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George Foster Peabody Award Winners
George Foster Peabody Award Winners
George Foster Peabody Award Winners
AWARD WINNERS
Honorable Mention
KNX Radio, Los Angeles, CA, Meritorious Service to a Localized Area.
KSTP Radio, St. Paul, MN, “America Calling.”
KVOS Radio, Bellingham, WA, for Promoting Better Understanding Between
Canada and the United States Through Its Armistice Day Program.
WBAP Radio, Ft. Worth, TX, Series of Prison Broadcasts.
WBNX Radio, New York, NY, Public Service to Foreign Language Groups in
New York.
WCAU Radio, Philadelphia, PA, “Wake up America,” Contribution to National
Defense.
WGEO Radio (short wave), Schenectady, NY, Service to the Byrd South Pole
Expedition.
WJJD Radio, Chicago, IL, Service to Education in Broadcasts to Schools.
WJZ Radio, New York, NY, “Town Meeting of the Air.”
WLS Radio, Chicago, IL, for Meritorious Service to Agriculture.
WOR Radio, New York, NY, “American Forum of the Air.”
WOW Radio, Omaha, NE, “The President’s Birthday Ball of 1940.”
WZXR Radio, New York, NY, High Standards of Musical Progress.
WRC & WMAL Radio, Washington, DC, “Mile of Dimes.”
WSB Radio, Atlanta, GA, Distinguished Public Service Contributions.
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CBS Radio, “The Man Behind the Gun,” Outstanding Entertainment in Drama.
CBS Radio, Charles Collingwood, for Outstanding Reporting of the News.
KOAC Radio, Corvalis, OR, “Our Hidden Enemy, Venereal Disease,”
Outstanding Public Service by a Local Station.
NBC Pacific Coast Network, “The Standard Symphony,” Outstanding
Entertainment in Music.
WCHS Radio, Charleston, WV, “The Home Front,” Outstanding Public Service
by a Regional Station.
WHA Radio, “Afield with Ranger Mac,” Outstanding Educational Program.
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1943
ABC Radio (The Blue Network) (First ABC Winner), “American Town Meeting,”
Outstanding Educational Program.
CBS Radio, “Lux Radio Theatre,” Outstanding Entertainment in Drama.
CBS Radio, “Let’s Pretend,” Outstanding Children’s Program.
CBS Radio, “An Open Letter to the American People,” Outstanding
Entertainment in Drama.
CBS Radio, Edward R. Murrow, Outstanding Reporting of the News.
Hope, Bob, a Personal Award.
KNX Radio, Los Angeles, CA, “These Are Americans,” Outstanding Community
Service by a Regional Station.
KSL Radio, Salt Lake City, UT, “Music and the Spoken Word,” Outstanding
Entertainment in Music.
KYA Radio, San Francisco, CA, “Calling Longshoremen,” Outstanding
Community Service by a Local Station.
Honorable Mention
NBC Radio, Outstanding Educational Program “Inter-American University of
the Air,” “The Lands of the Free.”
WSNJ Radio, Bridgeton, NJ, Outstanding Community Service by a Local
Station, “Junior Commandos.”
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1944
ABC Radio (The Blue Network), Raymond Gram Swing, for Outstanding News
Commentary.
Allen, Fred, CBS Radio, a Personal Award.
KFI Radio, Los Angeles, CA, “Philharmonic Young Artists Series,” Outstanding
Program for Youth.
Kirby, Col. Edward M., Chief Radio Branch, War Department, a Personal Award.
Mutual Broadcasting System, “Human Adventure,” Outstanding Educational
Program.
NBC Radio, “Cavalcade of America,” Outstanding Entertainment in Drama.
NBC Radio, “Telephone Hour,” Outstanding Entertainment in Music.
WIBX Radio, Utica, NY, “Cross-Rhoads,” Outstanding Public Service by a Local
Station.
WLW Radio, Cincinnati, OH, Outstanding Reporting of News.
WNYC Radio and Mayor Fiorello Laguardia, New York, NY, Outstanding
Public Service by a Local Station.
WTAG Radio, Worcester, MA, “Worcester and the World,” Outstanding Public
Service by a Regional Station.
Honorable Mention
KMOX Radio, St. Louis, MO, “St. Louis Speaks.”
KOIN Radio, Portland, OR, “Song of the Columbia.”
KVOO Radio, Tulsa, OK, “Southwest Forum.”
WFBL Radio, Syracuse, NY, “Syracuse on Trial.”
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1945
ABC Radio and George V. Denny, Jr., “America's Town Meeting of the Air,”
Outstanding Educational Program.
CBS Radio and Paul White, Outstanding Reporting of the News.
KFWB Radio, Hollywood, CA, “Toward a Better World,” Outstanding Regional
Public Service.
KOMA Radio, Oklahoma City, OK, “Save a Life,” Outstanding Local Public
Service.
KOWH Radio (now KCRO-AM), Omaha, NE, “We March with Faith,”
Outstanding Children’s Program.
Mutual Broadcasting System, Arch Oboler, for Outstanding Entertainment in
Drama.
NBC Radio, “The NBC Symphony of the Air,” for Outstanding Entertainment in
Music.
NBC Radio and Edgar Bergen, for Outstanding Entertainment in Drama.
WHAM Radio, Rochester, NY, and Dr. Howard Hanson, Eastman School of
Music, Outstanding Entertainment in Music.
Honorable Mention
KRNT Radio, Des Moines, IA, Outstanding Reporting of the News.
WHAS Radio, Louisville, KY, “Wake Up Kentucky.”
WOV Radio and Arnold Hartley, New York, NY, “Mr. Colombo Discovers
America.”
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1946
Honorable Mention
CBS Radio, “Invitation to Music.”
CBS Radio, “Suspense.”
Junior League of America, “Books Bring Adventure.”
Morgan, Henry, ABC Radio, Outstanding Entertainment in Drama.
Mutual Broadcasting System, “Meet the Press.”
Saudek, Robert and ABC Radio, Outstanding Educational Program – Radio
Adaptation of John Hersey’s “Hiroshima.”
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1947
Honorable Mention
CBS Radio, “Studio One.”
United National Network for Peace, “United Nations Today.”
WCCO Radio, Minneapolis, MN, Outstanding Public Service by a Regional
Station, “As the Twig is Bent.”
WQQW Radio, Washington, DC, “The Children’s Hour.”
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1948
Honorable Mention
Lowell Institute Cooperative Broadcasting, Outstanding Education Program.
Radio Stations of the Mountain and Plain States, for Rendering Highly Important
Service During the 1948 Blizzard.
Rocky Mountain Radio Council, Outstanding Education Program.
WNEW Radio, New York, NY, “Little Songs About U.N.”
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1949
Honorable Mention
ABC Radio, “The Greatest Story Ever Told.”
ABC Radio and Erwin Canham, “The Monitor Views the News.”
Ross, Harold W., Editor, and The New Yorker, for Their Successful Campaign in
Stopping Music and Commercial Announcements in Grand Central Station.
U.N. and American Broadcasters in General as Represented by the National
Association of Broadcasters for Broadcast Contributions to Better
International Understanding.
Webster, H.T., “Unseen Audience.”
WMAZ Radio, Macon, GA, Reporting and Interpretation of the News.
WTIC Radio, Hartford, CT, “Mind Your Manners.”
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1950
Honorable Mention
ABC, Its President, Robert E. Kintner, and his associates, Robert Saudek and
Joseph McDonald for Their Courageous Stand in Resisting Organized
Pressures and Their Reaffirmation of Basic American Principles.
CBS Radio, “Hear It Now.”
Mutual Broadcasting System and United Nations Radio, Contribution to
International Understanding “Pursuit of Peace.”
Providence Journal, Its Editor and Publisher, Sevellon Brown, and Ben Bagdikian,
Reporter for the Series of Articles Analyzing the Broadcasts of Top
Commentators.
WAAM-TV, Baltimore, MD, “The Johns Hopkins Science Review.”
WABF-FM, Ira Hirschmann, New York, NY, Entertainment (Music).
WFPL-FM Radio, Louisville, KY, Public Service by a Local Station.
WNYC Radio, New York, NY, Contribution to International Understanding for
United Nations Coverage.
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1954
Honorable Mention
ABC, Boris Goldovsky, Metropolitan Opera, for Radio Music.
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1955
Honorable Mention
CBS Television, “Omnibus.”
KFYO Radio, Lubbock, TX, Local Public Service.
KQED-TV, San Francisco, CA, Television Local Public Service.
NBC Television, “Assignment: India.”
WMT-TV, Cedar Rapids, IA, Television Local Public Service.
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1981
ABC News, “Viewpoint,” ”Nightline,” and “America Held Hostage: The Secret
Negotiations.”
ABC Television and T.A.T. Communications, “The Wave.”
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, “Carl Sandburg at Connemara.”
CBS Television and Alan Landsburg Productions, “Bill.”
Eighth Decade Consortium (KOMO-TV, Seattle, KSTP-TV, Minneapolis/St. Paul,
WCVB-TV, Boston, WJLA-TV, Washington, and WRAL-TV, Raleigh,
NC), “Fed Up with Fear.”
Home Box Office, New York, NY, and Ms. Magazine (First Cable Award), “She’s
Nobody’s Baby: The History of American Women in the 20th Century.”
KATU-TV, Portland, OR, Series of Significant Television Documentaries.
Kaye, Danny, New York, NY, for “An Evening with Danny Kaye and The New York
Philharmonic; Zubin Mehta, Music Director” and “Skokie.”
KJRH-TV, Tulsa, OK, “Project: China.”
KTEH-TV, San Jose, CA, “The Day After Trinity: J. Robert Oppenheimer and the
Atomic Bomb.”
Leonard, Bill, CBS Television, a Personal Award.
National Radio Theatre, Chicago, IL, “The Odyssey of Homer.”
NBC Television and MTM Enterprises, “Hill Street Blues.”
Nebraska Educational Television Network and The Great Amwell Company, “The
Private History of a Campaign That Failed.”
Societe Radio-Canada, Montreal, Canada, “Klimbo: Le Lion Et La Souris” (The
Lion and the Mouse).
Thirteen/WNET, New York, NY, and Public Broadcasting Service, “Dance in
America: Nureyev and The Joffrey Ballet/In Tribute to Nijinsky.”
Todd, Timothy and Susan, Middlebury, VT, “The Todd’s Teddy Bears Picnic.”
WDVM-TV, John Goldsmith, Washington, DC, “Now That We’ve Got Your
Interest.”
WGBH-TV, Boston, MA, and Granada TV, London, “The Red Army.”
WJR Radio, Detroit, MI, “Newsfile: A Bankrupt Court.”
WLS-TV, Chicago, IL, “Eyewitness News.”
WQDR-FM, Raleigh, NC, “Our Forgotten Warriors: Vietnam Veterans Face the
Challenges of the ‘80s.”
WSMV-TV, Nashville, TN, Series of Significant Television Documentaries.
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1982
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1983
ABC Television and Dick Clark Productions, “The Woman Who Willed a Miracle.”
Cable News Network (CNN), Atlanta, GA, for Significant News and Information
Programming.
CBS Entertainment and Mendelson-Melendez Productions, “What Have We
Learned, Charlie Brown.”
CBS Entertainment and Smith-Hemion Productions, “Romeo and Juliet on Ice.”
CBS News, “The Plane That Fell From the Sky.”
CBS News, “60 Minutes: Lenell Geter’s in Jail.”
KCTS, Seattle, WA, “Diagnosis: AIDS.”
KMOX Radio, St. Louis, MO, “Times Beach: Born 1925, Died 1983.”
KRON-TV, San Francisco, CA, “Climate of Death.”
Looker, Thomas, Montague, ME, “New England Almanac: Portraits in Sound of
New England Life and Landscape.”
McGannon, Don (Group W, Westinghouse Broadcasting Corp.), a Personal
Award.
NBC Television and Chrysalis-Yellen Productions, “Prisoner Without a Name, Cell
Without a Number.”
NBC Television and Edgar J. Scherick Associates, “He Makes Me Feel Like
Dancin’.”
NBC Television and Motown Productions, “Motown 25: Yesterday, Today,
Forever.”
South Carolina Educational Radio Network, Columbia, SC, Marian McPartland’s
“Piano Jazz.”
Sunbow Productions, New York, NY, “The Great Space Coaster.”
The Grand Ole Opry, Nashville, TN, an Institutional Award.
WBBM-TV, Chicago, IL, “Studebaker: Less Than They Promised.”
WBRZ-TV, Baton Rouge, LA, “Give Me That Bigtime Religion.”
WCCO Radio, Minneapolis, MN, “Debbie Pielow: Waiting for a Heart That Never
Came.”
WCCO-TV, Minneapolis, MN, “I-Team: Ambulances.”
WGBH-TV, Boston, MA, “Nova: The Miracle of Life.”
WGBH-TV, Boston, MA, Central Independent Television, London, and Antenne-2,
Paris, “Vietnam: A Television History.”
WMAL Radio, Washington, DC, “The Jeffersonian World of Dumas Malone.”
WNBC-TV, New York, NY, “Asylum in the Streets.”
WRAL Radio, Raleigh, NC, “Victims.”
WTBS-TV, Atlanta, GA, “Portrait of America.”
WTTW-TV, Chicago, IL, “The Merry Widow.”
WTTW-TV, Chicago, IL, and the BBC, London, “The Making of a Continent.”
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1988
ABC Television and The Bedford Falls Company, in association with MGM/UA
Television, “thirtysomething.”
Annenberg, Ambassador Walter, Sunnyvale, CA, a Personal Award.
BBC, London, and Thirteen/WNET, New York, NY, “The Singing Detective.”
BBC Radio (World Service for Africa), London, UK, “Nothing Political/Mandela at
70.”
CBS Entertainment and Telecom Entertainment, in association with Yorkshire
Television, “The Attic: The Hiding of Anne Frank.”
CBS News, “Mr. Snow Goes to Washington” as a part of “60 Minutes.”
CBS News, “Abortion Battle” and “On Runaway Street” as a part of “48 Hours.”
Children’s Television Workshop, New York, NY, “3-2-1 Contact Extra: I Have
AIDS, A Teenager’s Story.”
Christian Science Monitor Reports, New York, NY, “Islam in Turmoil.”
Frontline, Boston, MA, and Time, Inc., New York, NY, “Frontline: The Choice.”
Hewitt, Don, CBS Television, a Personal Award.
Home Box Office, “Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam.”
Home Box Office and Pro Image Productions, Sydney, Australia, “Suzi’s Story.”
KCBS-TV, Los Angeles, CA, “MCA and the Mob.”
KMOX Radio, St. Louis, MO, “Hate Crimes: America's Cancer.”
KTAR Radio, Phoenix, AZ, “Impeachment of Evan Mecham.”
MacNeil/Lehrer Productions, New York, NY, for The MacNeil/Lehrer NewsHour
Election ’88 Coverage.
McKay, Jim, ABC Sports, a Personal Award.
National Public Radio, Washington, DC, “Cowboys on Everest.”
NBC Television, “The Murder of Mary Phagan.”
Public Affairs Television, Inc., New York, NY, “Bill Moyers’ World of Ideas.”
South Carolina ETV Network, Columbia, SC, and The Mosaic Group, Inc., New
York, NY, “Children’s Express Newsmagazine: Campaign ’88.”
Turner Network Television, Atlanta, GA, “The Making of a Legend: Gone with the
Wind.”
WBRZ-TV, Baton Rouge, LA, “The Best Insurance Commissioner Money Can Buy.”
WBUR-FM, Boston, MA, “Speaking for Everyman: Ian McKellen Celebrates
Shakespeare’s Birthday.”
WHAS Radio News, Louisville, KY, “A Matter of Time: The Crisis in Kentucky
Corrections.”
WJLA-TV, Washington, DC, for The Radon Watch Campaign.
WPLG-TV, Miami, FL, “Caution: Precious Cargo.”
WTTW-TV, Chicago, IL, and Chloe Productions, Inc., “…and the Pursuit of
Happiness.”
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1989
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1990
ABC News and Koppel Communications, New York, NY, “The Koppel Report: Death
of a Dictator.”
ABC News/TIME, New York, NY, “Peter Jennings Reporting: Guns.”
“American Playhouse” Series, New York, NY.
Barber, Red, a Personal Award.
Blackside, Inc., Boston, MA, “Eyes on the Prize II: America at the Racial Crossroads
(1965-1985).”
Cable News Network, Atlanta, GA, for Its Coverage of the Persian Gulf War.
CBS Music Video Enterprises and American Masters, in Association with Perry Films,
“John Hammond: From Bessie Smith to Bruce Springsteen.”
Connecticut Public Radio, New Haven, CT, “The Schubert Theatre: 75 Years of
Memories.”
FASE Productions (Foundation for Advancements in Science and Education), Los
Angeles, CA, “Futures.”
Fine, Paul and Holly, a Personal Award.
Florentine Films and WETA-TV, Washington, DC, “The Civil War.”
John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, Chicago, IL, a Personal Award.
KCTS-TV, Seattle, WA, and MacNeil/Lehrer NewsHour, New York, NY,
“Backhauling.”
KPTV News, Portland, OR, “Mount St. Helens: A Decade Later.”
Lynch/Frost Productions, in association with Propaganda Films and Worldvisions
Enterprises, Inc., “Twin Peaks,” for the Premiere Episode.
McDougald, Worth, on the Occasion of His Retirement for Over Two Decades in
Service to the Peabody Awards as Director.
Mouchette Films/P.O.V., “P.O.V.: Days of Waiting.”
Murray Street Enterprise, in association with KQED-FM, and distributed by NPR, New
York, NY, “Heat with John Hockenberry.”
National Public Radio, Washington, DC, for “Manicu’s Story: The War in
Mozambique.”
NBC Television, New York, NY, “Saturday Night Live.”
The Southern Center for International Studies, Atlanta, GA.
Think Entertainment as Presented on the Disney Channel, “Mother Goose Rock ‘n’
Rhyme.”
Vermont Folklife Center, Middlebury, VT, “Journey’s End: The Memories and
Traditions of Daisy Turner and Family.”
Wiseman, Frederick, a Personal Award.
WKYC-TV, Cleveland, OH, “Dick Feagler Commentaries.”
WXPN-FM, Philadelphia, PA, “Kid’s Corner.”
Young Visions, Inc., Los Angeles, CA, and The Rotary Club of Los Altos, “Rotary and
AIDS: The Los Altos Story.”
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1991
ABC News (New York) and NHK (Japan), “Pearl Harbor: Two Hours that Changed
the World.”
Armed Forces Radio and Television Service (AFRTS), Mission, TX, on the Occasion
of Its 50th Anniversary.
Brand-Falsey Productions, Los Angeles, CA, “I’ll Fly Away,” NBC, and ”Northern
Exposure,” CBS.
Cable News Network, Atlanta, GA, for Its Coverage of the Soviet Coup.
Caedmon Audio (a division of HarperAudio, HarperCollins), New York, NY, for a
Distinguished and Unmatched Record of Preserving Our Rich Oral
Tradition in Poetry, Drama, and Spoken-word Performance.
CBS News, New York, NY, “60 Minutes: Friendly Fire.”
CBS Sports, New York, NY, “The Masters.”
CBS, New York, NY, and Shukovsky/English Productions, in association with
Warner Bros., Burbank, CA, “Murphy Brown.”
Central Independent Television, Nottingham, UK, Presented on WETA-TV
(Washington, DC), Public Broadcasting System Version, “Soviets: Red Hot.”
Charren, Peggy, a Personal Award.
The Discovery Channel, Bethesda, MD, “People of the Forest: The Chimps of
Gombe.”
Home Box Office, New York, NY, “America Undercover: Heil Hitler! Confessions
of a Hitler Youth.”
Home Box Office, New York, NY, and Black Canyon Productions, “When it Was a
Game.”
KARK-TV, Little Rock, AR, and the Arkansas Department of Health, “Arkansas’
Timebomb: Teen Pregnancy.”
KCRW, Santa Monica, CA, “Joe Frank: Work in Progress.”
KSTP-TV, St. Paul, MN, “Who’s Watching the Store?”
KTLA-TV, Los Angeles, CA, “Rodney King: Videotaped Beating.”
Lucky Duck Productions for MTV Networks, New York, NY, “Nickelodeon Special
Edition: It’s Only Television.”
National Public Radio, New York, NY, Presented on “NPR’s Horizons,” “The Case
Against Women: Sexism in the Courts.”
National Public Radio, Washington, DC, “The Coverage of the Judge Clarence
Thomas Confirmation.”
NBC News, New York, NY, “Brian Ross Reports on B.C.C.I.”
NBC Productions, Inc., New York, NY, Carson Productions, Burbank, CA, and
Worldwide Pants, New York, NY, “Late Night with David Letterman.”
Thirteen/WNET, New York, NY, “Dance in America: Everybody Dance Now.”
Turner Multimedia, Atlanta, GA, “Coup D’Etat: The Week that Changed the
World.”
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WNCN-FM, New York, NY, “New York City Musicbox.”
WRAL-TV, Raleigh, NC, “WRAL Environmental Reporting.”
Zouk Productions, Philadelphia, PA, “The Miles Davis Radio Report.”
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WGBH-TV, Boston, MA, “The Health Quarterly: The AIDS Report Series.”
WGBH-TV, Boston, MA, the British Broadcasting Company, London, UK, and NDR,
Hamburg, Germany, “The Machine That Changed the World.”
WQED-TV, Pittsburgh, PA, and WGBH-TV, Boston, MA, “Where in the World is
Carmen Sandiego?”
WTVJ-TV, Miami, FL, “Hurricane Andrew: As It Happened.”
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WGBH-TV, Boston, MA, and the Lennon Documentary Group for “The American
Experience: The Battle of the Bulge.”
WGBH-TV, Boston, MA, and ROJA, Inc., for “The American Experience: Malcolm
X: Make It Plain.”
WRKS-FM, New York, NY, “The Rise and Fall of Vee-Jay.”
WTLV-TV, Jacksonville, FL, “Buddy Check 12.”
WVXU-FM, Cincinnati, OH, “D-Day + 50 Years.”
WXXI-FM, Rochester, NY, “Fascinatin’ Rhythm.”
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1995
Aardman Animations, in association with Wallace & Gromit Ltd., BBC Children’s
International, BBC Bristol, and BBC Lionheart, “Wallace and Gromit.”
ABC News 20/20, New York, NY, “The Journey of Christopher Reeve.”
ABC News 20/20, New York, NY, “Truth on Trial.”
ABC News, New York, NY, “Peter Jennings Reporting: Hiroshima – Why the Bomb
was Dropped.”
Brand, Oscar, a Personal Award.
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, “Kevin’s
Sentence.”
CBS, Craig Anderson Productions, Inc., in association with Hallmark Hall of Fame
Productions, Inc., “August Wilson’s ‘The Piano Lesson’.”
CBS News, New York, NY, for Coverage of the Assassination of Yitzhak Rabin.
CBS News, New York, NY, “CBS Reports: In the Killing Fields of America.”
DeepFocus Productions, Los Angeles, CA, presented on PBS, “Coming Out Under
Fire.”
Discovery Channel, Bethesda, MD, Brian Lapping Associates for BBC London,
England, “Yugoslavia: Death of a Nation.”
Frontline/WGBH-TV, Boston, MA, “Frontline: Waco – The Inside Story.”
HBO Pictures Presentation of a Price Entertainment Production, Home Box Office,
New York, NY, “The Tuskegee Airmen.”
Kartemquin Educational Films and KTCA-TV, St. Paul, MN, presented on PBS,
“Hoop Dreams.”
KFOR-TV, KOCO-TV, and KWTV-TV, Oklahoma City, OK, for Coverage of the
Murrah Building Bombing.
Lauderdale Production for Channel 4, London, UK, and Cinemax, New York, NY,
“The Dying Rooms.”
Les Productions Tele-Action, Inc., in association with the National Film Board of
Canada, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, and Telefilm Canada,
presented on the Arts & Entertainment Television Network, New York, NY,
“The Boys of St. Vincent.”
Minnesota Public Radio, St. Paul, MN, “St. Paul Sunday.”
National Public Radio, Washington, DC, and Sony Classical Film and Video for
PBS, “Wynton Marsalis: Making the Music/Marsalis on Music.”
NBC, Baltimore Pictures, Reeves Entertainment SL/TMF Productions, in association
with NBC Productions, “Homicide: Life on the Street.”
NBC, Barwood Films Ltd., Story Line Productions, Inc., and Trillium Productions,
Inc., in association with TriStar Television, “Serving in Silence: The
Margarethe Cammermeyer Story.”
P.O.V./Deborah Hoffman, New York, NY, presented on PBS, “Complaints of a
Dutiful Daughter.”
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Public Policy Productions, Inc., in association with Thirteen/WNET, New York, NY,
presented on PBS, “Road Scholar.”
Television Broadcasts Ltd., Kowloon, Hong Kong, “50 Years After the War.”
The Producer’s Films for Channel 4, London, UK, “The Politician’s Wife.”
Turner Original Productions and BBC Natural History, London, UK, “The Private
Life of Plants.”
Turner Original Productions, Tollin/Robbins, and Mundy Lane, in association with
Television Production Partners, “Hank Aaron: Chasing the Dream.”
WCBS-TV, New York, NY, “New York City School Corruption.”
WFAA-TV, Dallas, TX, “The Peavy Investigation.”
WGBH-TV, Boston, MA, and BBC, Bristol, UK, “Rock & Roll.”
Winfrey, Oprah, a Personal Award.
WJR Radio, Detroit, MI, “Blind Justice: Who Killed Janie Fray?”
WXYZ-TV, Detroit, MI, “Target Seven: Armed and Angry.”
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Telling Pictures, Home Box Office, Channel 4, London, UK, and ZDF-Arté
(Germany/France), “The Celluloid Closet.”
The American Experience and Lennon Documentary Group/WGBH-TV, Boston,
MA, “The American Experience: The Battle Over Citizen Kane.”
Turner Entertainment Group, Atlanta, GA, and Steven Spielberg, in association
with Survivors of the Shoah Visual History Foundation, “Survivors of the
Holocaust.”
WBEZ-FM, Chicago, IL, “This American Life.”
WCCO-TV, Minneapolis, MN, “One to One: Mentoring.”
WCVB-TV, Boston, MA, “Who’s Guarding the Guardians?”
WNBC-TV, New York, NY, “Passport to Kill.”
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1997
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The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer, “Richard Rodriquez Essays.”
Thirteen/WNET, New York, NY, “City Arts.”
TNT, a Mark Carliner Production, “George Wallace.”
Turner, R.E. (Ted), a Personal Award.
WGBH-TV, Boston, MA, “The American Experience: The Presidents.”
WGBH-TV, Boston, MA, “The American Experience: Troublesome Creek – A
Midwestern.”
WGBH-TV, Boston, MA, and BBC, London, UK, “Mobil Masterpiece Theatre: The
Tenant of Wildfell Hall.”
WRAL-TV, Raleigh, NC, “Military Medicine.”
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1998
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Showtime Networks, Inc., Pacific Motion Pictures, and Egg Pictures, “The Baby
Dance.”
Thirteen/WNET, New York, NY, Florentine Films, and Sherman Pictures,
presented on PBS, “American Masters: Alexander Calder.”
TVC and Channel 4, London, UK, “The Bear.”
Venza, Jac, a Personal Award.
WANE-TV, Ft. Wayne, IN, “Christopher.”
WGBH/Frontline, Washington Media Associates, and Public Affairs Television,
presented on PBS, “Frontline: Washington’s Other Scandal.”
WGBH-TV, Boston, MA, presented on PBS, “Africans in America: America's
Journey Through Slavery.”
WHAS Radio, Louisville, KY, “Sisterhood of Hope.”
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Nevins, Sheila, Home Box Office, a Personal Award.
Public Affairs Television, presented on PBS by Thirteen/WNET, New York, NY,
“Facing the Truth with Bill Moyers.”
Riverside Films, New York, NY, presented on PBS, “Arguing the World.”
Showtime and Haft Entertainment, “Strange Justice.”
Smithsonian Productions, produced by Ostroushko Productions, presented on
Public Radio International, Minneapolis, MN, “The Mississippi: River of
Song.”
Thirteen/WNET, New York, NY, “City Life.”
TWI/Carlton co-production for ITV, London, UK, and The History Channel, New
York, NY, “The Second World War in Colour (History Alive: World War II in
Color).”
VH1 Public Affairs and MTV Networks, New York, NY, “VH1 Save the Music
Campaign.”
WAGA-TV, Atlanta, GA, “Singled Out.”
Wall to Wall Television Ltd., BBC, and Carlton Television, presented on PBS by
WGBH-TV, Boston, MA, “ExxonMobil Masterpiece Theatre: A Rather English
Marriage.”
WCPO-TV, Cincinnati, OH, “Stadium Investigation.”
Yorkshire Television Production, presented on PBS by WGBH-TV, Boston, MA,
“ExxonMobil Masterpiece Theatre: Lost for Words.”
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2000
A & E Network, New York, NY, and Columbia TriStar Television Productions, in
association with Chris/Rose Productions, Inc., “The Crossing.”
BBC America and WGBH-TV, Boston, MA, presented on PBS, “ExxonMobil
Masterpiece Theatre: David Copperfield.”
BBC Discovery Channel, TV Asahi co-production, in association with ProSieben
and France3, “Walking with Dinosaurs.”
Blown Deadline Productions, Knee Deep Productions, and Home Box Office, Los
Angeles, CA, “The Corner.”
CBS News, New York, NY, “48 Hours: Heroes Under Fire.”
CBS News, New York, NY, “60 Minutes II: Death by Denial.”
CNN Productions, Atlanta, GA, Insight Television, and Channel 4 International,
London, UK, “CNN Perspectives: Cry Freetown.”
Couric, Katie, and NBC News, New York, NY, “Katie Couric: Confronting Colon
Cancer, a Personal Award.
David Grubin Productions, Inc. and Devillier Donegan Enterprises, presented on
PBS, “Napoleon.”
FOX, Satin City, and Regency Television, “Malcolm in the Middle.”
Haag, H. Martin “Marty,” a Personal Award.
Heartlove Productions, Inc., Lovett Productions, Inc., and Home Box Office,
“Cancer: Evolution to Revolution.”
Home Box Office, Los Angeles, CA, Whiteford-Hadary, University of Maryland,
and Tapestry International, “King Gimp.”
Home Box Office, New York, NY, Chase Films, and Brad Grey Television, “The
Sopranos.”
Home Box Office Sports, “Ali-Frazier 1: One Nation…Divisible.”
Idaho Public Television, Boise, ID, and Idaho Department of Health and Welfare,
“Hearts and Minds: Teens and Mental Illness.”
KBS Chong-Ju, Seoul, Korea, “An Eighty-Four Year Old Youngful Man Lives in the
Cabin.”
KHOU-TV, Houston, TX, “Treading on Danger?”
Learning Matters, Inc. and The Merrow Report, presented on PBS, “School Sleuth:
The Case of an Excellent School.”
Mad Cow Productions, Inc., in association with Comedy Central, New York, NY,
“The Daily Show with Jon Stewart: Indecision 2000.”
Marketplace Productions/Minnesota Public Radio, in association with the
University of Southern California, presented on Public Radio International,
“Marketplace.”
National Public Radio, Washington, DC, “The NPR 100.”
NBC, John Wells Productions, in association with Warner Bros. Television, “The
West Wing.”
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NBC News, New York, NY, “Dateline NBC: The Paper Chase.”
P.O.V./American Documentary, Inc., National Asian American
Telecommunications Association, and Sun Fountain Productions, “Regret to
Inform.”
Robert Greenwald Productions, Inc., distributed by Pearson Television
International, presented on CBS, “Sharing the Secret.”
Sound Portraits Productions, New York, NY, presented on National Public Radio,
“Witness to an Execution.”
Tiger Aspect Production for NVC Arts and Channel 4, London, UK, “Howard
Goodall’s Big Bangs.”
True Vision Productions Ltd. for Channel 4 Television, London, UK, in association
with Home Box Office, “Slavery.”
Wall to Wall Television Production for Channel 4, London, UK, in association with
Thirteen/WNET, New York, NY, presented on PBS, “1900 House.”
WGBH-TV, Boston, MA, and Cinar Corporation, presented on PBS, “Arthur.”
WGBH-TV Science Unit and Production Group, Inc. co-production, presented on
PBS, “Building Big.”
WGBH/Frontline co-production with Rain Media, Inc., and Cam Bay Productions,
presented on PBS, “Frontline: Drug Wars.”
WJXT-TV, Jacksonville, FL, “Behind Closed Doors.”
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2001
40 Acres and A Mule Filmworks, Luna Ray Films, Black Starz!, KQED, PBS and
Black Heritage Network, “A Huey P. Newton Story.”
ABC News, New York, NY, “ABC News Coverage of September 11, 2001.”
ABC News, New York, NY, “Nightline,” an Institutional Award.
Avenue Pictures, in association with HBO Films, “Wit.”
Band of Brothers Ltd., on behalf of DreamWorks and Playtone, presented on
HBO, “Band of Brothers.”
Brook Lapping Productions for BBC2, in association with WGBH/Boston, RTE
(Ireland), La Sept ARTE (France and Germany), SBS (Australia), and YLE
(Finland), “Endgame in Ireland.”
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, “A Murder in the
Neighbourhood.”
Carlton Production, in association with The Learning Channel, for Channel 4
Television, London, UK, “Hell in the Pacific.”
CBS News, New York, NY, “60 Minutes II: Memories of a Massacre.”
Ciesla Foundation and Cinemax, “The Life and Times of Hank Greenberg.”
Hardcash Productions, Channel 4, London, UK, and CNN Productions, Atlanta,
GA, “CNN Presents: ‘Beneath the Veil’ and ‘Unholy War’.”
HBO Films, produced in association with the British Broadcasting Corporation,
London, UK, “Conspiracy.”
Independent Television Service (ITVS), Paul & Sandra Fierlinger, and AR&T
Associates, Inc., “Still Life with Animated Dogs.”
John Wells Productions, in association with Warner Bros. Television, presented on
NBC, “Third Watch: In Their Own Words.”
National Film Board of Canada, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, “My Father’s
Camera.”
National Public Radio, Washington, DC, “Jazz Profiles.”
National Public Radio, Washington, DC, “National Public Radio Coverage of
September 11, 2001.”
Nickelodeon, New York, NY, “Blue’s Clues.”
Nickelodeon, New York, NY, “Little Bill.”
Norman Twain Productions, with Shelby Stone Productions, in association with
HBO films, “Boycott.”
Peter Rosen Productions, Inc., KERA-TV, Dallas/Ft. Worth, TX, and the Van Cliburn
Foundation, presented on PBS, “The Cliburn: Playing on the Edge.”
Showtime, An Echo Lake Productions/Sidekick Entertainment Productions, “Things
Behind the Sun.”
Slow Motion Ltd. production for the BBC, London, UK, presented on PBS by
WGBH/Boston, “ExxonMobil Masterpiece Theatre: Talking Heads II – Miss
Fozzard Finds Her Feet.”
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SoundVision Productions, presented on National Public Radio, Washington, DC,
“The DNA Files.”
Survival Anglia Ltd., UK, “Mzima – Haunt of the Riverhorse.”
Teachers Documentary Project, presented on PBS, “The First Year.”
Television Broadcasts Limited, Hong Kong, SAR, People’s Republic of China,
“WTO Challenge.”
Tenth Planet Productions and the U.S. Broadcast and Cable Networks, “America:
A Tribute to Heroes.”
Thirteen/WNET, New York, NY, presented on PBS, “American Masters: F. Scott
Fitzgerald: Winter Dreams.”
Touchstone Television, presented on ABC, “Anne Frank.”
WCPO-TV, Cincinnati, OH, “Visions of Vine Street.”
WGBH, Boston, MA, an Institutional Award.
Wilmore Films, Regency Television, and 20th Century Fox Television, “The Bernie
Mac Show.”
Youth Radio, Berkeley, CA, an Institutional Award.
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Showtime Networks Inc., in association with Viacom Productions Inc., and A
Jersey Guys Production, “Bang Bang You’re Dead.”
Sound Portraits Productions, presented on National Public Radio, “Yiddish Radio
Project.”
Talkback Productions for BBC America via BBC Films and Single Drama, “Almost
Strangers.”
Thirteen/WNET, New York, NY, presented on PBS, “EGG the Arts Show.”
Turner Network Television, Rosemont Productions International Ltd., Angel Brown
Productions, in association with Spirit Dance Productions, “Door to Door.”
WBEZ-FM, Chicago Public Radio, “Stories of Home.”
WFAA-TV, Dallas, Texas, “Fake Drugs, Real Lives.”
WISN-TV, Milwaukee, WI, “Sounding the Alarm.”
York Zimmerman Inc., in association with WETA-TV, Washington, D.C., presented
on PBS, “Bringing Down a Dictator.”
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2003
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A TV2 Denmark Production, Cinemax, HBO, BBC, presented on Cinemax, “To Live
is Better Than to Die.”
The University of Memphis, presented on Arkansas Educational Television
Network, and WKNO-TV, Memphis, Tennessee, “Hoxie: The First Stand.”
Viacom and The Kaiser Family Foundation, MTV: Music Television, Noggin/The N,
Dancing Toad Productions, “Know HIV/AIDS and Fight For Your Rights:
Protect Yourself Campaigns.”
Viacom International, Inc., produced in association with Mango Network,
Nickelodeon, and MTV, presented on Nickelodeon, “Dora the Explorer.”
WCNC-TV, Charlotte, North Carolina, “Medicaid Dental Centers Investigation.”
WESH-TV, Central Florida, and the Orlando Sentinel, “Building Homes: Building
Problems.”
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2004
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WNYC Radio, Public Radio International, New York, “PRI’s Studio 360 American
Icons: Moby Dick.”
WTVF-TV, Nashville, Tennessee, “Newschannel 5 Investigates: Friends in High
Places.”
Zazen Productions, in association with Cinemax Reel Life, “Bus 174.”
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R&D TV, in association with NBC Universal Television Studios, presented on SCI FI
Channel, “Battlestar Galactica.”
Red House Entertainment Production for Showtime Original Pictures, presented
on Showtime, “Edge of America.”
Robert Kenner Films, WGBH Educational Foundation, Wisconsin Public Television,
Playtone, and BBC, presented on PBS, “American Experience: Two Days in
October.”
Thirteen/WNET New York, Grey Water Park Productions, Spitfire Pictures,
Cappa/DeFina Productions, in co-production with Vulcan Productions,
BBC/Arena, and NHK, presented on PBS, “American Masters – No
Direction Home: Bob Dylan.”
TVE, Madrid, Spain, “China: A Million Steps Ahead.”
WLOX-TV, Biloxi, Mississippi, Coverage of Hurricane Katrina.
WNYC Radio, New York, “Radio Rookies Project.”
WWL-TV, New Orleans, Coverage of Hurricane Katrina.
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2006
ABC World News Tonight, ABC News Nightline, ABC News.com, presented on
ABC, “The Blotter,” “ABC News/Brian Ross Investigates: ‘Conduct
Unbecoming.’”
Apartment 11 Productions, CBC Newsworld, Canadian Television Fund, RDI,
Knowledge Network, presented on CBC, “Braindamadj’d…Take II.”
BBC, BBC America, Talkback, presented on BBC America, “Gideon’s Daughter.”
BBC, National Geographic, BBC Worldwide, presented on BBC Two, “Galapagos:
Born of Fire.”
Be Square Productions Inc., presented on the Food Network, “Good Eats.”
CBS News 60 Minutes, presented on CBS, “60 Minutes: ‘The Duke Rape Case.’”
Charlotte Street Films LTD, CBC TV (Canada), BBC TV (United Kingdom), ARTE
GEIE TV (France/Germany), TV2 TV (Denmark), YLE TV2 TV (Finland), WDR
TV (Germany), VRT TV (Belgium), SVT TV (Sweden), VPRO TV (Netherlands),
NRK TV (Norway), ETV TV (Estonia), European Union Media Plus Program,
TVE (Spain), presented on CBC, “Why We Fight.”
Chocolate Moose Media Inc., Quintet Productions, internationally distributed,
“The Three Amigos HIV/AIDS Prevention Programme.”
Company Pictures and Channel 4 in association with HBO Films, presented on
HBO, “Elizabeth I.”
Dateline NBC, presented on NBC, “Dateline NBC: ‘The Education of Ms.
Groves.’”
HBO Documentary Films in association with 40 Acres & a Mule Filmworks,
presented on HBO, “When the Levees Broke: A Requiem in Four Acts.”
HBO Documentary Films in association with Feury/Grant Productions and
Downtown Community Television Center, presented on HBO, “Baghdad
ER.”
HBO Family, presented on HBO, “The Music in Me.”
HBO Sports, presented on HBO, “Billie Jean King: Portrait of a Pioneer.”
HearingVoices.com, presented on KUNM-FM and syndicated, “Crossing Borders.”
KMOV-TV, St. Louis, Mo., “Left Behind: The Failure of East St. Louis Schools.”
Listen Up! Youth Media Network (New York, N.Y.) with Polimorfo (Bogota,
Columbia), iEarn Sierra Leone (Freetown, Sierra Leone), Evanston
Township High School (Evanston, Ill.), La Camioneta (Guatemala City,
Guatemala), Sawtona (Amman, Jordan), Frame By Frame Fierce (New
York, N.Y.), Light House (Charlottesville, Va.), Spy Hop Productions (Salt
Lake City, Utah), Our Voice (Kiev, Ukraine), presented on Independent Film
Channel and IFCTV.ORG, “Beyond Borders: Personal Stories From a Small
Planet.”
Magic Lantern Productions, Channel 4, presented on channel4.com/fourdocs,
“four docs.”
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MediaRites Productions, presented on Public Radio International, “Crossing East:
Our History, Our Stories, Our America.”
mun2, presented on mun2, “For My Country? Latinos in the Military.”
National Public Radio, Washington, D.C., presented on NPR, “Mental Anguish
and the Military.”
NBC Universal Television Studio in association with Imagine Entertainment and
Film 44, presented on NBC, “Friday Night Lights.”
PJ Productions for ABC News, presented on ABC, “Out of Control: AIDS in Black
America.”
Rebel Base, Sony Pictures Television, presented on Cartoon Network, “The
Boondocks: ‘The Return of the King.’”
Reveille Studios in association with NBC Universal Television Studios, presented
on NBC, “The Office.”
Showtime, Mandalay Television, presented on Showtime, “Brotherhood.”
Steeplechase Films, Inc., High Line Productions, Daniel Wolf, Inc., Thirteen/WNET,
presented on PBS, “American Masters: Andy Warhol: A Documentary Film.”
StoryCorps, presented on National Public Radio, “StoryCorps.”
Touchstone Television, presented on ABC, “Ugly Betty.”
Touchstone Television, presented on NBC, “Scrubs.”
washingtonpost.com, The Washington Post, presented on washingtonpost.com,
“Being a Black Man.”
WBEZ Chicago Public Radio, presented on WBEZ-FM and syndicated, “This
American Life: ‘Habeas Schmabeas.’”
WISH-TV, Indianapolis, Ind., “Command Mistake.”
WTHR-TV, Indianapolis, Ind., “Prescription Privacy/Cause for Alarm.”
WTNH-TV, New Haven, Conn., “Defective Parts on Black Hawk Helicopters.”
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2007
ABC News, presented on ABC, “Bob Woodruff Reporting: Wounds of War – The
Long Road Home for Our Nation’s Veterans.”
AMC, Lionsgate Television, presented on AMC, “Mad Men.”
American Public Media, presented on public radio stations nationwide, “Speaking
of Faith: The Ecstatic Faith of Rumi.”
American Public Media, San Francisco Symphony, presented on public radio
stations nationwide, “The MTT Files.”
Art 21, Inc., presented on PBS, “Art:21 – Art in the Twenty-First Century.”
Balkan News Corporation-bTV, Sofia, Bulgaria, “A Journey Across Afghanistan:
Opium and Roses.”
BBC World News America, BBC America, BBC World, presented on BBC America,
“White Horse Village.”
Bravo, The Weinstein Company, The Magical Elves, Full Picture, presented on
Bravo, “Project Runway.”
CBS News, New York, “CBS News Sunday Morning: The Way Home.”
CBS News 60 Minutes, presented on CBS, “CBS News 60 Minutes: The Killings in
Haditha.”
CNN, Atlanta, Ga., “CNN Presents: God’s Warriors.”
Craft in America, Inc., presented on PBS, “Craft in America.”
Discovery Channel, BBC, presented on Discovery Channel, “Planet Earth.”
FRONTLINE, Kirk Documentary Group, Ltd., WGBH-Boston, presented on PBS,
“FRONTLINE: Cheney’s Law.”
HBO Documentary Films in association with Priddy Brothers and EJH Productions,
presented on HBO, “To Die in Jerusalem.”
Hello Doggie Inc., Busboy Productions, Spartina Productions, presented on
Comedy Central, “The Colbert Report.”
Jigsaw Pictures, Tall Woods, Wider Film, ZDF/ARTE, presented on ZDF/ARTE, “Taxi
to the Dark Side.”
KNXV-TV, Phoenix, Ariz., “Security Risks at Sky Harbor.”
mtvU, presented on mtvU, “Half of Us.”
National Public Radio, Chicago Public Radio, Urgent Haircut Productions,
presented on National Public Radio, “Wait Wait…Don’t Tell Me!.”
NOVA/WGBH Educational Foundation, Vulcan Productions Inc., The Big Table
Film Company, presented on PBS, “NOVA: Judgment Day-Intelligent
Design on Trial.”
Partisan Pictures Inc., Thirteen/WNET New York, presented on PBS, “NATURE:
Silence of the Bees.”
Public Road Productions, Wieden and Kennedy, presented on Sundance Channel,
“Nimrod Nation.”
Robert Levi Films, Independent Television Service (ITVS), Washington Square
Films, presented on PBS, “Independent Lens: Billy Strayhorn – Lush Life.”
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Showtime, John Goldwyn Productions, The Colleton Company, Clyde Phillips
Productions, presented on Showtime, “Dexter.”
Texas Heritage Music Foundation, presented on Public Radio International,
“Whole Lotta Shakin’.”
The Center for Emerging Media, presented on WYPR-FM, “Just Words.”
Universal Media Studios in association with Broadway Video Television and Little
Stranger, Inc., presented on NBC, “30 Rock.”
Univision Communications, presented on Univision, “Ya Es Hora.”
Vixen Films and Independent Television Service (ITVS), presented on PBS,
“Independent Lens: Sisters in Law.”
WFAA-TV, Dallas, Tex., “Money for Nothing;” “The Buried and the Dead;”
“Television Justice;” “Kinder Prison.”
WGBH Educational Foundation, presented on PBS, “Design Squad.”
WNYC Radio, New York, presented on WNYC Radio, “The Brian Lehrer Show.”
WSLS-TV, Roanoke, Va., “Virginia Tech Shootings: The First 48 Hours.”
WTAE-TV, Pittsburgh, Pa., “Fight for Open Records.”
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