A Different Kind of Drug Problem (Capital Public Radio/Sacramento) *
- 2009 Radio Television Digital News Association Edward R. Murrow Award
- Radio: Large Market: Investigative Reporting
Afghanistan: Nightmares and Dreams of a Nation at War (NPR) *
- 2009 Overseas Press Club of America Lowell Thomas Award
- Best Radio News or Interpretation of International Affairs (Soraya Sarhaddi Nelson, Lauren Jenkins, Douglas Roberts)
Alex Blumberg (Chicago Public Radio's This American Life) and Adam Davidson (NPR) for The Giant Pool of Money
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- 60th Annual George Polk Award
All Things Considered “Sexual Abuse of Native American Women (NPR and Laura Sullivan”) *
- 2009 Alfred I. duPont-Columbia University Award
Bill Moyers Journal, Essays: “Gilded Age,” “It Was Oil,” and “Memorial Day” (Public Affairs Television Inc.) *
- 30th Annual News & Documentary Emmy Award
- Outstanding Individual Achievement in a Craft: Writing (Bill Moyers and Michael Winship, Writers)
Breaking the news of the earthquake in Chengdu, China (NPR) *
- 2009 Radio Television Digital News Association Edward R. Murrow Award
- Radio Network/Syndication Service: Breaking News
China: The Earthquake of Chengdu—daily reporting (NPR) *
- 68th Annual George Foster Peabody Award
Coverage of the Chengdu Earthquake (NPR, All Things Considered, Melissa Block and Robert Siegel) *
- 2009 Alfred I. duPont-Columbia University Award
“Crafting China’s Future Champions” (NPR) *
- 2009 White House News Photographers Association The Eyes of History Award
- New Media—Photography and Audio (Narrated)—First Place
Frontline “Bush's War” (A Frontline/WGBH Boston co-production with Kirk Documentary Group Ltd.) *
- 30th Annual News & Documentary Emmy Award
- Outstanding Continuing Coverage of a News Story—Long Form
Frontline “The Madoff Affair” (A Frontline/WGBH Boston co-production with RAINmedia Inc.)
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- 7th Annual Business & Financial Reporting Emmy Award
- Outstanding Documentary on a Business Topic
Frontline “The War Briefing” (A Frontline/WGBH Boston co-production with RAINmedia Inc.) *
- 30th Annual News & Documentary Emmy Award
- Outstanding Individual Achievement in a Craft: Cinematography (Timothy Grucza, Cameraman)
Frontline/World iWitness (WGBH Boston)
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- 13th Annual Webby Award
- Online Film & Video—News & Politics: Series—Webby Award
- Online Film & Video—News & Politics: Series—People’s Voice Award
Frontline/World “Kenya: Sweet Home Obama” (WGBH Boston)
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- Online Film & Video—Documentary: Individual Episode—People’s Voice Award
Gangs of North St. Louis (KWMU-FM/St. Louis) *
- 2009 Radio Television Digital News Association Edward R. Murrow Award
- Radio: Large Market: News Series
Gwen Thompkins, East Africa correspondent, NPR *
- 2009 Nieman Foundation Joe Alex Morris Jr. Lecture
Illicit: The Dark Trade (National Geographic Television) *
- 30th Annual News & Documentary Emmy Award
- 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)
Impact of War (WITF-FM/Harrisburg, PA) *
- 2009 Radio Television Digital News Association Edward R. Murrow Award
- Radio: Small Market: News Series
Independent Lens, “Abduction: The Megumi Yokota Story” (Safari Media, ITVS, Chris Sheridan and Patty Kim, on PBS)
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- 2009 Alfred I. duPont-Columbia University Award
Nova "Ape Genius" (Nova/WGBH Boston, National Geographic Television, and John Rubin Productions Inc.)
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- 68th Annual George Foster Peabody Award
Nova “A Walk to Beautiful” (An Engel Entertainment Production in association with Nova/WGBH Boston)
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- 30th Annual News & Documentary Emmy Award
- Outstanding Informational Programming—Long Form
NPR iPhone Site (NPR) *
- 13th Annual Webby Award
- Mobile—News—Webby Award
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NPR.org (NPR) *
- 13th Annual Webby Award
- Web sites – Radio – Webby Award
- Web sites – Radio – People's Voice Award
- 2009 Radio Television Digital News Association Edward R. Murrow Award
- Radio Network/Syndication Service: Web Site
NPR Podcasts (NPR) *
- 13th Annual Webby Award
- Web sites—Podcasts—People’s Voice Award
Olympic coverage (NPR) *
- 2009 Radio Television Digital News Association Edward R. Murrow Award
- Radio Network/Syndication Service: Sports Reporting
Paul Kangas, anchor and financial commentator, and Linda O’Bryon, founder of Nightly Business Report*
- 7th Annual Business & Financial Reporting Emmy Award
- Lifetime Achievement Award in Business & Financial Reporting
Planet Money (NPR)
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- 2009 Online News Association’s Online Journalism Award
- Online Topical Reporting/Blogging—Large Site
P.O.V. “Campaign” (Laboratory X Inc., American Documentary Inc., P.O.V., Center for Asian American Media)
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- 68th Annual George Foster Peabody Awards
P.O.V. “Inheritance” (Allentown Productions and American Documentary Inc.) *
- 30th Annual News & Documentary Emmy Award
- Outstanding Interview
Religion & Ethics Newsweekly (Thirteen/WNET New York’s Kravis Multimedia Education Center)
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- 13th Annual Webby Award
- Web sites—Religion and Spirituality—People’s Voice Award
The Impact of War at Home (WSLU-FM/North Country Public Radio/Canton, NY) *
- 2009 Radio Television Digital News Association Edward R. Murrow Award
- Radio: Small Market: Continuing Coverage
The News Hour with Jim Lehrer “The Faces Behind the Numbers” (MacNeil-Lehrer Productions)
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- 7th Annual Business & Financial Reporting Emmy Award
- Outstanding Coverage of a Current Business News Story
The Silent Invasion (Oregon Public Broadcasting) *
- 2009 Alfred I. duPont-Columbia University Award
This American Life “The Giant Pool of Money” (Chicago Public Radio’s This American Life and NPR news division)
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- 68th Annual George Foster Peabody Award
Unnatural Causes: Is Inequality Making Us Sick? (California Newsreel, San Francisco, & Vital Pictures, Boston, on PBS) *
- 2009 Alfred I. duPont-Columbia University Award
Washington Week with Gwen Ifill—election-year broadcasts (WETA-TV, Washington, DC)
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- 68th Annual George Foster Peabody Award
WUOT-FM (WUOT-FM/Knoxsville, TN) *
- 2009 Radio Television Digital News Association Edward R. Murrow Award
- Radio: Small Market: Writing
All Things Considered “36 Years of Solitary: Murder, Death and Justice on Angola” (NPR) *
- 68th Annual George Foster Peabody Award