mike Tyson" on NBC *SILVER BATON
KRON-TV KRON-TV (channel 4) is a television station licensed to San Francisco, California, United States, serving the San Francisco Bay Area as an affiliate of MyNetworkTV. Owned by Nexstar Media Group, KRON-TV maintains studios on Front Street in the c ...
, San Francisco, "In the Shadow of the
Wall A wall is a structure and a surface that defines an area; carries a load; provides security, shelter, or soundproofing; or, is decorative. There are many kinds of walls, including: * Walls in buildings that form a fundamental part of the supe ...
" *SILVER BATON M.W. Productions,
KQED KQED may refer to: * KQED (TV), a PBS member station in San Francisco * KQED-FM KQED-FM (88.5 MHz) is a NPR-member radio station in San Francisco, California. Its parent organization is KQED Inc., which also owns its television partners, both ...
"Harry Bridges: A Man and His Union" (directed by Berry Minott) *SILVER BATON PBS and Jigsaw Productions, "
The Pacific Century The Pacific Century was a 1992 PBS Emmy Award winning ten-part documentary series narrated by Peter Coyote about the rise of the Pacific Rim economies. Alex Gibney was the writer for the series, and Frank Gibney, his father, wrote the companion ...
" *SILVER BATON
WBAI WBAI (99.5 FM) is a non-commercial, listener-supported radio station licensed to New York, New York. Its programming is a mixture of political news, talk and opinion from a left-leaning, liberal or progressive viewpoint, and eclectic music. ...
/
Pacifica Radio Pacifica may refer to: Art * ''Pacifica'' (statue), a 1938 statue by Ralph Stackpole for the Golden Gate International Exposition Places * Pacifica, California, a city in the United States ** Pacifica Pier, a fishing pier * Pacifica, a conceiv ...
for
Massacre: The Story of East Timor
(produced by
Amy Goodman Amy Goodman (born April 13, 1957) is an American broadcast journalist, syndicated columnist, investigative reporter, and author. Her investigative journalism career includes coverage of the East Timor independence movement, Morocco's occupation ...
and
Allan Nairn Allan Nairn (born 1956) is an American investigative journalist. He was imprisoned by Indonesian military forces under United States-backed strongman Suharto while reporting in East Timor. His writings have focused on U.S. foreign policy in such ...
) *SILVER BATON
WBFF-TV WBFF (channel 45) is a television station in Baltimore, Maryland, United States, affiliated with Fox and MyNetworkTV. It is one of two flagship stations of Sinclair Broadcast Group (based in nearby Hunt Valley), alongside ABC affiliate WJLA-TV ...
, Baltimore, Maryland, "Justice on Trial/The Lost Generation/Walking Wounded" (reported by Deborah Weiner) *SILVER BATON
WGBH-TV WGBH-TV (channel 2), branded on-air as GBH or GBH 2 since 2020, is the primary PBS member television station in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. It is the flagship property of the WGBH Educational Foundation, which also owns Boston's sec ...
, Boston, Massachusetts, "
Frontline Front line refers to the forward-most forces on a battlefield. Front line, front lines or variants may also refer to: Books and publications * ''Front Lines'' (novel), young adult historical novel by American author Michael Grant * ''Frontlines ...
,
The Best Campaign Money Can Buy
(produced by the Center for Investigative Reporting) *SILVER BATON Wisconsin Public Television, "Move Over: Women and the '92 Campaign" *SILVER BATON WPLG-TV, Miami, Florida, "Armed Enemies of Castro" *SILVER BATON
WTVJ-TV WTVJ (channel 6) is a television station in Miami, Florida, United States, airing programming from the NBC network. It is owned and operated by the network's NBC Owned Television Stations division alongside Fort Lauderdale–licensed WSCV (chan ...
, Miami, Florida The Coverage of
Hurricane Andrew Hurricane Andrew was a very powerful and destructive Category 5 Atlantic hurricane that struck the Bahamas, Florida, and Louisiana in August 1992. It is the most destructive hurricane to ever hit Florida in terms of structures damaged ...


1995

*GOLD BATON ABC News **" World News Tonight: Coverage of Haiti by Linda Pattillo" **"American Agenda: Women's Health Week" (Sally Holm,
Rick Kaplan Richard N. Kaplan is an Americans, American network television producer. He has worked for CBS, American Broadcasting Company, ABC, CNN and MSNBC. Kaplan has also served as executive producer for some of the biggest names in television news jour ...
,
Jackie Judd Jackie Judd is a health media journalist. Life Judd attended Woodlawn High School in Baltimore County, Maryland and received a bachelor of arts degree from American University in 1974. She began her career in radio, eventually working for Nation ...
, Tim Johnson, George Strait) **"
Day One Day One may refer to: Film and television * ''Day One'' (1989 film), a 1989 television film * ''Day One'', also known as ''To Write Love on Her Arms'', a 2012 drama film * ''Day One'' (2015 film), a 2015 short film * ''Day One'' (TV series), a ...
: Smoke Screen" (John Martin, correspondent) **"
Turning Point A turning point, or climax, is the point of highest tension in a narrative work. Turning Point or Turning Points may refer to: Film * ''The Turning Point'', a 1914 silent film starring Caroline Cooke * ''The Turning Point'' (1920 film), an Amer ...
: Inside the Struggle: The
Amy Biehl Amy Elizabeth Biehl (April 26, 1967 – August 25, 1993) was a Fulbright Scholar and American graduate of Stanford University and an anti-Apartheid activist in South Africa who was murdered by Cape Town residents while a black mob shouted an ...
Story" **"
Peter Jennings Reporting ''Peter Jennings Reporting'' was a continuing series of documentaries produced and hosted by ABC News anchor Peter Jennings that aired on ABC. Many of these documentaries were produced by Jennings's production company, PJ Productions, and are cu ...

While America Watched--The Bosnia Tragedy
* SILVER BATON Blackside Inc.,
The Great Depression
on PBS * SILVER BATON CBS News, "
60 Minutes ''60 Minutes'' is an American television news magazine broadcast on the CBS television network. Debuting in 1968, the program was created by Don Hewitt and Bill Leonard, who chose to set it apart from other news programs by using a unique styl ...
: Semipalatinsk" ( Ed Bradley, correspondent) * SILVER BATON Charles Kuralt, for reporting on CBS News, " Sunday Morning" * SILVER BATON CNN, Coverage of the Moscow Uprising (Steve Hurst, Claire Shipman, Eileen O’Connor, Gene Randall, Walter Rogers, Hugh Williams) * SILVER BATON Michael Skoler and NPR for coverage of
Rwanda Rwanda (; rw, u Rwanda ), officially the Republic of Rwanda, is a landlocked country in the Great Rift Valley of Central Africa, where the African Great Lakes region and Southeast Africa converge. Located a few degrees south of the Equator ...
* SILVER BATON NPR for coverage of
South Africa South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the southernmost country in Africa. It is bounded to the south by of coastline that stretch along the South Atlantic and Indian Oceans; to the north by the neighbouring countri ...
( Ray Suarez, Ann Cooper) * SILVER BATON PBS, "
Frontline Front line refers to the forward-most forces on a battlefield. Front line, front lines or variants may also refer to: Books and publications * ''Front Lines'' (novel), young adult historical novel by American author Michael Grant * ''Frontlines ...
:
Romeo and Juliet in Sarajevo ''Romeo and Juliet in Sarajevo'' was an international documentary about the deaths of Admira Ismić (born May 13, 1968) and Boško Brkić (Cyrillic: Бошко Бркић; born August 11, 1968). The couple were natives of Bosnia and Herzegovina l ...
" * SILVER BATON Video Verite, " I Am a Promise: The Children of Stanton Elementary School" on HBO * SILVER BATON
WCCO-TV WCCO-TV (channel 4) is a television station licensed to Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States, broadcasting the CBS network to the Twin Cities area. It is owned and operated by the network's CBS News and Stations division, and maintains studios ...
, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Missing the Beat
(Caroline Lowe, reporter) * SILVER BATON
WGBH WGBH may refer to: * WGBH Educational Foundation, based in Boston, Massachusetts, United States ** WGBH (FM), a public radio station at Boston, Massachusetts on 89.7 MHz owned by the WGBH Educational Foundation ** WGBH-TV WGBH-TV (channel 2), ...
, "
Frontline Front line refers to the forward-most forces on a battlefield. Front line, front lines or variants may also refer to: Books and publications * ''Front Lines'' (novel), young adult historical novel by American author Michael Grant * ''Frontlines ...

Innocence Lost: The Verdict
on PBS (produced by
Ofra Bikel Ofra Bikel (born in Israel) is a documentary filmmaker, and television producer. For more than two decades she was a mainstay of the acclaimed PBS series FRONTLINE producing over 25 award-winning documentaries, ranging from foreign affairs to crit ...
) * SILVER BATON Wisconsin Public Television,
My Promised Land: Bernice Cooper's Story
on PBS * SILVER BATON
WTVS-TV WTVS (channel 56) is a PBS member television station in Detroit, Michigan, United States, owned by the Detroit Educational Television Foundation. Its main studios are located at the Riley Broadcast Center and HD Studios in Wixom, with an addit ...
, Detroit, Michigan, HKO Media and Children's Hospital of Michigan
The Last Hit: Children and Violence


1996

*Gold Baton: Daniel Schorr, his career spans CBS News, CNN and NPR *ABC News, "
Turning Point A turning point, or climax, is the point of highest tension in a narrative work. Turning Point or Turning Points may refer to: Film * ''The Turning Point'', a 1914 silent film starring Caroline Cooke * ''The Turning Point'' (1920 film), an Amer ...
: Of Human Bondage: Slavery Today" *ABC News, " World News Tonight": American Agenda: "Medicine Man"; "Vanishing Breed"; "Political Waters" * Blackside Inc., "America's War on Poverty" on PBS * Billy Golfus and David E. Simpson,
When Billy Broke His Head...and Other Tales of Wonder
(broadcast on PBS) *
Brian Lapping Associates Brook Lapping Productions is a British TV and radio production company. Based in London, Brook Lapping is a subsidiary of Ten Alps. The company is the result of a 1997 merger of Brook Associates (founded in 1982), and Brian Lapping Associates. F ...
, London, United Kingdom, "
Watergate The Watergate scandal was a major political scandal in the United States involving the administration of President Richard Nixon from 1972 to 1974 that led to Nixon's resignation. The scandal stemmed from the Nixon administration's continual ...
" on The Discovery Channel *NPR for political coverage (such as the work of Elizabeth Arnold) *PBS, the Center for Investigative Reporting and Telesis Productions "
Frontline Front line refers to the forward-most forces on a battlefield. Front line, front lines or variants may also refer to: Books and publications * ''Front Lines'' (novel), young adult historical novel by American author Michael Grant * ''Frontlines ...

School Colors
*PBS, "
P.O.V. ''POV'' (also written ''P.O.V.'') is a Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) public television series which features independent nonfiction films. ''POV'' is an initialism for ''point of view''. ''POV'' is the longest-running showcase on television ...
, The American Documentary Inc. "
Complaints of a Dutiful Daughter ''Complaints of a Dutiful Daughter'' is a 1994 American documentary film directed by Deborah Hoffmann, with her wife, Frances Reid, as cinematographer. Summary The film is about the struggle of Doris Hoffman, mother of the director and widow of ...
" *PBS, "
The American Experience ''American Experience'' is a television program airing on the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) in the United States. The program airs documentaries, many of which have won awards, about important or interesting events and people in American his ...

The Battle of the Bulge
(produced by Thomas Lennon)
FDR
(produced by David Grubin); an
The Way West
(produced by
Ric Burns Ric Burns (Eric Burns, born 1955) is an American documentary filmmaker and writer. He has written, directed and produced historical documentaries since the 1990s, beginning with his collaboration on the celebrated PBS series '' The Civil War'' (1 ...
) * WMAL (AM), Washington, D.C., for "American History -- The Disney Version" (John Matthews, reporter) *
WTVJ-TV WTVJ (channel 6) is a television station in Miami, Florida, United States, airing programming from the NBC network. It is owned and operated by the network's NBC Owned Television Stations division alongside Fort Lauderdale–licensed WSCV (chan ...
and
Kerry Sanders Kerry Sanders is an American journalist. He is a correspondent for NBC News.WXYZ-TV, Detroit, Michigan, "Target 7: Michigan's Secret Soldiers" (Shellee Smith, reporter)


1997

*GOLD BATON Brian Lapping Associates, " Yugoslavia: Death of a Nation" on The Discovery Channel and the BBC *SILVER BATON ABC News, "
Nightline ''Nightline'' (or ''ABC News Nightline'') is ABC News' late-night television news program broadcast on ABC in the United States with a franchised formula to other networks and stations elsewhere in the world. Created by Roone Arledge, the progra ...
: The State vs. Simpson: The Verdict," "Nightline: Journey of a Country Doctor," "Nightline: Town Meeting: Thou Shall Not Kill" *SILVER BATON CBS News, "60 Minutes: Punishing Saddam" (reported by
Lesley Stahl Lesley Rene Stahl (born December 16, 1941) is an American television journalist. She has spent most of her career with CBS News, where she began as a producer in 1971. Since 1991, she has reported for CBS's ''60 Minutes''. She is known for her ne ...
), "60 Minutes: Too Good to be True" (reported by
Morley Safer Morley Safer (November 8, 1931 – May 19, 2016) was a Canadian-American broadcast journalist, reporter, and correspondent for CBS News. He was best known for his long tenure on the news magazine ''60 Minutes'', whose cast he joined in 1970 aft ...
) *SILVER BATON HBO, "
America Undercover ''America Undercover'' is a series of documentaries that aired on the cable television network HBO from 1983 through 2006. Within the series are several sub-series, such as ''Autopsy'', ''Real Sex'', and ''Taxicab Confessions''. History The seri ...
: High on Crack Street: Lost Lives in Lowell," and " The Celluloid Closet" *SILVER BATON KREM-TV, Spokane, Washington, " The Wenatchee Child Sex Ring" *SILVER BATON NBC News, " Dateline: Class Photo" ( Neal Shapiro, John Block, Len Cannon, Geraldine Moriba-Meadows, Marc Rosenwasser) *SILVER BATON Norman Corwin and Mary Beth Kirchner for "Fifty Years After 14 August" on NPR *SILVER BATON NOVA/WGBH-TV, "
NOVA A nova (plural novae or novas) is a transient astronomical event that causes the sudden appearance of a bright, apparently "new" star (hence the name "nova", which is Latin for "new") that slowly fades over weeks or months. Causes of the dramati ...

Plague Fighters
(directed by
Ric Esther Bienstock Ric Esther Bienstock is a Canadian documentary filmmaker best known for her investigative documentaries. She was born in Montreal, Quebec and studied at Vanier College and McGill University. She has produced and directed an eclectic array of fi ...
) on PBS *SILVER BATON NPR and
Anne Garrels Anne Longworth Garrels (July 2, 1951 – September 7, 2022) was an American broadcast journalist who worked as a foreign correspondent for National Public Radio, as well as for ABC and NBC, and other media.Engle, Jane"From Beijing to Baghdad, G ...
for coverage of the former Soviet Union *SILVER BATON Public Broadcasting Service, " Buckminster Fuller: Thinking Out Loud" (aired on '' American Masters'') *SILVER BATON Radio Smithsonian for
Black Radio: Telling It Like It Was
on PRI *SILVER BATON WFAA-TV, Dallas, Texas, For investigate reporting by Robert Riggs *SILVER BATON
WGBH WGBH may refer to: * WGBH Educational Foundation, based in Boston, Massachusetts, United States ** WGBH (FM), a public radio station at Boston, Massachusetts on 89.7 MHz owned by the WGBH Educational Foundation ** WGBH-TV WGBH-TV (channel 2), ...
,
Frontline Front line refers to the forward-most forces on a battlefield. Front line, front lines or variants may also refer to: Books and publications * ''Front Lines'' (novel), young adult historical novel by American author Michael Grant * ''Frontlines ...
, " Shtetl" on PBS


1998

*Gold Baton: WGBH-TV, Boston, Massachusetts,
Frontline Front line refers to the forward-most forces on a battlefield. Front line, front lines or variants may also refer to: Books and publications * ''Front Lines'' (novel), young adult historical novel by American author Michael Grant * ''Frontlines ...
, for:**
Murder, Money and Mexico
*
The Choice 96
*
Secret Daughter
*
Innocence Lost: The Plea
(produced by
Ofra Bikel Ofra Bikel (born in Israel) is a documentary filmmaker, and television producer. For more than two decades she was a mainstay of the acclaimed PBS series FRONTLINE producing over 25 award-winning documentaries, ranging from foreign affairs to crit ...
) *ABC News, "
Primetime Live ''Primetime'' was an American news magazine television program that debuted on ABC in 1989 with co-hosts Sam Donaldson and Diane Sawyer and originally had the title ''Primetime Live''. The program's final episode aired May 18, 2012. History E ...
: Debt Reckoning" *
Blowback Productions Blowback Productions is an independent film and television production company founded in 1988 by Marc Levin. Levin and his producing partner Daphne Pinkerson have made over 30 films and won numerous awards. For over 20 years, Blowback Productions ...
,
CIA: America's Secret Warriors
*CBS News, "
CBS Reports ''CBS Reports'' is the umbrella title used for documentaries by CBS News which aired starting in 1959 through the 1990s. The series sometimes aired as a wheel series rotating with '' 60 Minutes'' (or other similar CBS News series), as a series of i ...
: Enter the Jury Room", reported by Richard Schlesinger *Center for New America Media,
Vote for Me: Politics in America
*
KCET-TV KCET (channel 28) is a secondary PBS member television station in Los Angeles, California, United States. It is owned by the Public Media Group of Southern California alongside the market's primary PBS member, Huntington Beach–licensed KOCE-TV ...
, Los Angeles, California, "
The Great War and the Shaping of the 20th Century ''The Great War and the Shaping of the 20th Century'' is a 1996 documentary series that aired on PBS. It chronicles World War I over eight episodes. It was narrated by Salome Jens. In the UK, the programme was renamed ''1914-18'' and was narrat ...
" * KTCA-TV, St. Paul, Minnesota, Minnesota,
NewsNight Minnesota
Unisys" * KUSC Radio, Los Angeles, "
Marketplace A marketplace or market place is a location where people regularly gather for the purchase and sale of provisions, livestock, and other goods. In different parts of the world, a marketplace may be described as a '' souk'' (from the Arabic), ' ...
" on
Public Radio International Public Radio International (PRI) was an American public radio organization. Headquartered in Minneapolis, Minnesota, PRI provided programming to over 850 public radio stations in the United States. PRI was one of the main providers of programm ...
*NBC News and Scripps Howard News Productions, "Why Can't We Live Together?", reported by Tom Brokaw *
Public Broadcasting Service The Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) is an American public broadcaster and non-commercial, free-to-air television network based in Arlington, Virginia. PBS is a publicly funded nonprofit organization and the most prominent provider of educati ...
, "
Cadillac Desert ''Cadillac Desert'' (1986), is a history by American Marc Reisner about land development and water policy in the western United States. Subtitled ''The American West and Its Disappearing Water'', it explores the history of the federal agencies, ...
: An American Nile" *
WABC-TV WABC-TV (channel 7) is a television station in New York City, serving as the flagship of the ABC network. Owned and operated by the network's ABC Owned Television Stations division, the station maintains studios in the Lincoln Square neighbor ...
, New York, "Room 104: The Overcrowding Crisis" * Wisconsin Public Television, "Welcome to Poverty Hollow"


1999

*Gold Baton:
WGBH-TV WGBH-TV (channel 2), branded on-air as GBH or GBH 2 since 2020, is the primary PBS member television station in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. It is the flagship property of the WGBH Educational Foundation, which also owns Boston's sec ...
, Boston, "
NOVA A nova (plural novae or novas) is a transient astronomical event that causes the sudden appearance of a bright, apparently "new" star (hence the name "nova", which is Latin for "new") that slowly fades over weeks or months. Causes of the dramati ...

Everest: The Death Zone
;
The Brain Eater
;
Supersonic Spies
;
China's Mysterious Mummies
;
Coma
*ABC News and Ted Koppel, "
Nightline ''Nightline'' (or ''ABC News Nightline'') is ABC News' late-night television news program broadcast on ABC in the United States with a franchised formula to other networks and stations elsewhere in the world. Created by Roone Arledge, the progra ...
: Crime and Punishment" *CBS News and
Mike Wallace Myron Leon Wallace (May 9, 1918 – April 7, 2012) was an American journalist, game show host, actor, and media personality. He interviewed a wide range of prominent newsmakers during his seven-decade career. He was one of the original correspo ...
, "
60 Minutes ''60 Minutes'' is an American television news magazine broadcast on the CBS television network. Debuting in 1968, the program was created by Don Hewitt and Bill Leonard, who chose to set it apart from other news programs by using a unique styl ...
: Investigation of the International Pharmaceutical Industry" *CBS News,
Eric Engberg Eric Jon Engberg (September 18, 1941 – March 27, 2016) was an American correspondent who worked for CBS News from 1976 to 2003. Life Engberg attended Highland Park High School (Class of 1959) in Highland Park, Illinois. He graduated from the ...
and Vince Gonzales, " CBS Evening News: Tomb of the Unknowns" *Dan Collison, Rebecca Perl and Tom Jennings, "
This American Life ''This American Life'' (''TAL'') is an American monthly hour-long radio program produced in collaboration with Chicago Public Media and hosted by Ira Glass. It is broadcast on numerous public radio stations in the United States and internation ...

Scenes from a Transplant
on PRI *
Independent Television Service ITVS (Independent Television Service) is a service in the United States which funds and presents documentaries on public television through distribution by PBS and American Public Television, new media projects on the Internet, and the weekly seri ...
,
Tony Buba Anthony E. "Tony" Buba (born October 20, 1943) is an American filmmaker. He is primarily known for his documentaries about his hometown Braddock, Pennsylvania and the nearby Pittsburgh. Life Tony Buba was born in 1943 as first child of Edward Bu ...
an
Raymond Henderson

Struggles in Steel: A Story of African American Steelworkers
*PBS, Laura Angelica Simón and Tracey Trench, " POV
Fear and Learning at Hoover Elementary
*
Thirteen/WNET WNET (channel 13), branded on-air as "Thirteen" (stylized as "THIRTEEN"), is a primary PBS member television station licensed to Newark, New Jersey, United States, serving the New York City area. Owned by The WNET Group (formerly known as the ...
, New York, and
Vanessa Roth Vanessa Roth is an American filmmaker who writes, produces and directs non-fiction films. She has won a number of awards for her films, including a 2008 Academy Award for Best Short Documentary for ''Freeheld''; an Emmy Honors Award for Social I ...
,
Taken In: The Lives of America's Foster Children
*
WBBM-TV WBBM-TV (channel 2) is a television station in Chicago, Illinois, United States, airing programming from the CBS network. Owned and operated by the network's CBS News and Stations division, the station maintains studios on West Washington Stre ...
, Chicago, and Carol Marin, "Coverage of Congressman William Lipinski Campaign" *
WEWS-TV WEWS-TV (channel 5) is a television station in Cleveland, Ohio, United States, affiliated with ABC. It has been owned by the E. W. Scripps Company since its inception in 1946, making it one of two stations that have been built and signed on by Sc ...
, Cleveland, and Bill Shiel, "Final Mission" *
WMAQ-TV WMAQ-TV (channel 5) is a television station in Chicago, Illinois, United States, airing programming from the NBC network. It is owned and operated by the network's NBC Owned Television Stations division alongside Telemundo outlet WSNS-TV (chan ...
, Chicago, "Strip Searched at O'Hare" *
WRAL-TV WRAL-TV (channel 5) is a television station licensed to Raleigh, North Carolina, United States, serving as the NBC affiliate for the Research Triangle area. It is the flagship station of the locally based Capitol Broadcasting Company, which h ...
, Raleigh, and Stuart Watson for a series of investigate reports on military medicine


2000

*Gold Baton: Public Affairs Television,
Facing the Truth with Bill Moyers
*ABC News and Diane Sawyer, "
20/20 Visual acuity (VA) commonly refers to the clarity of vision, but technically rates an examinee's ability to recognize small details with precision. Visual acuity is dependent on optical and neural factors, i.e. (1) the sharpness of the retinal ...
: The Unwanted Children of Russia" *CBS News and
Bob Simon Robert David Simon (May 29, 1941 – February 11, 2015) was an American television correspondent for CBS News. He covered crises, war, and unrest in 67 countries during his career.Gottlieb, Hooper. Shearer, Benjamin F. ed., ''Home Front Her ...
, "
60 Minutes II ''60 Minutes II'' (also known as ''60 Minutes Wednesday'' and ''60 Minutes'') is an American weekly primetime news magazine television program that was intended to replicate the "signature style, journalistic quality and integrity" of the origina ...
: The Shame of Srebrenica" *CNN and Candy Crowley, for coverage of the impeachment and trial of President Bill Clinton * Stanley Nelson,
The Black Press: Soldiers without Swords
on PBS *
New England Cable News New England Cable News (NECN) is a regional 24-hour cable news television network owned and operated by NBCUniversal (as part of the NBCUniversal Owned Television Stations division, both ultimately owned by Comcast) serving the New England regi ...
, Newton, Mass., for in-depth reporting *PBS, " POV
If I Can't Do It
*SoundVision Productions, Berkeley,
The DNA Files
on NPR (hosted by
John Hockenberry John Charles Hockenberry (born June 4, 1956) is an American journalist and author. He has reported from all over the world, on a wide variety of stories in several mediums for more than three decades. He has written dozens of magazine and newsp ...
) *
WGBH-TV WGBH-TV (channel 2), branded on-air as GBH or GBH 2 since 2020, is the primary PBS member television station in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. It is the flagship property of the WGBH Educational Foundation, which also owns Boston's sec ...
, Boston, "
Frontline Front line refers to the forward-most forces on a battlefield. Front line, front lines or variants may also refer to: Books and publications * ''Front Lines'' (novel), young adult historical novel by American author Michael Grant * ''Frontlines ...

The Triumph of Evil
on PBS *
WMTW-TV WMTW (channel 8) is a television station licensed to Poland Spring, Maine, United States, serving the Portland area as an affiliate of ABC. It is owned by Hearst Television alongside CW affiliate WPXT (channel 51). Both stations share studio ...
, Auburn, Maine & Christine Young for investigative reports on the Christian Civic League *
WTHR-TV WTHR (channel 13) is a television station in Indianapolis, Indiana, United States, affiliated with NBC. It is owned by Tegna Inc. alongside low-power, Class A MeTV affiliate WALV-CD (channel 46). Both stations share studios on North Meridian S ...
, Indianapolis, "Guarding the Guardians" * KTVX-TV, Salt Lake City, and Chris Vanocur for investigative reporting on the Olympics’ bribery scandal *
Youth Radio YR Media (formerly Youth Radio) is a national network of young journalists and artists collaborating with peers across the country and media professionals to create impactful contentYR Mediahas operated as a non-profit production company in the B ...
, Berkeley, "Emails from Kosovo" on NPR


2001

*Gold Baton: American RadioWorks,
Massacre at Cuska
on NPR *ABC News, "
Nightline ''Nightline'' (or ''ABC News Nightline'') is ABC News' late-night television news program broadcast on ABC in the United States with a franchised formula to other networks and stations elsewhere in the world. Created by Roone Arledge, the progra ...
: AIDS in Africa" *CBS News, " CBS Evening News: Armed America" *Crowing Rooster Arts, New York,
Abandoned: The Betrayal of America's Immigrants
on
WGBH-TV WGBH-TV (channel 2), branded on-air as GBH or GBH 2 since 2020, is the primary PBS member television station in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. It is the flagship property of the WGBH Educational Foundation, which also owns Boston's sec ...
(aired on ''
Independent Lens ''Independent Lens'' is a weekly television series airing on PBS featuring documentary films made by independent filmmakers. Past seasons of ''Independent Lens'' were hosted by Angela Bassett, Don Cheadle, Susan Sarandon, Edie Falco, Terrence Ho ...
'') * KHOU-TV, Houston, "Deadly Tires?" *
KXLY-TV KXLY-TV (channel 4) is a television station in Spokane, Washington, United States, affiliated with ABC and owned by Morgan Murphy Media. Its studios are located on West Boone Avenue in Spokane, and its transmitter is located on Mount Spokane. Th ...
, Spokane, and Tom Grant, "Public Funds, Private Profit" *Insight News TV, London,
Sorious Samura Sorious Samura (born 27 October 1963) is a Sierra Leonean journalist. He is best known for two CNN documentary films: '' Cry Freetown'' (2000) and ''Exodus from Africa'' (2001). The self-funded ''Cry Freetown'' depicts the most brutal period of th ...
and CNN Productions, "
Cry Freetown ''Cry Freetown'' is a 2000 documentary film directed by Sorious Samura. It is an account of the victims of the Sierra Leone Civil War and depicts the most brutal period with the Revolutionary United Front (RUF) rebels capturing the capital city (J ...
" *NBC News, " Dateline: The Paper Chase" *NPR, "
Radio Expeditions The ''Radio Expeditions'' series was a joint production of National Public Radio and the National Geographic Society. ''Radio Expeditions'' used interviews, narration, and on-location recording to bring listeners to exotic locations around the world ...
" *
Steeplechase Films Steeplechase Films is a documentary production company founded in 1989 by filmmaker Ric Burns. They produce films focusing on events and people in American history, mainly for the PBS series American Experience. Ric and his company are best known ...
, " New York: A Documentary Film" on PBS * WCPO-TV, Cincinnati, and Laurie Quinlivan, for the I-Team stadium investigation *
WGBH-TV WGBH-TV (channel 2), branded on-air as GBH or GBH 2 since 2020, is the primary PBS member television station in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. It is the flagship property of the WGBH Educational Foundation, which also owns Boston's sec ...
, Boston, "
Frontline Front line refers to the forward-most forces on a battlefield. Front line, front lines or variants may also refer to: Books and publications * ''Front Lines'' (novel), young adult historical novel by American author Michael Grant * ''Frontlines ...

John Paul II: Millennial Pope
on PBS (directed by
Helen Whitney Helen Whitney is an American producer, director and writer of documentaries and feature films that have aired on PBS, HBO, ABC and NBC. Whitney's subjects have included youth gangs, the 1996 American presidential candidates, a Trappist monast ...
)


2002

*ABC News, Terence Wrong and Peter Bull, "Hopkins 24/7" (reported by
Sylvia Chase Sylvia Belle Chase (February 23, 1938 – January 3, 2019) was an American broadcast journalist. She was a correspondent for ABC's ''20/20'' from its inception until 1985, when she left to become a news anchor at KRON-TV in San Francisco; in 1990 ...
) *CBS News,
David Martin David or Dave Martin may refer to: Entertainment *David Martin (artist) (1737–1797), Scottish painter and engraver *David Stone Martin (1913–1992), American artist *David Martin (poet) (1915–1997), Hungarian-Australian poet and novelist *Dav ...
and Mary Walsh, for reporting on national security on " CBS Evening News" and "
60 Minutes II ''60 Minutes II'' (also known as ''60 Minutes Wednesday'' and ''60 Minutes'') is an American weekly primetime news magazine television program that was intended to replicate the "signature style, journalistic quality and integrity" of the origina ...
" *CBS News, Steve Kroft, and
Leslie Cockburn Leslie Cockburn ( ; born Leslie Corkill Redlich on September 2, 1952) is an American investigative journalist, and filmmaker. Her investigative television segments have aired on CBS, NBC, ''PBS Frontline'', and ''60 Minutes''. She has won an Emmy ...
, "
60 Minutes ''60 Minutes'' is an American television news magazine broadcast on the CBS television network. Debuting in 1968, the program was created by Don Hewitt and Bill Leonard, who chose to set it apart from other news programs by using a unique styl ...
: America's Worst Nightmare?" *CBS News and
Steve Hartman Stephen Robert Hartman (born April 14, 1963) is an American broadcast journalist. Hartman earned a degree in broadcast journalism at Bowling Green State University, graduating in 1985. Hartman lives with his wife, Andrea, and their three chil ...
, " CBS Evening News: Everybody Has Story" *CNN, Nic Robertson and Jonathan Miller "Northern Ireland: Dying for Peace" (aired on '' CNN Presents'') *
Court TV Court TV is an American digital broadcast network and former cable television channel. It was originally launched in 1991 with a focus on crime-themed programs such as true crime documentary series, legal analysis talk shows, and live news cove ...
, "The Interrogation of Michael Crowe" *
KCBS-TV KCBS-TV (channel 2) is a television station in Los Angeles, California, United States, serving as the West Coast flagship of the CBS network. It is owned and operated by the network's CBS News and Stations division alongside independent outl ...
, Los Angeles, and Randy Paige, "Poison Paint" *
KIRO-TV KIRO-TV (channel 7) is a television station in Seattle, Washington, United States, affiliated with CBS and Telemundo. Owned by Cox Media Group, the station maintains studios on Third Avenue in the Belltown section of Downtown Seattle, and its ...
, Seattle, "Why the Orcas of Puget Sound Are Dying" * KOLD-TV, Tucson, and Chip Yost, "Exploding Patrol Cars?" *NPR and Peter Overby for campaign finance coverage * Palfreman Film Group and
WGBH-TV WGBH-TV (channel 2), branded on-air as GBH or GBH 2 since 2020, is the primary PBS member television station in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. It is the flagship property of the WGBH Educational Foundation, which also owns Boston's sec ...
, Boston, "
Frontline Front line refers to the forward-most forces on a battlefield. Front line, front lines or variants may also refer to: Books and publications * ''Front Lines'' (novel), young adult historical novel by American author Michael Grant * ''Frontlines ...
/
Nova A nova (plural novae or novas) is a transient astronomical event that causes the sudden appearance of a bright, apparently "new" star (hence the name "nova", which is Latin for "new") that slowly fades over weeks or months. Causes of the dramati ...

Harvest of Fear
on PBS *
WABC-TV WABC-TV (channel 7) is a television station in New York City, serving as the flagship of the ABC network. Owned and operated by the network's ABC Owned Television Stations division, the station maintains studios in the Lincoln Square neighbor ...
, New York, Jim Hoffer and Daniela Royes, "Caught Off Guard" *
WNYC Radio WNYC is the trademark and a set of call letters shared by WNYC (AM) and WNYC-FM, a pair of nonprofit, noncommercial, public radio stations located in New York City. WNYC is owned by New York Public Radio (NYPR), a nonprofit organization that d ...
, New York, and Beth Fertig "The Edison Schools Vote"


2003

*Gold Baton:
WGBH-TV WGBH-TV (channel 2), branded on-air as GBH or GBH 2 since 2020, is the primary PBS member television station in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. It is the flagship property of the WGBH Educational Foundation, which also owns Boston's sec ...
, Boston, "
Frontline Front line refers to the forward-most forces on a battlefield. Front line, front lines or variants may also refer to: Books and publications * ''Front Lines'' (novel), young adult historical novel by American author Michael Grant * ''Frontlines ...
," for a series of seven programs on PBS
Hunting bin Laden
";
Target America
";
Looking for Answers
";
Trail of a Terrorist
";
Gunning for Saddam
";
Saudi Time Bomb
";
Inside the Terror Network
") about the origin and impact of terrorism by Islamic militants *ABC News Television and Radio for coverage of 9/11 (citing the work of
Ann Compton Ann Compton (born January 19, 1947) is an American former news reporter and White House correspondent for ABC News Radio. Career highlights Ann Compton graduated from New Trier High School in Winnetka, Illinois, in 1965. She began her broadcasti ...
and John Miller) and "Answering Children's Questions" (citing the work of Peter Jennings) *ABC News, "
Nightline ''Nightline'' (or ''ABC News Nightline'') is ABC News' late-night television news program broadcast on ABC in the United States with a franchised formula to other networks and stations elsewhere in the world. Created by Roone Arledge, the progra ...
: Heart of Darkness" (
Martin Seemungal Martin Seemungal is a journalist and foreign correspondent who has reported for the ABC News,Martin Seemung ...
, correspondent) *
CNN en Español CNN en Español is a Pan-American Spanish-language news channel, owned by CNN Global, a news division for Warner Bros. Discovery. It was launched on pay television, on 17 March 1997. History CNN en Español before 1997 In 1988, CNN began produc ...
and Jorge Gestoso, "La Doble Desaparecida" *
Court TV Court TV is an American digital broadcast network and former cable television channel. It was originally launched in 1991 with a focus on crime-themed programs such as true crime documentary series, legal analysis talk shows, and live news cove ...
and Lumiere Productions,
Ghosts of Attica
*
HBO Home Box Office (HBO) is an American premium television network, which is the flagship property of namesake parent subsidiary Home Box Office, Inc., itself a unit owned by Warner Bros. Discovery. The overall Home Box Office business unit is ba ...
, "In Memorium: New York City, 9/11/01" *
KPBS-TV KPBS (channel 15) is a PBS member television station in San Diego, California, United States. Owned by San Diego State University as part of KPBS Public Media, it is a sister station to NPR member KPBS-FM (89.5). The two outlets share studios at ...
, San Diego, and Lee Harvey,
Culture of Hate: Who are We?
*NBC News and
Martin Fletcher Martin Fletcher (born 7 July 1956) is former associate editor and former foreign editor of ''The Times'' in London. He was named feature writer of the year in the 2015 British Press Awards. Biography Fletcher was educated at Uppingham School ...
, for coverage of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict *NPR, for coverage of 9/11 and the war in Afghanistan * POV, Tasha Oldman and Small Town Productions,
The Smith Family
on PBS * WBUR-FM, Boston,
Surviving Torture
Inside Out" ( Michael Goldfarb, correspondent) *
WCVB-TV WCVB-TV (channel 5) is a television station in Boston, Massachusetts, United States, affiliated with ABC and owned by Hearst Television. The station's studios are located on TV Place (off Gould Street near the I-95/ MA 128/Highland Avenue int ...
, Boston, "
Chronicle A chronicle ( la, chronica, from Greek ''chroniká'', from , ''chrónos'' – "time") is a historical account of events arranged in chronological order, as in a timeline. Typically, equal weight is given for historically important events and lo ...

Beyond the Big Dig
* WFAA-TV, Dallas, Brett Ship and Mark Smith, "Fake Drugs, Real Lives" *
WGBH-TV WGBH-TV (channel 2), branded on-air as GBH or GBH 2 since 2020, is the primary PBS member television station in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. It is the flagship property of the WGBH Educational Foundation, which also owns Boston's sec ...
, Boston,
Steeplechase Films Steeplechase Films is a documentary production company founded in 1989 by filmmaker Ric Burns. They produce films focusing on events and people in American history, mainly for the PBS series American Experience. Ric and his company are best known ...
and Sierra Club Productions, " American Experience: Ansel Adams: A Documentary Film" on PBS


2004

*ABC News, "
Nightline ''Nightline'' (or ''ABC News Nightline'') is ABC News' late-night television news program broadcast on ABC in the United States with a franchised formula to other networks and stations elsewhere in the world. Created by Roone Arledge, the progra ...
: Tip of the Spear" ( Ted Koppel, correspondent) *CBS News,
David Martin David or Dave Martin may refer to: Entertainment *David Martin (artist) (1737–1797), Scottish painter and engraver *David Stone Martin (1913–1992), American artist *David Martin (poet) (1915–1997), Hungarian-Australian poet and novelist *Dav ...
and Mary Walsh, for coverage of national security *HBO and Maysles Films Inc., " LaLee's Kin: The Legacy of Cotton" * KBCI-TV, Boise, Idaho, " Shake-Up at City Hall" * KHOU-TV, Houston, "Evidence of Errors" *
KMGH-TV KMGH-TV (channel 7) is a television station in Denver, Colorado, United States, affiliated with ABC. It is owned by the E. W. Scripps Company alongside Sterling-licensed independent station KCDO-TV, channel 3 (and its Denver-licensed translato ...
, Denver, Colorado, "Honor and Betrayal: Scandal at the Academy" (
John Ferrugia John Ferrugia is an investigative reporter who is currently working as a journalist/trainer for the non-profit Colorado News Collaborative (COLab). He is the former News Anchor and Managing Editor for Rocky Mountain PBS in Denver, Colorado. Fro ...
, reporter) *NPR, for coverage of the war in Iraq (citing the work of John Burnett,
Anne Garrels Anne Longworth Garrels (July 2, 1951 – September 7, 2022) was an American broadcast journalist who worked as a foreign correspondent for National Public Radio, as well as for ABC and NBC, and other media.Engle, Jane"From Beijing to Baghdad, G ...
,
Steve Inskeep Steven Alan Inskeep (; born June 16, 1968) is an American journalist who is currently a host of ''Morning Edition'' and ''Up First'' on National Public Radio. Prior to being host of ''Morning Edition'', Inskeep covered the Pentagon, the 2000 pres ...
, Christopher Joyce,
Mike Shuster Mike Shuster (July 7, 1947 – November 6, 2023) was an American journalist and blogger. He served as a diplomatic correspondent and a roving foreign correspondent for National Public Radio in the United States, where he filed over 3,000 stories ...
,
Ivan Watson Ivan Watson (in Arabic آيفن واتسون) (born 1975) is a senior international correspondent for CNN based out of Hong Kong. Earlier in his career he was a producer for CNN based in Russia and was then a reporter for NPR. Watson has covere ...
and Eric Westervelt) * WESH-TV, Orlando, for coverage of the Columbia Space Shuttle disaster *
WGBH-TV WGBH-TV (channel 2), branded on-air as GBH or GBH 2 since 2020, is the primary PBS member television station in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. It is the flagship property of the WGBH Educational Foundation, which also owns Boston's sec ...
, Boston, "
Frontline Front line refers to the forward-most forces on a battlefield. Front line, front lines or variants may also refer to: Books and publications * ''Front Lines'' (novel), young adult historical novel by American author Michael Grant * ''Frontlines ...

A Dangerous Business
on PBS (
Lowell Bergman Lowell Bergman (born July 24, 1945) is an American journalist, television producer and professor of journalism. In a career spanning nearly five decades Bergman worked as a producer, a reporter, and then the director of investigative reporting at ...
and David Barstow, correspondents) *WGBH-TV, Boston, "Frontline"
Failure to Protect
"The Taking of Logan Marr"; "The Caseworker Files"; and "A National Dialogue" (moderated by
John Hockenberry John Charles Hockenberry (born June 4, 1956) is an American journalist and author. He has reported from all over the world, on a wide variety of stories in several mediums for more than three decades. He has written dozens of magazine and newsp ...
) on PBS *WGBH-TV, Boston, "Frontline
Faith and Doubt at Ground Zero
on PBS (directed by
Helen Whitney Helen Whitney is an American producer, director and writer of documentaries and feature films that have aired on PBS, HBO, ABC and NBC. Whitney's subjects have included youth gangs, the 1996 American presidential candidates, a Trappist monast ...
) * Whitney Dow and
Marco Williams Marco Williams is a documentary filmmaker and professor of film production at Northwestern University. His films have received several awards, including the Gotham Documentary Achievement Award for Two Towns of Jasper'' and he has been nominated ...
, " POV
Two Towns of Jasper
on PBS (about the murder of James Byrd Jr.) *
WTVF-TV WTVF (channel 5) is a television station in Nashville, Tennessee, United States, affiliated with CBS. It is owned by the E. W. Scripps Company alongside Ion Television owned-and-operated station WNPX-TV (channel 28). WTVF's studios are located ...
, Nashville, Tennessee, "Friends in High Places"


2005

* ABC NEWS and PJ PRODUCTIONS for
Jesus and Paul: The Word and the Witness
' (aired on ''
Peter Jennings Reporting ''Peter Jennings Reporting'' was a continuing series of documentaries produced and hosted by ABC News anchor Peter Jennings that aired on ABC. Many of these documentaries were produced by Jennings's production company, PJ Productions, and are cu ...
'') * PBS
FRONTLINE Front line refers to the forward-most forces on a battlefield. Front line, front lines or variants may also refer to: Books and publications * ''Front Lines'' (novel), young adult historical novel by American author Michael Grant * ''Frontlines ...
and
WGBH-TV WGBH-TV (channel 2), branded on-air as GBH or GBH 2 since 2020, is the primary PBS member television station in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. It is the flagship property of the WGBH Educational Foundation, which also owns Boston's sec ...
for
Ghosts of Rwanda
' on PBS * ABC NEWS and PRIMETIME THURSDAY for ''The Nuclear Smuggling Project'' ( Brian Ross, correspondent) * DAVID APPLEBY and
THE UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS } The University of Memphis (UofM) is a public university, public research university in Memphis, Tennessee. Founded in 1912, the university has an enrollment of more than 22,000 students. The university maintains the Herff College of Engineering ...
for
Hoxie: The First Stand
' on PBS * FRONTLINE and WGBH-TV for
Truth, War and Consequences
' on PBS *
MSNBC MSNBC (originally the Microsoft National Broadcasting Company) is an American news-based pay television cable channel. It is owned by NBCUniversala subsidiary of Comcast. Headquartered in New York City, it provides news coverage and political ...
and
NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC ULTIMATE EXPLORER ''National Geographic Explorer'' (or simply ''Explorer'') is an American documentary television series that originally premiered on Nickelodeon on April 7, 1985, after having been produced as a less costly and intensive alternative to PBS's '' ...
for
Liberia: American Dream
'' * HBO/ CINEMAX REEL LIFE, Victoria Bruce & Karin Hayes for
The Kidnapping of Ingrid Betancourt
' * LOUISIANA PUBLIC BROADCASTING for
LouisianaCurrents of Change
' * NBC NEWS and DATELINE for ''A Pattern of Suspicion'' (John Larson, correspondent) * NPR and
RADIO DIARIES Radiotopia is a podcast network founded by ''99% Invisible'' host Roman Mars and run by the Public Radio Exchange. The network is organized as a collective of some two dozen shows whose producers have complete artistic control over their work. P ...
for
Mandela: An Audio History
' * WFAA-TV, DALLAS for ''State of Denial'' *
WBAP-AM WBAP () is an AM news/talk radio station licensed to Fort Worth, Texas, and serving the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex. WBAP is owned by Cumulus Media and broadcasts with from a transmitter site in the northwest corner of Mansfield. It is a Cl ...
, DALLAS for ''JFK 40 '' *
WCNC-TV WCNC-TV (channel 36) is a television station in Charlotte, North Carolina, United States, affiliated with NBC. The station is owned by Tegna Inc. WCNC-TV's studios are located in the Wood Ridge Center office complex off Billy Graham Parkway ( ...
, CHARLOTTE for ''Medicaid Dental Centers Investigation'' The duPont Jury also announced four finalists for their exemplary broadcast journalism: *
Independent Television Service ITVS (Independent Television Service) is a service in the United States which funds and presents documentaries on public television through distribution by PBS and American Public Television, new media projects on the Internet, and the weekly seri ...
(ITVS) and Tracy Droz Tragos for
Be Good, Smile Pretty
on PBS (aired on ''
Independent Lens ''Independent Lens'' is a weekly television series airing on PBS featuring documentary films made by independent filmmakers. Past seasons of ''Independent Lens'' were hosted by Angela Bassett, Don Cheadle, Susan Sarandon, Edie Falco, Terrence Ho ...
'') *
MarketPlace A marketplace or market place is a location where people regularly gather for the purchase and sale of provisions, livestock, and other goods. In different parts of the world, a marketplace may be described as a '' souk'' (from the Arabic), ' ...
and American Public Media for "Spoils of War" on public radio stations * ''
NOVA A nova (plural novae or novas) is a transient astronomical event that causes the sudden appearance of a bright, apparently "new" star (hence the name "nova", which is Latin for "new") that slowly fades over weeks or months. Causes of the dramati ...
'', WGBH-TV and Canadian Broadcasting Corp. for
Crash of Flight 111
*
WISH-TV WISH-TV (channel 8) is a television station in Indianapolis, Indiana, United States, affiliated with The CW. It is locally owned by Circle City Broadcasting alongside Marion-licensed MyNetworkTV affiliate WNDY-TV (channel 23) and low-power, C ...
, Indianapolis, for "Will Your Vote Count?"


2006

* ABC NEWS for Live Coverage of the ''Death of Pope John Paul II and the Election of Pope Benedict XVI'' *
CNBC CNBC (formerly Consumer News and Business Channel) is an American basic cable business news channel. It provides business news programming on weekdays from 5:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m., Eastern Time, while broadcasting talk sho ...
for ''The Age of Wal-Mart: Inside America's Most Powerful Company'' ( David Faber, reporter) * CNN for Coverage of the Tsunami Disaster in South Asia *
FRONTLINE Front line refers to the forward-most forces on a battlefield. Front line, front lines or variants may also refer to: Books and publications * ''Front Lines'' (novel), young adult historical novel by American author Michael Grant * ''Frontlines ...
and
WGBH WGBH may refer to: * WGBH Educational Foundation, based in Boston, Massachusetts, United States ** WGBH (FM), a public radio station at Boston, Massachusetts on 89.7 MHz owned by the WGBH Educational Foundation ** WGBH-TV WGBH-TV (channel 2), ...
, BOSTON, for
Al Qaeda's New Front
' on PBS (
Lowell Bergman Lowell Bergman (born July 24, 1945) is an American journalist, television producer and professor of journalism. In a career spanning nearly five decades Bergman worked as a producer, a reporter, and then the director of investigative reporting at ...
, correspondent) * FRONTLINE, WGBH, BOSTON, and
The New York Times ''The New York Times'' (''the Times'', ''NYT'', or the Gray Lady) is a daily newspaper based in New York City with a worldwide readership reported in 2020 to comprise a declining 840,000 paid print subscribers, and a growing 6 million paid ...
for
The Secret History of the Credit Card
on PBS (Lowell Bergman, correspondent) * HBO for
Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel ''Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel'' is a monthly sports news magazine on HBO. Since its debut on April 2, 1995, the program has been presented by television journalist and sportscaster Bryant Gumbel. Overview Format Each episode consists of fou ...
: The Sport of Sheikhs ( Bernard Goldberg, correspondent) * North Carolina Public Radio-WUNC, Chapel Hill, for
North Carolina VoicesUnderstanding Poverty
' * PRI,
WGBH WGBH may refer to: * WGBH Educational Foundation, based in Boston, Massachusetts, United States ** WGBH (FM), a public radio station at Boston, Massachusetts on 89.7 MHz owned by the WGBH Educational Foundation ** WGBH-TV WGBH-TV (channel 2), ...
, BOSTON, and
BBC WORLD SERVICE The BBC World Service is an international broadcasting, international broadcaster owned and operated by the BBC, with funding from the Government of the United Kingdom, British Government through the Foreign Secretary, Foreign Secretary's o ...
for "
The World In its most general sense, the term "world" refers to the totality of entities, to the whole of reality or to everything that is. The nature of the world has been conceptualized differently in different fields. Some conceptions see the worl ...
: The Global Race for Stem Cell Therapies" *
The Kitchen Sisters The Kitchen Sisters are Davia Nelson and Nikki Silva, who are National Public Radio radio producers in the United States. About Nelson and Silva met in 1979, in Santa Cruz, California. Silva was curating museum exhibits about local history, ...
,
Jay Allison Jay Allison is an American independent public radio producer and broadcast journalist. His work has been featured on radio programs such as ''This American Life'', as well as National Public Radio's ''All Things Considered'', and ''Morning Editi ...
and NPR for ''Hidden Kitchens'' * THE SUNDANCE CHANNEL, Denis Poncet,
Jean-Xavier de Lestrade Jean-Xavier de Lestrade (born 1 July 1963) is a French writer, director and Film producer, producer of films and television series. Early life and education Lestrade was born in Mirande, Gers, in southwestern France. He studied law and journalism ...
and Allyson Luchak for " The Staircase" * WFTS-TV, TAMPA, for ''Crosstown Expressway Investigation'' (Mike Mason, reporter) * WJW, CLEVELAND, for ''School Bus Bloat'' (Tom Merriman, reporter) * WPMI-TV, MOBILE, for ''For Lauren's Sake'' (Bruce Mildwurf, reporter)


2007

* American Masters and WNET, New York, for '' Bob Dylan: No Direction Home'' on PBS *
Brook Lapping Productions Brook Lapping Productions is a British TV and radio production company. Based in London, Brook Lapping is a subsidiary of Ten Alps. The company is the result of a 1997 merger of Brook Associates (founded in 1982), and Brian Lapping Associates. F ...
, London, for '' Israel and the Arabs: Elusive Peace'' on PBS * WGBH's Cape and Islands NPR Stations for
Two Cape Cods: Hidden Poverty on the Cape and Islands
' (Sean Corcoran, reporter) * Investigation Discovery,
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (french: Société Radio-Canada), branded as CBC/Radio-Canada, is a Canadian public broadcaster for both radio and television. It is a federal Crown corporation that receives funding from the government. ...
and
The New York Times ''The New York Times'' (''the Times'', ''NYT'', or the Gray Lady) is a daily newspaper based in New York City with a worldwide readership reported in 2020 to comprise a declining 840,000 paid print subscribers, and a growing 6 million paid ...
for
Nuclear Jihad: Can Terrorists Get the Bomb?
' (
Julian Sher Julian Sher is a Canadian investigative journalist, filmmaker, author and newsroom trainer based in Montreal, Quebec. He was an investigative producer for ten years then a senior producer for five years with the CBC's '' The Fifth Estate''. He has ...
, director;
William Broad William J. Broad (born March 7, 1951) is an American science journalist, author and a Senior Writer at ''The New York Times''. Education Broad earned a master's degree from the University of Wisconsin in 1977.David E. Sanger David E. Sanger (born July 5, 1960) is an American journalist who is the chief Washington correspondent for ''The New York Times''. A 1982 graduate of Harvard College, Sanger has been writing for the ''Times'' for 30 years covering foreign policy, ...
, reporters) *
Frontline Front line refers to the forward-most forces on a battlefield. Front line, front lines or variants may also refer to: Books and publications * ''Front Lines'' (novel), young adult historical novel by American author Michael Grant * ''Frontlines ...
and WGBH, Boston, for
The Age of AIDS
' on PBS (Renata Simone, reporter; Greg Barker and William Cran, directors) *
HBO Home Box Office (HBO) is an American premium television network, which is the flagship property of namesake parent subsidiary Home Box Office, Inc., itself a unit owned by Warner Bros. Discovery. The overall Home Box Office business unit is ba ...
,
Jon Alpert Jon Alpert (born c. December 13, 1948) is an American journalist and documentary filmmaker, known for his use of a cinéma vérité approach in his films. Life and career A native of Port Chester, New York, Jonathan B. Alpert is a 1970 gradu ...
and Matthew O'Neill for '' Baghdad ER'' *
ITVS ITVS (Independent Television Service) is a service in the United States which funds and presents documentaries on public television through distribution by PBS and American Public Television, new media projects on the Internet, and the weekly seri ...
, Lisa Sleeth and Jim Butterworth for
Independent Lens ''Independent Lens'' is a weekly television series airing on PBS featuring documentary films made by independent filmmakers. Past seasons of ''Independent Lens'' were hosted by Angela Bassett, Don Cheadle, Susan Sarandon, Edie Falco, Terrence Ho ...
: ''
Seoul Train ''Seoul Train'' is a 2004 documentary film that deals with the dangerous journeys of North Korean defectors fleeing through or to China. These journeys are both dangerous and daring, since if caught, they face forced repatriation, torture, and poss ...
'' on PBS * NBC Nightly News and Dateline for Coverage of Hurricane Katrina *
KCET KCET (channel 28) is a secondary PBS member television station in Los Angeles, California, United States. It is owned by the Public Media Group of Southern California alongside the market's primary PBS member, Huntington Beach–licensed KOCE-TV ...
, Los Angeles, KPBS, San Diego,
KQED KQED may refer to: * KQED (TV), a PBS member station in San Francisco * KQED-FM KQED-FM (88.5 MHz) is a NPR-member radio station in San Francisco, California. Its parent organization is KQED Inc., which also owns its television partners, both ...
, San Francisco,
KVIE KVIE (channel 6) is a PBS member television station in Sacramento, California, United States. The station is owned by KVIE, Inc., a community-based non-profit organization. KVIE's studios are located on West El Camino Avenue in the Natomas dist ...
, Sacramento, for ''
California Connected ''California Connected'' was a television newsmagazine that broadcast stories about the state of California to "increase civic engagement." The show was created by Marley Klaus and aired on twelve PBS member stations throughout California. In 200 ...
: War Stories from Ward 7-D'' ( Lisa McRee, reporter) * NPR for Coverage of Iraq *
WBAL-TV WBAL-TV (channel 11) is a television station in Baltimore, Maryland, United States, affiliated with NBC. It is the flagship property of Hearst Television, which has owned the station since its inception, and is sister to the company's sole radio ...
, Baltimore, for ''Dirty Secret'' (John Sherman, reporter) *
WLOX-TV WLOX (channel 13) is a television station licensed to Biloxi, Mississippi, United States, serving the Mississippi Gulf Coast as an affiliate of ABC and CBS. Owned by Gray Television, the station maintains studios on DeBuys Road in Biloxi, and it ...
, Biloxi, for Coverage of Hurricane Katrina *
WRAL-TV WRAL-TV (channel 5) is a television station licensed to Raleigh, North Carolina, United States, serving as the NBC affiliate for the Research Triangle area. It is the flagship station of the locally based Capitol Broadcasting Company, which h ...
, Raleigh, for
Focal Point Focal point may refer to: * Focus (optics) * Focus (geometry) * Conjugate points, also called focal points * Focal point (game theory) * Unicom Focal Point, a portfolio management software tool * Focal point review, a human resources process for ...
: ''Paper Thin Promise and Standards of Living'' (Lynda Loveland and
David Crabtree David Crabtree is an American award-winning journalist, former television news anchor, and television executive. He served as the lead anchor of WRAL-TV in Raleigh, North Carolina for much of his 28 years at the network through 2022. Following a ...
, anchors) *
WWL-TV WWL-TV (channel 4) is a television station in New Orleans, Louisiana, United States, affiliated with CBS. It is owned by Tegna Inc. alongside Slidell-licensed MyNetworkTV affiliate WUPL (channel 54). Both stations share studios on Rampart Street ...
, New Orleans, for Coverage of Hurricane Katrina


2008

The thirteen awards for 2008 were announced on December 17, 2007, and presented on January 16, 2008.Columbia News: December 17, 2007-
/ref> *
CBS News CBS News is the news division of the American television and radio service CBS. CBS News television programs include the ''CBS Evening News'', ''CBS Mornings'', news magazine programs '' CBS News Sunday Morning'', '' 60 Minutes'', and '' 48 H ...
for ''
60 Minutes ''60 Minutes'' is an American television news magazine broadcast on the CBS television network. Debuting in 1968, the program was created by Don Hewitt and Bill Leonard, who chose to set it apart from other news programs by using a unique styl ...

The Mother of All Heists
' ( Steve Kroft, correspondent) * Chicago Public Radio,
Alix Spiegel Alix Spiegel is an American public radio producer and science journalist. She is currently a senior audio editor for ''The New York Times''. Spiegel previously hosted and produced the NPR program ''Invisibilia'' with Hanna Rosin and worked on ''T ...
& PRI for ''
This American Life ''This American Life'' (''TAL'') is an American monthly hour-long radio program produced in collaboration with Chicago Public Media and hosted by Ira Glass. It is broadcast on numerous public radio stations in the United States and internation ...

Which One of These Is Not Like the Others?
' *
PBS The Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) is an American public broadcasting, public broadcaster and Non-commercial activity, non-commercial, Terrestrial television, free-to-air television network based in Arlington, Virginia. PBS is a publicly fu ...
, Florentine Films/ Hott Productions &
WETA-TV WETA-TV (channel 26) is the primary PBS member television station in Washington, D.C. Owned by the Greater Washington Educational Telecommunications Association, it is a sister station to NPR member WETA (90.9 FM). The two outlets share studios ...
, Washington, DC, for
Through Deaf Eyes
' *
HBO Home Box Office (HBO) is an American premium television network, which is the flagship property of namesake parent subsidiary Home Box Office, Inc., itself a unit owned by Warner Bros. Discovery. The overall Home Box Office business unit is ba ...
, Ricki Stern & Annie Sundberg for
The Trials of Darryl Hunt
' * KHOU-TV, Houston, for ''Rules of the Game'' (Jeremy Rogalski, reporter) *
KMOV-TV KMOV (channel 4) is a television station in St. Louis, Missouri, United States, affiliated with CBS and MyNetworkTV. It is owned by Gray Television alongside low-power Circle owned-and-operated station KDTL-LD (channel 16). The two stations sh ...
, St. Louis, for ''Left Behind: The Failure of East St. Louis Schools'' (Craig Cheatham, reporter) *
KNOE-TV KNOE-TV (channel 8) is a television station licensed to Monroe, Louisiana, United States, serving the Monroe, Louisiana–El Dorado, Arkansas market as an affiliate of CBS and ABC. It is owned by Gray Television alongside low-power dual CW+/My ...
, Monroe, Louisiana, for ''Names, Ranks and Serial Plunder: The National Guard and Katrina'' (Taylor Henry, reporter) *
MSNBC MSNBC (originally the Microsoft National Broadcasting Company) is an American news-based pay television cable channel. It is owned by NBCUniversala subsidiary of Comcast. Headquartered in New York City, it provides news coverage and political ...
& Richard Engel for
War Zone Diary
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for '' Dateline
The Education of Ms. Groves
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, correspondent) * NPR &
Daniel Zwerdling Daniel Zwerdling is an American investigative journalist who has written for major magazines and newspapers. From 1980 to 2018 he served as an investigative reporter for NPR News, with stints as foreign correspondent and host of Weekend All Thi ...
for ''Mental Anguish and the Military'' *
PBS The Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) is an American public broadcasting, public broadcaster and Non-commercial activity, non-commercial, Terrestrial television, free-to-air television network based in Arlington, Virginia. PBS is a publicly fu ...
, Paladin Invision, London, &
WETA-TV WETA-TV (channel 26) is the primary PBS member television station in Washington, D.C. Owned by the Greater Washington Educational Telecommunications Association, it is a sister station to NPR member WETA (90.9 FM). The two outlets share studios ...
, Washington, DC, for
Jihad: The Men and Ideas Behind Al Qaeda
' (William Cran, director) (aired on ''
America at a Crossroads The United States of America (U.S.A. or USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S. or US) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It consists of 50 states, a federal district, five major unincorporated territori ...
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WBBM-TV WBBM-TV (channel 2) is a television station in Chicago, Illinois, United States, airing programming from the CBS network. Owned and operated by the network's CBS News and Stations division, the station maintains studios on West Washington Stre ...
, for ''Fly At Your Own Risk'' (Dave Savini, reporter) * WFAA-TV, for ''Television Justice'' (Byron Harris, reporter)


2009

Television: Golden Baton Winner * WFAA-TV in Dallas for "Money for Nothing", "A Passing Offense", "The Buried and the Dead" (Byron Harris, Brett Shipp, reporters) Television & Radio, Silver Baton Winners * ABC News /
Nightline ''Nightline'' (or ''ABC News Nightline'') is ABC News' late-night television news program broadcast on ABC in the United States with a franchised formula to other networks and stations elsewhere in the world. Created by Roone Arledge, the progra ...
for "The Other War: Afghanistan" ( Sebastian Junger, reporter; Tim Hetherington, photographer; Brian Ross, correspondent) *
California Newsreel California Newsreel, was founded in 1968 as the San Francisco branch of the national film making collective Newsreel. It is an American non-profit, social justice film distribution and production company still based in San Francisco, California. Th ...
, San Francisco & Vital Pictures for " Unnatural Causes: Is Inequality Making Us Sick?" * Chicago Public Radio, PRI, NPR,
Alex Blumberg Alex Blumberg is an American entrepreneur, radio journalist, former producer for public radio and television, best known for his work with ''This American Life'', ''Planet Money'', and '' How to Save a Planet''. He is the co-founder and CEO of th ...
& Adam Davidson for "
This American Life ''This American Life'' (''TAL'') is an American monthly hour-long radio program produced in collaboration with Chicago Public Media and hosted by Ira Glass. It is broadcast on numerous public radio stations in the United States and internation ...
:
The Giant Pool of Money "The Giant Pool of Money" is an episode of the radio show ''This American Life'' which originally aired on May 9, 2008. The episode described to a general audience the causes and factors which led to the subprime mortgage crisis. Specifically, the ...
" * CNN for " God's Warriors" (
Christiane Amanpour Christiane Maria Heideh AmanpourStated on ''Finding Your Roots'', 22 January 2019 (; fa, کریستیان امان‌پور, Kristiane Amānpur; born 12 January 1958) is a British-Iranian journalist and television host. Amanpour is the Chief ...
, correspondent) (aired on '' CNN Presents'') *
Current TV Current TV was an American television channel which broadcast from August 1, 2005, to August 20, 2013. Prior INdTV founders Al Gore and Joel Hyatt, with Ronald Burkle, each held a sizable stake in Current TV. Comcast and DirecTV each held a smalle ...
&
Christof Putzel Christof Putzel is an American journalist and correspondent for Travel Channel. He is a former correspondent for Al Jazeera America's news magazine ''America Tonight'' and Current TV's investigative documentary series, ''Vanguard''. Career Chris ...
for "From Russia with Hate" * HBO, Thomas Lennon &
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for Cinemax's Reel Life: ''
The Blood of Yingzhou District ''The Blood of Yingzhou District'' (; translation: ''The Children of Yingzhou'') is a 2006 short film documentary directed by Ruby Yang and produced by Thomas F. Lennon. The film is about the effect of AIDS on orphans in Yingzhou District of Fuyan ...
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All Things Considered ''All Things Considered'' (''ATC'') is the flagship news program on the American network National Public Radio (NPR). It was the first news program on NPR, premiering on May 3, 1971. It is broadcast live on NPR affiliated stations in the United ...
,
Melissa Block Melissa Block (born December 28, 1961) is an American radio host and journalist. She co-hosted NPR's ''All Things Considered'' news program from 2003 until August 14, 2015. In August 2015 she became a Special Correspondent for NPR, responsible fo ...
, & Robert Siegel for "Coverage of the Chengdu Earthquake" (Louisa Lim,
Anthony Kuhn Anthony Kuhn () is the National Public Radio correspondent in Seoul, South Korea. He was previously NPR's correspondent in Beijing, China. Before his roles in South Korea and China, he served as NPR correspondent for Southeast Asia based in Ja ...
, correspondents) * NPR, All Things Considered, for "Sexual Abuse of Native American Women" (
Laura Sullivan Laura Sullivan (born about 1974) is a correspondent and investigative reporter for National Public Radio (NPR). Her investigations air regularly on ''Morning Edition'', ''All Things Considered'', and other NPR programs. She is also an on-air cor ...
, correspondent) * Oregon Public Broadcasting for
The Silent Invasion
(Ed Jahn, producer) * Safari Media,
ITVS ITVS (Independent Television Service) is a service in the United States which funds and presents documentaries on public television through distribution by PBS and American Public Television, new media projects on the Internet, and the weekly seri ...
, PBS for "
Independent Lens ''Independent Lens'' is a weekly television series airing on PBS featuring documentary films made by independent filmmakers. Past seasons of ''Independent Lens'' were hosted by Angela Bassett, Don Cheadle, Susan Sarandon, Edie Falco, Terrence Ho ...
, Abduction: The Megumi Yokota Story" (
Patty Kim Patty Kim is a Canadian filmmaker and co-founder of Safari Media. She co-directed the 2006 award-winning feature documentary '' Abduction: The Megumi Yokota Story'', produced in association with the BBC, and executive-produced by Jane Campion. T ...
and Chris Sheridan, directors) * WJLA-TV, Washington, DC for "Drilling for Dollars: Children's Dentistry Investigation" ( Roberta Baskin, correspondent) * WTVT-TV, Tampa for "Small Town Justice" (Doug Smith, reporter)


2010

Television, Radio, and Web: Silver Baton Winners * American RadioWorks, Michael Montgomery & Joshua E. S. Phillips for
What Killed Sergeant Gray
* CBS News & Katie Couric for " The Sarah Palin Interviews" * CBS News for "
CBS Reports ''CBS Reports'' is the umbrella title used for documentaries by CBS News which aired starting in 1959 through the 1990s. The series sometimes aired as a wheel series rotating with '' 60 Minutes'' (or other similar CBS News series), as a series of i ...
: Children of the Recession" ( Katie Couric, reporter) *
HBO Home Box Office (HBO) is an American premium television network, which is the flagship property of namesake parent subsidiary Home Box Office, Inc., itself a unit owned by Warner Bros. Discovery. The overall Home Box Office business unit is ba ...
& Edet Belzberg for " The Recruiter" * KHOU-TV, Houston & Mark Greenblatt for "Under Fire: Discrimination and Corruption in the Texas National Guard" *
KMGH-TV KMGH-TV (channel 7) is a television station in Denver, Colorado, United States, affiliated with ABC. It is owned by the E. W. Scripps Company alongside Sterling-licensed independent station KCDO-TV, channel 3 (and its Denver-licensed translato ...
, Denver & Tony Kovaleski for "33 Minutes to 34 Right" *
MediaStorm MediaStorm is a New York City-based film production and interactive design studio. The company produces online news stories using high-quality photography, audio, interactivity, and video, and consults on interactive web projects. ''Seattle Post-In ...
&
Jonathan Torgovnik Jonathan Torgovnik (born 1969) is an Israeli photographer and photojournalist. He lives in Johannesburg, in South Africa. He spent two years in Rwanda photographing women who had been systematically raped during the Rwandan genocide in 1994, and t ...
for
Intended Consequences
* NPR, Michele Norris &
Steve Inskeep Steven Alan Inskeep (; born June 16, 1968) is an American journalist who is currently a host of ''Morning Edition'' and ''Up First'' on National Public Radio. Prior to being host of ''Morning Edition'', Inskeep covered the Pentagon, the 2000 pres ...
for
The York Project: Race and the 2008 Vote
* '' POV'', Elizabeth Farnsworth & Patricio Lanfranco for "
The Judge and the General ''The Judge and the General'' is a 2008 feature-length documentary film about Juan Guzmán's attempts to bring Augusto Pinochet to justice for human rights crimes. Plot ''The Judge and the General'' tells a story of personal transformation, as ...
," on PBS * WCAX-TV, Burlington & Kristin Carlson for "Foreigners on the Farm" *
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, Boston, FRONTLINE/World,
Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy ( ur, ; born 12 November 1978) is a Pakistani-Canadian journalist, filmmaker and activist known for her work in films that highlight the inequality with women. She is the recipient of two Academy Awards, seven Emmy Awar ...
& Dan Edge for
PAKISTAN: Children of the Taliban
" on PBS * WSVN-TV, Miami, Carmel Cafiero & Anthony Pineda for "Pill Mills" *
WTVF-TV WTVF (channel 5) is a television station in Nashville, Tennessee, United States, affiliated with CBS. It is owned by the E. W. Scripps Company alongside Ion Television owned-and-operated station WNPX-TV (channel 28). WTVF's studios are located ...
, Nashville & Phil Williams for "General Sessions Court" *
WWL-TV WWL-TV (channel 4) is a television station in New Orleans, Louisiana, United States, affiliated with CBS. It is owned by Tegna Inc. alongside Slidell-licensed MyNetworkTV affiliate WUPL (channel 54). Both stations share studios on Rampart Street ...
, New Orleans for "NOAH Housing Program Investigation" (Lee Zurik, reporter)


2011

Television, Radio, and Digital: Silver Baton Winners * ABC News, for ''
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'', " Brian Ross Investigates: The Coach's Secret" * BBC America, for " BBC World News America: Haiti's Earthquake" (
Matt Frei Matthias "Matt" Frei (born 26 November 1963) is a British-German television news journalist and writer, formerly the Washington, D.C. correspondent for ''Channel 4 News''. He is now the channel's Europe editor and presenter of the evening news. ...
,
Matthew Price Matthew William Price (born 5 June 1972 in Hampstead, London) is a British journalist who currently works as Chief Correspondent for the BBC Radio 4 Today programme. Education Matthew Price was educated at The Haberdashers' Aske's Boys' School ...
, correspondents) * CBS News, for "
60 Minutes ''60 Minutes'' is an American television news magazine broadcast on the CBS television network. Debuting in 1968, the program was created by Don Hewitt and Bill Leonard, who chose to set it apart from other news programs by using a unique styl ...
:
The Blowout
(
Scott Pelley Scott Cameron Pelley (born July 28, 1957) is an American journalist and author who has been a correspondent and anchor for CBS News for more than 31 years. Pelley is the author of the 2019 book, ''Truth Worth Telling'', and a correspondent for th ...
, correspondent) *
KCET KCET (channel 28) is a secondary PBS member television station in Los Angeles, California, United States. It is owned by the Public Media Group of Southern California alongside the market's primary PBS member, Huntington Beach–licensed KOCE-TV ...
, Los Angeles for "Up In Smoke" (part
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Steve Lopez Steven M. Lopez (born 1953) is an American journalist and four-time Pulitzer Prize finalist who has been a columnist for ''The Los Angeles Times'' since 2001. Life and work Lopez is a native of Pittsburg, California, and attended San Jose Stat ...
, Judy Muller, Vince Gonzales, reporters; Val Zavala, anchor) *
KING-TV KING-TV (channel 5) is a television station in Seattle, Washington, United States, affiliated with NBC. It is owned by Tegna Inc. alongside Everett-licensed independent station KONG (channel 16). Both stations share studios at the Home Plate ...
, Seattle & Susannah Frame for "Waste on the Water" * 9News/ KUSA-TV, Denver, 9News at 10 for "Keys to the Castle" (Jace Larson, reporter) * NPR &
Laura Sullivan Laura Sullivan (born about 1974) is a correspondent and investigative reporter for National Public Radio (NPR). Her investigations air regularly on ''Morning Edition'', ''All Things Considered'', and other NPR programs. She is also an on-air cor ...
for "Bonding for Profit" * ''POV'' & Geoffrey Smith, "
The English Surgeon ''The English Surgeon'' is a documentary film that premiered at the BFI London Film Festival in 2007. It focuses on the work of Henry Marsh, a neurosurgeon from the UK, and his efforts to help desperately ill patients in Ukrainian hospitals. ...
" on PBS * ''
The Las Vegas Sun The ''Las Vegas Sun'' is one of the Las Vegas Valley's two daily subscription newspapers. It is owned by the Greenspun family and is affiliated with Greenspun Media Group. The paper published afternoons on weekdays from 1990 to 2005 and is now ...
'',
Bottoming Out: Gambling Addiction in Las Vegas
(Scott Den Herder, Liz Benston, Patrick Coolican, reporters) * West Virginia Public Broadcasting, Trey Kay & Deborah George for
The Great Textbook War
*
WGBH WGBH may refer to: * WGBH Educational Foundation, based in Boston, Massachusetts, United States ** WGBH (FM), a public radio station at Boston, Massachusetts on 89.7 MHz owned by the WGBH Educational Foundation ** WGBH-TV WGBH-TV (channel 2), ...
, ''
Frontline Front line refers to the forward-most forces on a battlefield. Front line, front lines or variants may also refer to: Books and publications * ''Front Lines'' (novel), young adult historical novel by American author Michael Grant * ''Frontlines ...
'' & Najibullah Quraishi for
Behind Taliban Lines
* WKOW-TV, Madison & Dan Cassuto for "Who's Protecting You?" *
WTHR-TV WTHR (channel 13) is a television station in Indianapolis, Indiana, United States, affiliated with NBC. It is owned by Tegna Inc. alongside low-power, Class A MeTV affiliate WALV-CD (channel 46). Both stations share studios on North Meridian S ...
, Indianapolis & Bob Segall for "Reality Check: Where are the Jobs?"


2012

*
Al Jazeera English Al Jazeera English (AJE; ar, الجزيرة‎, translit=al-jazīrah, , literally "The Peninsula", referring to the Qatar Peninsula) is an international 24-hour English-language news channel owned by the Al Jazeera Media Network, which is own ...
, '' Fault Lines'',
Haiti - Six Months On
* CBS News:
60 Minutes ''60 Minutes'' is an American television news magazine broadcast on the CBS television network. Debuting in 1968, the program was created by Don Hewitt and Bill Leonard, who chose to set it apart from other news programs by using a unique styl ...
,
A Relentless Enemy
(
Lara Logan Lara Logan (born 29 March 1971) is a South African television and radio journalist and war correspondent. Logan's career began in South Africa with various news organizations in the 1990s. Her profile rose due to reporting around the American ...
, correspondent_ *
Danfung Dennis Danfung Dennis is a still photographer and documentary film maker. He graduated from the Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management. His images have been published in ''Newsweek'', ''Time'', ''The New York Times'', ''The Washing ...
, Impact Partners, Roast Beef Productions, Sabotage Films, Thought Engine and Channel 4 BritDoc Foundation, ''
Hell and Back Again ''Hell and Back Again'' is a 2011 American-British-Afghan documentary film produced, shot, and directed by Danfung Dennis, about a sergeant in the United States Marine Corps who returns from the Afghanistan conflict with a badly broken leg and pos ...
'' *
Detroit Public Television WTVS (channel 56) is a PBS member television station in Detroit, Michigan, United States, owned by the Detroit Educational Television Foundation. Its main studios are located at the Riley Broadcast Center and HD Studios in Wixom, with an addit ...
,
Beyond the Light Switch
* HBO &
Blowback Productions Blowback Productions is an independent film and television production company founded in 1988 by Marc Levin. Levin and his producing partner Daphne Pinkerson have made over 30 films and won numerous awards. For over 20 years, Blowback Productions ...
,
Triangle: Remembering the Fire
* HBO, "
Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel ''Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel'' is a monthly sports news magazine on HBO. Since its debut on April 2, 1995, the program has been presented by television journalist and sportscaster Bryant Gumbel. Overview Format Each episode consists of fou ...
: Head Games" ( Bernard Goldberg, correspondent) *
MediaStorm MediaStorm is a New York City-based film production and interactive design studio. The company produces online news stories using high-quality photography, audio, interactivity, and video, and consults on interactive web projects. ''Seattle Post-In ...
& Walter Astrada,
Undesired
for the Alexia Foundation * NBC News & Richard Engel, Coverage of the
Arab Spring The Arab Spring ( ar, الربيع العربي) was a series of Nonviolent resistance, anti-government protests, Rebellion, uprisings and Insurgency, armed rebellions that spread across much of the Arab world in the early 2010s. It began in T ...
*
The New York Times ''The New York Times'' (''the Times'', ''NYT'', or the Gray Lady) is a daily newspaper based in New York City with a worldwide readership reported in 2020 to comprise a declining 840,000 paid print subscribers, and a growing 6 million paid ...
,
A Year at War
(James Dao, reporter) and

( Brent Renaud & Craig Renaud, reporters) * WFAA-TV, Dallas & Byron Harris, "Bitter Lessons" *
WGBH-TV WGBH-TV (channel 2), branded on-air as GBH or GBH 2 since 2020, is the primary PBS member television station in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. It is the flagship property of the WGBH Educational Foundation, which also owns Boston's sec ...
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Japan's Killer Quake
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& Ailsa Chang,
Alleged Illegal Searches by the NYPD
*
WSB-TV WSB-TV (channel 2) is a television station in Atlanta, Georgia, United States, affiliated with ABC. It is the flagship television property of locally based Cox Media Group, which has owned the station since its inception, and is sister to rad ...
, Atlanta & Jodie Fleischer, "Stealing Houses" *
WTVF-TV WTVF (channel 5) is a television station in Nashville, Tennessee, United States, affiliated with CBS. It is owned by the E. W. Scripps Company alongside Ion Television owned-and-operated station WNPX-TV (channel 28). WTVF's studios are located ...
, Nashville & Phil Williams, "Policing for Profit"


2013

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Alison Klayman Alison Klayman (born 1984) is an American filmmaker and journalist best known for her award-winning 2012 documentary '' Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry''. Life and career Klayman grew up in Philadelphia and graduated from Brown University in 2006 wit ...
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, MUSE Film and Television, " Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry" (aired on ''
Independent Lens ''Independent Lens'' is a weekly television series airing on PBS featuring documentary films made by independent filmmakers. Past seasons of ''Independent Lens'' were hosted by Angela Bassett, Don Cheadle, Susan Sarandon, Edie Falco, Terrence Ho ...
'') * CBS News and
Clarissa Ward Clarissa Ward (born January 31, 1980) is a British-American television journalist, who is currently chief international correspondent for CNN. She was with CBS News, based in London. Before her CBS News position, Ward was a Moscow-based news cor ...
, for "
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: Inside Syria" *
Current TV Current TV was an American television channel which broadcast from August 1, 2005, to August 20, 2013. Prior INdTV founders Al Gore and Joel Hyatt, with Ronald Burkle, each held a sizable stake in Current TV. Comcast and DirecTV each held a smalle ...
,
Christof Putzel Christof Putzel is an American journalist and correspondent for Travel Channel. He is a former correspondent for Al Jazeera America's news magazine ''America Tonight'' and Current TV's investigative documentary series, ''Vanguard''. Career Chris ...
and the
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, " Vangard
Arming the Mexican Cartel
*
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KLAS-TV KLAS-TV (channel 8) is a television station in Las Vegas, Nevada, United States, affiliated with CBS and owned by Nexstar Media Group. The station's studios are located on Channel 8 Drive near the northern portion of the Las Vegas Strip in the u ...
, Las Vegas for "Desert Underwater" *
Lee Hirsch Lee Hirsch (born 1972) is an American documentary filmmaker. Hirsch is a graduate of The Putney School in Vermont and Hampshire College, in Amherst, Massachusetts. He wrote and directed the documentary '' Amandla!: A Revolution in Four-Part Har ...
,
The Weinstein Company The Weinstein Company (usually credited or abbreviated as TWC) was an American independent film studio, founded in New York City by Bob and Harvey Weinstein in March 2005. TWC was one of the largest mini-major film studios in North America prior ...
, Where We Live Films, BeCause Foundation, The Einhorn Family Charitable Trust, The Fledgling Fund, National Center for Learning Disabilities, and the Waitt Institute for Violence Prevention, for ''
Bully Bullying is the use of force, coercion, hurtful teasing or threat, to abuse, aggressively wikt:domination, dominate or intimidate. The behavior is often repeated and habitual. One essential prerequisite is the perception (by the bully or by ot ...
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Independent Lens ''Independent Lens'' is a weekly television series airing on PBS featuring documentary films made by independent filmmakers. Past seasons of ''Independent Lens'' were hosted by Angela Bassett, Don Cheadle, Susan Sarandon, Edie Falco, Terrence Ho ...
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for Coverage of Syria *
StoryCorps StoryCorps is an American non-profit organization whose mission is to record, preserve, and share the stories of Americans from all backgrounds and beliefs. StoryCorps grew out of Sound Portraits Productions as a project founded in 2003 by radio ...
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USA Today ''USA Today'' (stylized in all uppercase) is an American daily middle-market newspaper and news broadcasting company. Founded by Al Neuharth on September 15, 1982, the newspaper operates from Gannett's corporate headquarters in Tysons, Virgini ...
, for "Ghost Factories" *
WGBH WGBH may refer to: * WGBH Educational Foundation, based in Boston, Massachusetts, United States ** WGBH (FM), a public radio station at Boston, Massachusetts on 89.7 MHz owned by the WGBH Educational Foundation ** WGBH-TV WGBH-TV (channel 2), ...
,
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, Steve James and
Alex Kotlowitz Alex Kotlowitz (born March 31, 1955) is an American journalist, author, and filmmaker. His 1991 book ''There Are No Children Here'' was a national bestseller and received the Christopher Award and Helen Bernstein Book Award for Excellence in Jou ...
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FRONTLINE Front line refers to the forward-most forces on a battlefield. Front line, front lines or variants may also refer to: Books and publications * ''Front Lines'' (novel), young adult historical novel by American author Michael Grant * ''Frontlines ...
: ''
The Interrupters ''The Interrupters'' is a 2011 documentary film, produced by Kartemquin Films, that tells the story of three violence interrupters who try to protect their Chicago communities from the violence they once employed. It examines a year in which Chi ...
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Opium Brides
* WITF, WHYY and NPR, for
StateImpact Pennsylvania
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WVUE-TV WVUE-DT (channel 8) is a television station in New Orleans, Louisiana, United States, affiliated with the Fox network. Owned by Gray Television, the station maintains primary studios on Norman C. Francis Parkway in the city's Gert Town secti ...
, New Orleans, and Lee Zurik for "Dirty Deeds", "Hiding Behind the Badge" * WXYZ-TV, Detroit, for "Wayne County Confidential"


2014

* American DocumentaryPOV, Gail Dolgin &
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, " The Barber of Birmingham: Foot Soldier of the Civil Rights Movement", on PBS *
CBS News CBS News is the news division of the American television and radio service CBS. CBS News television programs include the ''CBS Evening News'', ''CBS Mornings'', news magazine programs '' CBS News Sunday Morning'', '' 60 Minutes'', and '' 48 H ...
, Newtown Tragedy Coverage * Center for Investigative Reporting, "Broken Shield" *
ESPN ESPN (originally an initialism for Entertainment and Sports Programming Network) is an American international basic cable sports channel owned by ESPN Inc., owned jointly by The Walt Disney Company (80%) and Hearst Communications (20%). The ...
,
Outside the Lines ''Outside the Lines'', or also referred to as ''OTL'', is an American television program on ESPN that looks "outside the lines" and examines critical issues in mostly American sports on and off the field of play. The primary host of the show is ...
: Youth Football Concerns (Tom Farrey, Paula Lavigne, reporters) *
KMGH-TV KMGH-TV (channel 7) is a television station in Denver, Colorado, United States, affiliated with ABC. It is owned by the E. W. Scripps Company alongside Sterling-licensed independent station KCDO-TV, channel 3 (and its Denver-licensed translato ...
, Denver & Keli Rabon, Colorado Rape Victims: Evidence Ignored, Justice Denied *
KSHB KSHB-TV (channel 41) is a television station in Kansas City, Missouri, United States, affiliated with NBC. It is owned by the E. W. Scripps Company alongside Lawrence, Kansas-licensed independent station KMCI-TV (channel 38). Both stations shar ...
41 Action News, Kansas City, "Tragedy on the Plaza" (Keith King, Ryan Kath, & Melissa Yeager, reporters) *
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, " Devastation in Oklahoma" * Scott Thurman & Silver Lining Film Group, Magic Hour Entertainment, Naked Edge Films, "
The Revisionaries ''The Revisionaries'' is a 2012 documentary film about the re-election of Don McLeroy, the former chairman of the Texas Board of Education. The film also details how the Texas Board's decisions on textbook content influence textbooks across the n ...
" on
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* U. C. Berkeley IRP, CIR,
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& UNIVISION,
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The Lines Between Us
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CNN CNN (Cable News Network) is a multinational cable news channel headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, U.S. Founded in 1980 by American media proprietor Ted Turner and Reese Schonfeld as a 24-hour cable news channel, and presently owned by the M ...
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*
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& NPR Visuals
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The Seattle Times ''The Seattle Times'' is a daily newspaper serving Seattle, Washington, United States. It was founded in 1891 and has been owned by the Blethen family since 1896. ''The Seattle Times'' has the largest circulation of any newspaper in Washington (s ...

Sea Change: The Pacific's Perilous Turn
* WFTS-TV, Tampa Bay, Incapacitated: Florida's Guardianship Program *
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WLTX-TV WLTX (channel 19) is a television station in Columbia, South Carolina, United States, affiliated with CBS. Owned by Tegna Inc., the station maintains studios on Garners Ferry Road (US 76– 378) in southeastern Columbia, and its transmitter is l ...
, Columbia, DDS: When the System Fails * WTSP 10 News, Tampa Bay, Short Yellows and the Red Light Fight


2016

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ABC News ABC News is the news division of the American broadcast network ABC. Its flagship program is the daily evening newscast ''ABC World News Tonight, ABC World News Tonight with David Muir''; other programs include Breakfast television, morning ...
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A Crime Against Humanity
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Scott Pelley Scott Cameron Pelley (born July 28, 1957) is an American journalist and author who has been a correspondent and anchor for CBS News for more than 31 years. Pelley is the author of the 2019 book, ''Truth Worth Telling'', and a correspondent for th ...
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2017

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ESPN Films ESPN Films, formerly known as ESPN Original Entertainment (EOE), is an American production company which produces and distributes sports films and documentaries. It is owned by ESPN Inc., a joint venture between The Walt Disney Company (which ow ...
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WTHR-TV WTHR (channel 13) is a television station in Indianapolis, Indiana, United States, affiliated with NBC. It is owned by Tegna Inc. alongside low-power, Class A MeTV affiliate WALV-CD (channel 46). Both stations share studios on North Meridian S ...
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2018

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2019

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Bitter Rivals: Iran and Saudi Arabia
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Life on Parole
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The Whistleblower
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Trump Inc.
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Drivers Under Siege
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I Am Evidence
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Our Town
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This Is Home
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2020

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Season Two
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The Facebook Dilemma
' *KARE 11,
Love Them First: Lessons from Lucy Laney Elementary
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Bag Man
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Reconstruction: After The Civil War
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2021

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,
Bob's Choice
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George Floyd coverage
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A Different Kind of Force—Policing Mental Illness
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Verify Road Trip: Climate Truth
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The Flag and the Fury
' *Radiolab, WNYC Studios,
The Other Latif
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2022

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According to Need
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Blindspot: Tulsa Burning
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,
Military Sexual Assault
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The Line
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See also

*The Peabody Awards *Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature *The Pulitzer Prizes


References


External links


Official site

Award Winners Archive

"Telling the Truth—The Best in Broadcast Journalism"
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