NEWS & PUBLIC AFFAIRS AWARDS

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) *

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  • 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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  • 13th Annual Webby Award
    • 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) *

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  • 13th Annual Webby Award
    • Mobile—News—Webby Award
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NPR.org (NPR) *

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  • 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) *

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  • 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

 

* Did not receive program funding from CPB during FY 2009