61st 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
68th 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
2009 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)
13th 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