MAJOR AWARDS RECEIVED BY PUBLIC MEDIA DURING2009

emmy-statuette61st Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (9)

American Masters (Thirteen/WNET New York)

Outstanding Nonfiction Series

Great Performances (Thirteen/WNET New York)

Outstanding Original Main Title Theme Music (John Williams, Composer)

Masterpiece “Little Dorrit” (BBC Productions and WGBH/Boston co-production)

Outstanding Miniseries

Outstanding Writing for a Miniseries, Movie, or Dramatic Special

Outstanding Directing for a Miniseries, Movie, or Dramatic Special

Outstanding Casting for a Miniseries, Movie, or Special

Outstanding Costumes for a Miniseries, Movie, or Special

Outstanding Art Direction for a Miniseries or Movie

Outstanding Cinematography for a Miniseries or Movie

30th Annual News & Documentary Emmy Awards (6)

Bill Moyers Journal, Essays: “Gilded Age,” “It Was Oil,” and “Memorial Day” (Public Affairs Television Inc.) 

Outstanding Individual Achievement in a Craft: Writing (Bill Moyers and Michael Winship, Writers)

Frontline “Bush's War” (Frontline/WGBH Boston and Kirk Documentary Group Ltd., co-production) 

Outstanding Continuing Coverage of a News Story – Long Form

Frontline “The War Briefing” (Frontline/WGBH Boston and RAINmedia Inc., co-production)

Outstanding Individual Achievement in a Craft: Cinematography (Timothy Grucza, Cameraman)

Illicit: The Dark Trade (National Geographic Television)

Outstanding Individual Achievement in a Craft: Graphic Design & Art  Direction (Ricardo Andrade, Art Director; Elizabeth Andrade, Visual Effects Supervisor; Wen Zhong Yuan and James Nidel, Animators ; Chris Jennings, 3D Animator)

Nova “A Walk to Beautiful” (An Engel Entertainment Production in association with Nova/WGBH Boston)

Outstanding Informational Programming – Long Form

P.O.V. “Inheritance” (Allentown Productions and American Documentary Inc.)

Outstanding Interview

7th Annual Business & Financial Reporting Emmy Awards (3)

Paul Kangas, anchor and financial commentator, and Linda O’Bryon, founder of Nightly Business Report

Lifetime Achievement Award in Business & Financial Reporting

The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer “The Faces Behind the Numbers” (MacNeil-Lehrer Productions)

Outstanding Coverage of a Current Business News Story

Frontline “The Madoff Affair” (Frontline/WGBH Boston and RAINmedia Inc., co-production)

Outstanding Documentary on a Business Topic

36th Annual Daytime Entertainment Emmy Awards (17)

Animalia (Animalia Productions PFTC and BBC Worldwide Ltd.)

Outstanding Achievement in Music Direction and Composition

Between the Lions (WGBH/Boston, Sirius Thinking Ltd., and Mississippi Public Broadcasting) 

Outstanding Pre-School Children’s Series

Outstanding Writing in a Children’s Series

Biz Kid$ (Biz Kid$ LLP, in association with WXXI-TV/Rochester, NY)

Outstanding Achievement in Main Title and Graphic Design

Equitrekking (DCN Creative, LLC)

Outstanding Achievement in Single-Camera Editing (Film or Electronic)

From the Top at Carnegie Hall (WGBH/Boston, From the Top, and Don Mischer Productions in partnership with Carnegie Hall)

Outstanding Children’s Series

Outstanding Achievement in Costume Design/Styling

Outstanding Achievement in Multiple-Camera Editing

Gourmet’s Diary of a Foodie (WGBH/Boston and Zero Point Zero Productions in association with Gourmet magazine and Discovery Networks International)

Outstanding Achievement in Single-Camera Editing

Landscapes Through Time with David Dunlop (SimmonsArt Inc. and Connecticut Public Television)

Outstanding Special Class Writing

Sesame Street (Sesame Workshop)

Lifetime Achievement Emmy Award

New Approaches – Daytime Children’s

Outstanding Directing in a Children’s Series

Outstanding Achievement in Costume Design/Styling

This Old House (WGBH/Boston and This Old House Productions)

Outstanding Lifestyle Program

WordWorld (WordWorld, LLC)

Outstanding Children’s Animated Series

Outstanding Writing in Animation

peabody68th Annual George Foster Peabody Awards (10)

All Things Considered “36 Years of Solitary: Murder, Death and Justice on Angola” (NPR)

China: The Earthquake of Chengdu (NPR) 

Depression: Out of the Shadows (Twin Cities Public Television and WGBH/Boston) 

Independent Lens “King Corn” (Mosaic Films and ITVS) 

Independent Lens “Mapping Stem Cell Research: Terra Incognita” (Kartemquin Educational Films and ITVS)  

Nova “Ape Genius” (Nova/WGBH Boston, National Geographic Television and John Rubin Productions Inc.)

P.O.V. “Campaign” (Laboratory X Inc., American Documentary Inc., P.O.V., and Center for Asian American Media)      

The Metropolitan Opera: Live in HD Series (The Metropolitan Opera Association, PBS, and WNET.org)

This American Life “The Giant Pool of Money” (Chicago Public Radio’s This American Life and NPR news division) 

Washington Week with Gwen Ifill (WETA-TV/Washington, D.C.)

60th Annual George Polk Awards (2)

Stefan Forbes for Boogie Man: The Lee Atwater Story, an InterPositive Media Production for Frontline/WGBH Boston

Documentary Reporting

Alex Blumberg (Chicago Public Radio’s This American Life) and Adam Davidson (NPR) for The Giant Pool of Money 

Radio Reporting

dupont_baton2009 Alfred I. duPont-Columbia University Awards (6)

All Things Considered “Sexual Abuse of Native American Women” (NPR and Laura Sullivan)

Coverage of the Chengdu earthquake (NPR, All Things Considered, Melissa Block, and Robert Siegel)

Independent Lens “Abduction: The Megumi Yokota Story” (Safari Media, ITVS, Chris Sheridan, and Patty Kim, on PBS)

The Silent Invasion (Oregon Public Broadcasting)

This American Life “The Giant Pool of Money” (Chicago Public Radio, PRI, NPR, Alex Blumberg, and Adam Davidson)

Unnatural Causes: Is Inequality Making Us Sick? (California Newsreel and Vital Pictures, on PBS)

webby13th Annual Webby Awards (11)

Frontline/World “Kenya: Sweet Home Obama” (WGBH/Boston) 

Online Film & Video – Documentary: Individual Episode – People’s Voice Award

Frontline/World iWitness (WGBH/Boston) 

Online Film & Video – News & Politics: Series – Webby Award

Online Film & Video – News & Politics: Series – People’s Voice Award

NPR iPhone Site (NPR)

Mobile – News – Webby Award

NPR Music (NPR) 

Web sites – Music – Webby Award

Web sites – Music – People’s Voice Award

NPR Podcasts (NPR) 

Web sites – Podcasts – People’s Voice Award

NPR.org (NPR)

Web sites – Radio – Webby Award

Web sites – Radio – People’s Voice Award

Project Song (NPR) 

Online Film & Video – Music – Webby Award

Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly (Thirteen/WNET New York’s Kravis Multimedia Education Center) 

Web sites – Religion and Spirituality – People’s Voice Award

Radio Television Digital News Association’s Edward R. Murrow Awards (13)

A Different Kind of Drug Problem (Capital Public Radio/Sacramento)

Radio: Large Market: Investigative Reporting

Aftermath of the Luis Ramirez Beating Death (WITF-FM/Harrisburg, Pa.)

Radio: Small Market: Feature: Hard News

Boogie Man: The Lee Atwater Story (WGBH/Boston)

Television: Large Market: News Documentary

Breaking the news of the earthquake in Chengdu, China (NPR)

Radio Network/Syndication Service: Breaking News

Gangs of North St. Louis (KWMU-FM/St. Louis)

Radio: Large Market: News Series 

Impact of War (WITF-FM/Harrisburg, Pa.)

Radio: Small Market: News Series

The Impact of War at Home (WSLU-FM/North Country Public Radio/Canton, N.Y.)

Radio: Small Market: Continuing Coverage

Mexico ’68: A Movement, A Massacre and the 40-Year Search for the Truth (NPR)

Radio Network/Syndication Service: News Documentary

 Native Americans in Baseball's Past and Present (WSLU-FM/North Country Public Radio/Canton, N.Y.)

Radio: Small Market: Sports Reporting

NPR.org “Dirty Money” (NPR)

Radio Network/Syndication Service: Web Site 

Olympic Coverage (NPR)

Radio Network/Syndication Service: Sports Reporting

Oxen Exam (WVPS-FM/Vermont Public Radio)

Radio: Small Market: Use of Sound

WUOT-FM Writing Compilation 2008 (WUOT-FM/Knoxville, Tenn.)

Radio: Small Market: Writing

14th Annual Editor & Publisher’s EPpy Award

americanradioworks.org (American RadioWorks from American Public Media) 

Best Radio-Affiliated Web Site

Online News Association’s Online Journalism Awards

Planet Money (NPR) 

Online Topical Reporting/Blogging – Large Site

Overseas Press Club of America’s Lowell Thomas Award

Afghanistan: Nightmares and Dreams of a Nation at War (Soraya Sarhaddi Nelson, Lauren Jenkins, and Douglas Roberts) 

Best Radio News or Interpretation of International Affairs

White House News Photographers Association’s The Eyes of History 2009 (5)

“A Good Throw” (John Poole, NPR)

Video Photography – Audio – First Place

Editing – Sports  – First Place

“Armstrong” (David Gilkey, NPR)

Still Photography – Picture Story/Politics – First Place

“Crafting China’s Future Champions” (NPR)

New Media – Photography and Audio (with narration) – First Place

“Project Song: Nellie McKay” (John Poole, NPR)

Editing – Long Form – First Place

Nieman Foundation’s Joe Alex Morris Jr. Lecture

Gwen Thompkins, East Africa correspondent, NPR