The following is a list ofGeorge Foster Peabody Award winners and honorable mentions during the decade of the 2000s.
| Recipient | Area of Excellence |
|---|---|
| Marty Haag | Personal Award for his work as news director atWFAA-TV/Dallas, TX and as senior vice-president of Broadcast News Operations forBelo |
| CBS News | 48 Hours (anchored byDan Rather), for the report "Heroes Under Fire" by Bill Lagattuta, which examined the cause and aftermath of theWorcester Cold Storage and Warehouse fire |
| 60 Minutes II, for the report "Death by Denial", reported byEd Bradley, which examined the outbreak ofHIV/AIDS in Africa | |
| NBC News | Dateline NBC, for the report "The Paper Chase" from correspondent John Larson and reporter Andy Lehren, a look at a "paper file review" of one auto accident victim's medical claim |
| KHOU/Houston, TX | "Treading on Danger," an investigation by KHOU's Investigative Unit, led by David Raziq, and reporter Anna Werner offailures of Firestone tires on Ford vehicles |
| KBS Chong-Ju | An Eighty-Four Year Old Youngful Man Lives in the Cabin, directed by Hyun Jin Hong |
| WJXT/Jacksonville, FL | Behind Closed Doors, a documentary anchored by Deborah Gianoulis examining treatment of domestic violence victims atHubbard House |
| P.O.V./American Documentary Inc.,National Asian American Telecommunications Association, and Sun Fountain Productions | Regret to Inform |
| HBO, Whiteford-Hadary,University of Maryland, and Tapestry International | King Gimp |
| Wall to Wall forChannel 4 in association withWNET/New York, NY | The 1900 House |
| Heartlove Productions, Lovett Productions,HBO | Cancer: Evolution to Revolution, directed by Joseph F. Lovett and narrated byLilly Tartikoff |
| WGBH-TV (Boston, MA)/Frontline, co-produced withRain Media Inc. and Cam Bay Productions | Frontline, forDrug Wars, a documentary about thewar on drugs, produced byMartin Smith and with contributors includingLowell Bergman, Doug Hamilton, Kenneth Levis, Brooke Runnette, and Oriana Zill |
| HBO Sports | Ali-Frazier 1: One Nation...Divisible, produced by Joseph M. Lavine and Jonathan Crystal |
| CNN Productions, Insight News Television, andChannel Four International | CNN Perspectives:Cry Freetown |
| David Grubin Productions Inc. andDevillier Donegan Enterprises (aired onPBS) | Napoleon, a four-part series onNapoleon directed byDavid Grubin |
| BBC,Discovery Channel, andTV Asahi, in association withProSieben andFrance 3 | Walking with Dinosaurs |
| Marketplace Productions/Minnesota Public Radio, in association with theUniversity of Southern California | Marketplace |
| Sound Portraits Productions | Witness to an Execution, a feature story onNPR'sAll Things Considered produced by Jim Willett, Stacy Abramson,David Isay, and David Miller profiling capital punishment inTexas |
| National Public Radio | "The NPR 100," a showcase of "the 100 most important American musical works of the 20th century", airing onMorning Edition,All Things Considered, andWeekend Edition and produced by Elizabeth Blair |
| True Vision Productions Ltd. forChannel 4 in association withHBO | Slavery, a film byKate Blewett andBrian Woods on contemporaryslavery on multiple continents |
| Katie Couric andNBC News | Award for Couric's series "ConfrontingColon Cancer" |
| Learning Matters Inc. andThe Merrow Report (aired onPBS) | School Sleuth: The Case of an Excellent School, produced and presented byJohn Merrow |
| WGBH-TV/Boston, MA andCinar | Arthur |
| Idaho Public Television andIdaho Department of Health and Welfare | Hearts and Minds: Teens and Mental Illness, produced by Marcia Franklin |
| WGBH-TV (Boston, MA) Science Unit and Production Group, Inc. | Building Big |
| NBC andJohn Wells Productions, in association withWarner Bros. Television | The West Wing |
| HBO, Chase Films, and Brad Grey Television | The Sopranos |
| Robert Greenwald Productions Inc. andPearson Television International (distributor) (aired onCBS) | Sharing the Secret |
| BBC America andWGBH-TV/Boston, MA | ExxonMobil Masterpiece Theatre, forDavid Copperfield |
| A&E Networks andColumbia TriStar Television in association with Chris/Rose Productions Inc. | The Crossing |
| Blown Deadline Productions, Knee Deep Productions, andHBO | The Corner |
| Fox,Satin City, andRegency Television | Malcolm in the Middle |
| Mad Cow Productions Inc. in association withComedy Central | The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, for itsIndecision 2000 series |
| Tiger Aspect Productions forNVC Arts andChannel 4 | Howard Goodall's Big Bangs |
| Recipient | Area of Excellence |
|---|---|
| ABC News | Separate awards for the networks' coverage of theSeptember 11 terrorist attacks |
| National Public Radio | |
| Tenth Planet Productions and the U.S. broadcast and cable networks | America: A Tribute to Heroes |
| NBC andJohn Wells Productions | Third Watch, for "In Their Own Words," a stand-alone profile of real-life responders to the9/11 attack on New York City |
| Hardcash Productions,Channel 4, andCNN Productions | CNN Presents, for the documentariesBeneath the Veil andUnholy War |
| Touchstone Television (aired onABC) | Anne Frank: The Whole Story |
| WNET/New York, NY | American Masters, forF. Scott Fitzgerald: Winter Dreams |
| WCPO-TV/Cincinnati | Visions ofVine Street, an "I-Team" documentary profiling theCincinnati thoroughfare and the adjacentOver-the-Rhine neighborhood (the epicenter of anApril 2001 riot) and the issues that affect the area |
| Canadian Broadcasting Corporation | "A Murder in the Neighbourhood," a report airing onSunday Edition that profiled a murder inPickering, Ontario and its effects on the victim's neighbors |
| Television Broadcasts Limited | WTO Challenge |
| Brook Lapping Productions forBBC2, in association withWGBH/Boston, MA,RTÉ,La Sept ARTE,SBS, andYLE | Endgame in Ireland |
| 40 Acres and A Mule Filmworks, Luna Ray Films, Black Starz!,KQED/San Francisco,PBS and Black Heritage Network | A Huey P. Newton Story |
| Carlton Production in association withThe Learning Channel forChannel 4 | Hell in the Pacific |
| HBO Films, produced in association with theBBC | Conspiracy |
| Showtime, Echo Lake Productions, and Sidekick Entertainment Productions | Things Behind the Sun |
| Avenue Pictures in association withHBO Films | Wit |
| Wilmore Films,Regency Television, and20th Century Fox Television | The Bernie Mac Show |
| Peter Rosen Productions Inc.,KERA-TV/Dallas, TX, and theVan Cliburn Foundation | The Cliburn: Playing on the Edge |
| Survival Anglia Ltd. (aired onNational Geographic EXPLORER/MSNBC) | Mzima – Haunt of the Riverhorse |
| Slow Motion Ltd. (produced forBBC) andWGBH/Boston, MA | ExxonMobilMasterpiece Theatre, forTalking Heads II – Miss Fozzard Finds Her Feet |
| Ciesla Foundation andCinemax | The Life and Times of Hank Greenberg |
| Independent Television Service, Paul & Sandra Fierlinger, and AR&T Associates, Inc. (aired onIndependent Lens/PBS) | Still Life with Animated Dogs |
| SoundVision Productions (distributed byNPR) | The DNA Files |
| Norman Twain Productions with Shelby Stone Productions in association withHBO Films | Boycott |
| Teachers Documentary Project (aired onPBS) | The First Year |
| National Film Board of Canada (aired onTVOntario'sThe View from Here) | My Father's Camera |
| Youth Radio | Institutional Award for the media outlet and its training of teenagers in the art of radio production and storytelling |
| Nickelodeon | Little Bill |
| Blue's Clues | |
| WGBH/Boston, MA | Institutional Award for its overall excellence in public broadcasting |
| CBS News | 60 Minutes II, for "Memories of a Massacre," which recounted theThanh Phong raid during theVietnam War |
| Band of Brothers Ltd., on behalf ofDreamWorks andPlaytone | Band of Brothers |
| Nightline | Institutional Award to theABC News program |
| National Public Radio | Jazz Profiles |
| Recipient | Area of Excellence |
|---|---|
| ABC News | Nightline, for "Heart of Darkness," a series of reports on the war in theDemocratic Republic of the Congo |
| Nightline, for "The Survivors," a profile of 2 burn victims of the9/11 attack onThe Pentagon (parts1 and2) | |
| ALT Films, in association withParamount Pictures forWGBH/Boston, MA (presented onPBS) | ExxonMobilMasterpiece Theatre's American Collection:Almost a Woman |
| London Weekend Television Production forWGBH/Boston, MA, in association with theCanadian Broadcasting Corporation (presented onPBS) | ExxonMobil Masterpiece Theatre:Othello |
| BBC Radio 4, London, UK | File on 4, for "Export Controls," a report revealing how "rogue nations" procured equipment from British companies for use in their nuclear arms programs |
| Blue Angel Films Ltd., and Tyrone Productions forWNET/New York, NY | Stage on Screen:Beckett on Film |
| CBS | 9/11 |
| CNN | Terror on Tape |
| Court TV, JB Media, and Hearst Entertainment | The Interrogation ofMichael Crowe |
| David E. Kelley Productions, in association with20th Century Fox Television | Boston Public, for "Chapter Thirty-Seven," an episode that dealt with the use of racial epithets in conversation and its impact |
| ESPN, Bristol, Connecticut, and Lake Champlain Productions | The Complete Angler (featuringJames Prosek) |
| Fuji Television Network Inc., Tokyo, Japan | The Hepatitis C Epidemic: A 15-Year Government Cover-up |
| Greenblatt/Janollari Studios and Actual Size Films Inc., in association withHBO Original Programming | Six Feet Under |
| HBO and Simmons/Lathan TV | Russell Simmons Presents Def Poetry |
| Kitchen Sisters, Sonic Memorial Collaboration,NPR's Lost & Found Sound, Ben Shapiro Productions, Jamie York Productions, Jay Allison Productions, Radio Diaries, The Public Collaboration, Picture Projects with dotsperinch | The Sonic Memorial Project and SonicMemorial.org, for the aural chronicling of life around theWorld Trade Center |
| KPRC-TV/Houston, TX | "DNA Protects Men of Dishonor," an investigation into prevention ofDNA evidence being used in rape cases in the US Military |
| NBC Studios in association with DreamWorks Television Inc. and Nemo Films | Boomtown |
| Nebraska ETV Network forAmerican Experience, a production ofWGBH/Boston (presented onPBS) | American Experience:Monkey Trial |
| Public Television Service Foundation, Taipei, Taiwan | How High is the Mountain |
| WNET/New York, NY | EGG, the Arts Show |
| Quest Productions and Video Line Productions forWNET/New York, NY (presented onPBS) | The Rise and Fall of Jim Crow |
| Scott Free Productions, in association withHBO Films andBBC Films | The Gathering Storm |
| SET Productions and C-Films Productions forWGBH/Boston, in association withFrance2,Abu Dhabi Television, andTel-Ad Israel (presented onPBS) | Frontline: Shattered Dreams of Peace, The Road From Oslo |
| Showtime Networks Inc., in association with Viacom Productions Inc., and A Jersey Guys Production | Bang Bang You're Dead |
| Sound Portraits Productions (presented onNational Public Radio) | Yiddish Radio Project |
| Talkback Productions forBBC America viaBBC Films and Single Drama | Almost Strangers |
| 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, TX | "Fake Drugs, Real Lives," a series of reports revealing contrived drug cases investigated by Dallas police |
| WISN-TV/Milwaukee, WI | "Sounding the Alarm," a report revealing the lack of effectiveness of smoke alarms on children |
| York Zimmerman Inc., in association withWETA-TV/Washington, D.C. (presented onPBS) | Bringing Down a Dictator |
| Recipient | Area of Excellence |
|---|---|
| CBS News | 60 Minutes, for the report "All in the Family," (presented bySteve Kroft) which examined political and financial ties between those in the US government and winners ofDefense Department contracts |
| NBC News | A Question of Fairness, aTom Brokaw-led report that profiled the effects ofaffirmative action on theUniversity of Michigan |
| Firelight Media forAmerican Experience andWGBH-TV/Boston, MA (airing onPBS) | American Experience, forThe Murder of Emmett Till |
| Frontline,The New York Times, andWGBH-TV/Boston, MA (airing onPBS) | Frontline, for "A Dangerous Business," which examined deaths and injuries suffered by employees ofMcWane, a cast-iron pipe maker (Lowell Bergman andDavid Barstow, correspondents) |
| NOVA/WGBH-TV/Boston, MA, in association withDavid Hickman Films,Sveriges Television andNorddeutscher Rundfunk (presented onPBS) | NOVA, for "The Elegant Universe with Brian Greene" |
| WNET/New York, NY, co-produced with Idéale Audience,Scorer Associates Ltd.,BBC,ARTE France,Opéra National de Paris andNHK, with the participation ofMusée d'Orsay,AVRO, andSVT (airing onPBS) | Great Performances, forDegas and the Dance |
| P.O.V./American Documentary Inc.,Independent Television Service, and National Black Programming Consortium (presented onPBS) | P.O.V., forTwo Towns of Jasper, a film on theMurder of James Byrd Jr. directed byWhitney Dow andMarco Williams |
| P.O.V./American Documentary Inc., Independent Television Service, Zula Pearl Films, and National Black Programming Consortium (presented onPBS) | P.O.V., forFlag Wars |
| Minnesota Public Radio in association with theSan Francisco Symphony | American Mavericks, directed by Tom Voegeli and hosted bySuzanne Vega, based on the writings ofKyle Gann |
| WESH/Orlando, FL andThe Orlando Sentinel | "Building Homes: Building Problems," a joint investigation into shoddy workmanship in Central Florida's building industry |
| The Irish Film Board,NPS & COBO,RTÉ,BBC,ZDF/ARTE, andYLE (presented on ARTE) | Chavez: Inside the Coup |
| Viacom,Kaiser Family Foundation,MTV,Noggin/The N, Dancing Toad Productions | Award for theKnow HIV/AIDS andFight For Your Rights: Protect Yourself campaigns. The award also cited the MTV documentaryThe Social History of HIV andLiving with HIV/AIDS, an episode of The N'sA Walk in Your Shoes |
| Viacom International, Mango Network,Nickelodeon, andMTV (presented on Nickelodeon) | Dora the Explorer |
| KHOU/Houston, TX | "Evidence of Errors," an investigation into mistakes made by theHouston Police Department's DNA crime lab |
| KMGH-TV/Denver, CO | "Honor and Betrayal: Scandal at the Academy," a series of reports examining sexual assaults at theUnited States Air Force Academy |
| The University of Memphis (presented onAETN andWKNO-TV/Memphis, TN) | Hoxie: The First Stand, a documentary by David Appleby about the integration of Arkansas'Hoxie School District |
| BBC (presented onBBC America) | The Office |
| BBC Correspondent Production (presented onBBC2) | Israel's Secret Weapon, a report by Olenka Frenkiel airing on BBC2'sCorrespondent series examining the secrecy behindIsrael's nuclear weapons production |
| The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer and MacNeil/Lehrer Productions | Award for "Jobless Recovery:Non-Working Numbers,"Paul Solman's report examining the inadequacy of government unemployment data |
| WCNC-TV/Charlotte, NC | Award for an investigation into dental clinics in North Carolina who sought millions of dollars inMedicaid reimbursement |
| TV Asahi | Mother Flew Away as a Kite |
| Bill Moyers | Personal Award for Moyers' career of "excellence in the use of television to educate, inform, and challenge received ideas" |
| Down to Earth Productions (presented onWEKU/Richmond, KY) | Sisters in Pain |
| Bachrach/Gottlieb Production (presented onShowtime) | Soldier's Girl |
| KRON-TV/San Francisco, CA andYoung Broadcasting | Students Rising Above, a series hosted byWendy Tokuda and reported by Noel Cisneros andCatherine Heenan about at-risk high school students |
| Blown Deadline Productions in association withHBO Original Programming | The Wire |
| TV 2 (Denmark),Cinemax,HBO, andBBC | To Live is Better Than to Die, a film aboutHIV/AIDS in China directed byWeijun Chen |
| Christian Frei Filmproductions in association withSwiss National Television and Suissimage andCinemax (presented onHBO) | War Photographer |
| Atlantic Public Media | Award for theTransom.org website and its showcasing of and resource for public radio producers |
| Recipient | Area of Excellence |
|---|---|
| CBS News | 60 Minutes II, for a report byDan Rather examiningabuse and torture of prisoners byUS Army andCIA personnel atIraq'sAbu Ghraib prison |
| National Public Radio | Award for the network's reportage of theIraq War byAnne Garrels,Ivan Watson, Deborah Amos,Lourdes Garcia-Navarro, Emily Harris, Peter Kenyon, Phillip Reeves, Eric Westervelt,Tom Gjelten, andMike Shuster |
| WNYC/New York, NY andNational Public Radio | On the Media |
| WNYC/New York, NY andPublic Radio International | Studio 360 American Icons, for theepisode examiningHerman Melville'sMoby-Dick |
| Wisconsin Public Radio andPublic Radio International | To the Best of Our Knowledge |
| Endor Productions in association withBBC andBBC America | State of Play |
| Hat Trick Productions andBBC America | The Kumars at No. 42 |
| BBC Television News | Separate awards for the networks' reports on thecivil war and genocide in theSudanese region ofDarfur. Andrew Harding, Ishbel Matheson,Hilary Andersson,Fergal Keane,Nicholas Witchell,Paul Wood, andBridget Kendall reported for the BBC andSeth Doane reported for Channel One News. |
| Channel One News | |
| Comedy Central | The Daily Show with Jon Stewart forIndecision 2004 |
| WBAL-TV/Baltimore, MD | Award for an investigation by John Sherman revealing leaks of untreated sewage from aCentreville, MD treatment plant into the waters feedingChesapeake Bay and motivations by area political and business officials to cover it up |
| WTVF/Nashville, TN | "Friends in High Places," a multi-year investigation led by Phil Williams, Bryan Staples, andChris Clark into the awarding of no-bid state contracts to friends of formerTennesseegovernorDon Sundquist |
| WFAA-TV/Dallas, TX | State of Denial, a multi-part series reported by Brett Shipp investigating questionable practices by state agencies and major insurance companies involved with theTexas workers compensation system |
| Filmmakers Collaborative, Blueberry Hill Productions forAmerican Experience,WGBH-TV/Boston, MA | American Experience, forTupperware! a film by Laurie Kahn aboutthe namesake product |
| Televisió de Catalunya and Bausan Films in association withCinemax Reel Life | Balseros |
| Zazen Productions in association withCinemax Reel Life | Bus 174 |
| Clinica Estetico andLisaGay Inc. in association withHBO | Beah: A Black Woman Speaks |
| Cort/Madden Productions in association withHBO Films | Something the Lord Made |
| Red Board Productions andParamount Television in association withHBO Entertainment | Deadwood |
| Discovery Channel and Vulcan Productions in association with Gemini Productions and Antenna Film | Black Sky: The Race For Space |
| Howe Sound Films and Force Four Entertainment in association withCBC | Human Cargo |
| CultureWorks and theWFMT Radio Network | Leonard Bernstein: An American Life, hosted bySusan Sarandon and produced by Steve Rowland |
| TheRhythm and Blues Foundation andPublic Radio International | Let the Good Times Roll, a series onrhythm and blues hosted byJerry Butler and produced by Alexis Gillespie |
| Link TV | Mosaic: World News from the Middle East |
| Nursery Tap, LLC | Nursery Tap, Hip to Toe, a children's show about the performing arts created by Juleen Murray Shaw |
| Grant Tinker | Personal Award for his work as CEO ofMTM Enterprises and chairman/CEO ofNBC |
| Bill Brummel Productions forThe History Channel | Rwanda: Do Scars Ever Fade?, a film about theRwandan genocide produced by Paul Freedman |
| Univision | Award for "Salud es Vida...Enterate!" ("Lead a Healthy Life...Get the Facts!") the broadcaster's initiative to promote health issues to the Latino community |
| Sesame Workshop, Kwasukasukela, andSouth African Broadcasting Corporation | Takalani Sesame Presents "talk to me...", a campaign promoting discussions aboutHIV/AIDS with children |
| CNBC | The Age ofWal-Mart: Inside America's Most Powerful Company, reported byDavid Faber |
| WITI/Milwaukee, WI | "The Bully Project," an "investigation-turned-community-outreach-program" by Bob Segall examining the issue of school bullying |
| Trio and Post Consumer Media | The N-Word |
| Recipient | Area of Excellence |
|---|---|
| WLOX/Biloxi, MS | Separate awards for the news outlets' coverage ofHurricane Katrina and its aftermath |
| WWL-TV/New Orleans, LA | |
| NBC News | |
| CNN | |
| TVE | China: A Million Steps Ahead |
| Robert Kenner Films,WGBH Educational Foundation,Wisconsin Public Television,Playtone, andBBC | American Experience, forTwo Days in October |
| BBC | This World, forBad Medicine |
| BBC andBBC America | Viva Blackpool |
| BBC, BBC Factual and Learning, and BBC Drama | BBC DoNation Season, a programming initiative to promote awareness of organ donations |
| BBC, in association withHBO Documentary Films, Evanston Township (IL) High School, andLa Camioneta | Children of Beslan, about theBeslan school hostage crisis |
| BBC andWGBH-TV/Boston, MA (co-production) in association with Deep Indigo | Bleak House |
| WNET/New York, NY, Grey Water Park Productions, Spitfire Pictures, and Cappa/DeFina Productions, in co-production with Vulcan Productions,BBC/Arena, andNHK | American Masters, forNo Direction Home —Bob Dylan |
| Deeble and Stone Productions,NHK,WNET/New York, NY,Granada International,BBC andZDF | The Queen of Trees |
| P.O.V./American Documentary, Inc.,Independent Television Service, and Realside Productions | P.O.V., forChisholm '72: Unbought & Unbossed |
| Independent Television Service | A Room Nearby, directed byPaul Fierlinger |
| David E. Kelley Productions in association with20th Century Fox Television | Boston Legal |
| Heel and Toe Films, Shore Z Productions, and Bad Hat Harry Productions, in association withNBC Universal Television Studios | House |
| Red House Entertainment forShowtime Original Pictures | Edge of America, directed byChris Eyre |
| Comedy Central | South Park |
| Canadian Broadcasting Corporation | The Wire: The Impact of Electricity on Music |
| CBC/Radio-CanadaLa Première Chaîne | What If Winter Never Comes? (Et si l'hiver ne venait plus?) |
| HBO Family | Classical Baby |
| KNBC/Los Angeles, CA | "Burning Questions," a report exposing environmental concerns at a large commercial/residential building project |
| KCNC-TV/Denver, CO | "How Far Will the Army Go?" a report revealing howU.S. Army recruitment officers instruct potential recruits on how to falsify school grades, diplomas, and drug tests |
| KCET/Los Angeles, CA in association withSesame Workshop and 44 Blue Productions, Inc. | 'A Place of Our Own (Los Ninos en Su Casa) |
| WNYC/New York, NY | Award for theRadio Rookies Project |
| KMEX-DT/Los Angeles, CA | 15% of the United States, a series of reports dealing with issues of the Latino community |
| Documania Films, Sierra Tango Productions, andThe History Channel | Save Our History: Voices of Civil Rights |
| Maha Films (aired onSundance Channel) | The Staircase |
| Distant Horizon/Videovision Entertainment,Anant Singh,Nelson Mandela Foundation, M-Net Exciting Film, and National Film and Video Foundation of South Africa, in association withHBO Films | Yesterday |
| Fox Television Studios in association withSony Pictures Television | The Shield |
| R&D TV in association withNBC Universal Television Studios | Battlestar Galactica |
| Recipient | Area of Excellence |
|---|---|
| Charlotte Street Films,CBC,BBC,ARTE GEIE TV,TV 2,Yle TV2,WDR TV,VRT TV,SVT,VPRO,NRK,ETV,TVE, andEuropean Union Media Plus Program | Why We Fight |
| mun2 | For My Country? Latinos in the Military, produced and directed by Alison Fast and Moises Velez |
| WTNH/New Haven, CT | Award for an investigative report byAlan Cohn revealing defective parts onUH-60 Black Hawk utility helicopters |
| NPR | "Mental Anguish and the Military," anAll Things Considered report byDaniel Zwerdling revealing harassment and ostracizing ofIraqi War veterans atFort Collins, Colorado who sought out treatment for mental health problems |
| WISH-TV/Indianapolis, IN | "Command Mistake," a report produced by Karen Hensel examining animprovised explosive device's effect on an Iraqi War veteran as well as lack of protective padding in soldiers' helmets |
| HBO Documentary Films in association withFeury/Grant Productions andDowntown Community Television Center | Baghdad ER |
| HBO Documentary Films in association with40 Acres | When the Levees Broke: A Requiem in Four Acts |
| HBO Family | The Music in Me,[1] a documentary on young musicians directed byAmy Schatz, Mark Mannucci,Ellen Goosenberg Kent, Diane Kolyer, andMark Benjamin |
| HBO Sports | Billie Jean King: Portrait of a Pioneer, produced by Margaret Grossi |
| Company Pictures andChannel 4 in association withHBO Films | Elizabeth I |
| BBC,BBC Two,BBC Worldwide, andNational Geographic | Galápagos, for the episode "Born of Fire" |
| BBC,BBC America, andTalkback Thames | Gideon's Daughter |
| Listen Up! Youth Media Network, Polimorfo, iEarn Sierra Leone, La Camioneta, Sawtona, Frame by Frame Fierce, Light House,Spy Hop Productions, Our Voice, andEvanston Township High School | Beyond Borders: Personal Stories from a Small Planet, directed by Austin Haeberle(airing onIFC) |
| WTHR/Indianapolis, IN | Award for the investigative reports by Bob Segall "Prescription Privacy" (inadequate disposal of customer prescription records by pharmacies) and "Cause for Alarm" (condition of tornado sirens in central Indiana) |
| MediaRites Productions(airing onPublic Radio International) | Crossing East: Our History, Our Stories, Our America, a radio documentary directed byDmae Roberts and hosted byGeorge Takei andMargaret Cho |
| ABC News (World News Tonight,Nightline, and ABCNews.com/Blotter) | "Conduct Unbecoming," an investigation headed byBrian Ross that verifiedsexually inappropriate messages sent to congressional pages by FloridaRepresentativeMark Foley |
| PJ Productions forABC News | Out of Control:AIDS in Black America, reported byPeter Jennings andTerry Moran |
| Chocolate Moose Media, Inc. and Quintet Productions | Award forThe Three Amigos Campaign, a program to build awareness of condom use to preventHIV/AIDS |
| HearingVoices.com (aired onKUNM-FM) | Award forCrossing Borders, a radio documentary hosted by Marcos Martinez and reported byLuis Alberto Urrea,Scott Carrier, Ann Heppermann, Kara Oehler,Guillermo Gómez-Peña, Siamack Sioshansi, and Bronwyn Ximm chronicling stories and the impact of illegal immigrants from Mexico to the United States |
| Touchstone Television (aired onNBC) | Scrubs, for the episode "My Way Home" |
| Touchstone Television (aired onABC) | Ugly Betty |
| Be Square Productions, Inc. | Good Eats(airing onFood Network) |
| Apartment 11 Productions,CBC Newsworld,RDI,Knowledge Network, andCanadian Television Fund | Braindamadj'd...Take II, a documentary directed by Paul Nadler about his recovery from a car crash |
| Showtime andMandalay Television | Brotherhood |
| KMOV/St Louis, MO | "Left Behind: The Failure ofEast St. Louis Schools", reported by Craig Cheatham |
| Dateline NBC (NBC News) | "The Education of Ms. Groves" (Hoda Kotb, correspondent) which profiled the struggles of a Teach for America volunteer and herAtlanta middle school class |
| WBEZ/Chicago, IL | This American Life, for "Habeas Schmabeas," (reported byJoseph Margulies,Jack Hitt, andJon Ronson) which examined abuses ofHabeas corpus rights |
| Magic Lantern Productions andChannel 4 | Award for theFourDocs website |
| The Washington Post and WashingtonPost.com | Award for "Being a Black Man," a print and online series reported by Ben de la Cruz and Hamil Harris profiling the lives of contemporary black males |
| StoryCorps | Award to the organization for its "preservation of ideas and emotions, events and experiences" |
| Steeplechase Films, Inc., High Line Productions, Daniel Wolf, Inc., andWNET/New York, NY | American Masters, forAndy Warhol: A Documentary Film |
| 60 Minutes (CBS News) | Award for a report byEd Bradley revealing conflicting testimony and botched and/or unethical police and legal procedures surrounding theDuke University rape scandal |
| Rebel Base andSony Pictures Television | The Boondocks, for the episode "Return of the King" |
| NBC Universal Television in association withImagine Entertainment andFilm 44 | Friday Night Lights |
| Reveille Productions in association withNBC Universal Television | The Office |
| Recipient | Area of Excellence |
|---|---|
| ABC News | Bob Woodruff Reporting: Wounds of War – The Long Road Home of Our Nation's Veterans |
| Partisan Pictures, Inc. andWNET/New York, NY | Nature, forSilence of the Bees |
| mtvU | Award forHalf of Us, an initiative to promote awareness of depression among college students |
| BBC World,BBC America, andBBC World News America | "White Horse Village," which profiled a "verdant, sleepy, near-feudal" hamlet in the Chinese interior and its dealings with modernity's encroachment |
| WNYC/New York, NY | The Brian Lehrer Show |
| HBO Documentary Films in association with Priddy Brothers | To Die in Jerusalem |
| KNXV-TV/Phoenix, AZ | "Security Risks atSky Harbor," a report revealingTSA lapses at the Phoenix airport |
| Robert Levi Films,Independent Television Service, and Washington Square Films | Independent Lens, forBilly Strayhorn – Lush Life |
| Vixen Films andIndependent Television Service | Sisters in Law(airing onIndependent Lens) |
| WSLS-TV/Roanoke, VA | Award for the station's breaking news coverage of theshootings atVirginia Tech and its immediate aftermath |
| Univision Communications | Award forYa Es Hora ("It's Time"), a public service initiative encouraging citizenship applications and voter registration by legal US immigrants |
| Texas Heritage Music Foundation | Whole Lotta Shakin`[2] |
| American Public Media | Speaking of Faith:The Ecstatic Faith of Rumi |
| American Public Media andSan Francisco Symphony | The MTT Files |
| Bravo,The Weinstein Company, The Magical Elves, and Full Picture Entertainment | Project Runway |
| Craft in America, Inc. | Craft in America(airing onPBS) |
| NOVA/WGBH Educational Foundation, Vulcan Productions, Inc., and The Big Table Film Company | Judgment Day: Intelligent Design on Trial |
| CBS News | Sunday Morning, for "The Way Home," in whichKimberly Dozier interviewed two US servicewomen who lost limbs while in combat action in Iraq |
| 60 Minutes (CBS News) | "The Killings in Haditha," which investigated the2005 massacre at the hands of aU.S. Marine squad in the westernIraqi city |
| Discovery Channel andBBC | Planet Earth |
| Hello Doggie, Inc, Busboy Productions, and Spartina Productions | The Colbert Report |
| National Public Radio,Chicago Public Radio, and Urgent Haircut Productions | Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me! |
| AMC andLionsgate Television | Mad Men |
| WGBH Educational Foundation | Design Squad |
| WFAA/Dallas, TX | Award for the investigative reports "Money for Nothing" (probe of fraudulent loans made by theExport-Import Bank of the United States), "The Buried and the Dead" (health and safety hazards of underground gas couplings), "Television Justice" (how theMurphy Police Dept. accommodatedNBC'sTo Catch a Predator stings), and "Kinder Prison" (treatment of women and children detained at a federal immigration facility)[3] |
| Jigsaw Pictures, Tall Woods, Wider Film, andZDF/Arte | Taxi to the Dark Side |
| Center for Emerging Media | Just Words |
| WTAE-TV/Pittsburgh, PA | "Fight for Open Records," a series of reports revealing mismanagement and fund misappropriation within the Pennsylvania Higher Education Assistance Association; the reports occurred only after a lengthy battle to have PHEAA financial records opened |
| bTV | A Journey Across Afghanistan: Opium and Roses |
| Frontline, Kirk Documentary Group, Ltd., andWGBH-TV/Boston, MA | Frontline, forCheney's Law |
| Showtime, John Goldwyn Productions, The Colleton Company, and Clyde Phillips Productions | Dexter |
| CNN | CNN Presents:God's Warriors |
| Art 21, Inc. | Art 21 – Art in the 21st Century(airing onPBS) |
| Public Road Productions and Wieden & Kennedy(aired onSundance Channel) | Nimrod Nation |
| Universal Media Studios in association withBroadway Video Television and Little Stranger, Inc. | 30 Rock |
| Recipient | Area of Excellence |
|---|---|
| Sichuan Television | Award for coverage of theSichuan earthquake |
| NPR | Award for on-scene coverage byMelissa Block andRobert Siegel fromChengdu, China during and after theSichuan earthquake |
| "36 Years in Solitary: Murder, Death and Justice on Angola," a report byLaura Sullivan which questioned the role of two prisoners in a guard's 1972 murder atLouisiana State Penitentiary | |
| Chicago Public Radio and the news division ofNPR | This American Life, for "The Giant Pool of Money," which looked at the early stages of thesubprime mortgage crisis |
| Leverage and Closest to the Hole Productions in association withHBO Entertainment | Entourage |
| HBO Documentary Films in association with Vermillion Films, Inc. | Hear and Now |
| Maysles Films in association withHBO Documentary Films and CVJ | The Gates |
| Ted Leonsis Productions in association withHBO Documentary Films | Nanking |
| Playtone in association withHBO Films | John Adams |
| WWL-TV/New Orleans, LA | Award for a series of reports by Lee Zurik exposing questionable financial practices by the New Orleans Affordable Homeownership program |
| The New York Times | Award for the newspaper's website (NYTimes.com) and its innovations in online journalism, highlighting "Choosing a President" and the reporting ofLizette Alvarez, Shayla Harris, Rob Harris, Katharine Q. Seelye, and Ben Werschkul |
| Kartemquin Educational Films andIndependent Television Service | Independent Lens, forMapping Stem Cell Research: Terra Incognita |
| Mosaic Films,Independent Television Service, andCorporation for Public Broadcasting | Independent Lens, forKing Corn |
| Laboratory X, Inc., American Documentary, Inc.,P.O.V.,Center for Asian American Media, andPBS | POV, forCampaign, a documentary byKazuhiro Soda about aLiberal Democratic Party candidate for a city council seat in a suburb of Tokyo |
| SNL Studios in association withBroadway Video | Saturday Night Live, for its2008 political satire |
| ABC News | Hopkins |
| ABC Studios | Lost |
| WETA-TV/Washington, DC andPBS | Washington Week with Gwen Ifill & National Journal |
| The Metropolitan Opera Association in association withPBS andWNET/New York, NY | The Metropolitan Opera: Live in HD Series |
| NBC Nightly News | "Tip of the Spear," a series of reports withRichard Engel following a military unit inAfghanistan |
| YouTube | Award to theGoogle independent subsidiary and its "promoting a free exchange of ideas... around the world" |
| NDR Fernsehen andShanghai Media Group | The Red Race, about the training of gymnasts in China |
| Korean Broadcasting System | Jungle Fish |
| Hearst-Argyle Television | Institutional Award for "Commitment 2008," in which Hearst-Argyle stations devoted at least 10 minutes per day to candidate and issues coverage in the 30 days leading to the2008 elections |
| Turner Classic Movies | Institutional Award to the classic film network and its commitment to "the place of film in social and cultural experience" |
| The Onion | Award forOnion News Network |
| 60 Minutes (CBS News) | "Lifeline," a report byScott Pelley profiling operations ofRemote Area Medical in the United States |
| WGBH-TV (Boston, MA)/NOVA,National Geographic Television, and John Rubin Productions, Inc. | Ape Genius |
| Sony Pictures Television, High Bridge Productions, and Gran Via Productions | Breaking Bad |
| ESPN Films and Shoot the Moon Productions | Black Magic |
| NBC andZhang Yimou | Award for theopening ceremony of the Beijing Olympics |
| KMGH-TV/Denver, CO | "Failing the Children: Deadly Mistakes," which uncovered systemic inadequacies (and tragic results) in the Denver area foster care system |
| KLAS-TV/Las Vegas, NV | Crossfire: Water, Power and Politics, a documentary that examined the effect of plans to pump water from ruralNevada to theLas Vegas area |
| Twin Cities Public Television andWGBH-TV/Boston, MA | Depression: Out of the Shadows |
| Nickelodeon | Avatar: The Last Airbender |
| CNN | Award for the network's coverage of the 2008 Presidential primary campaigns and debates |
| Recipient | Area of Excellence |
|---|---|
| Diane Rehm | Personal Award for her work onher eponymous talk show |
| Twentieth Century Fox Television | Glee |
| Twentieth Century Fox Television in association with Levitan Lloyd Productions | Modern Family |
| 60 Minutes (CBS News) | "Sabotaging the System," a report examining the dangers ofcyber terrorism |
| "The Co$t of Dying," a report examining the financial costs of end-of-life care | |
| Sesame Workshop | Award for theSesameStreet.org website |
| KHOU/Houston, TX andBelo, Inc. | "Under Fire," a report revealing gender discrimination and corruption within theTexas National Guard |
| Folly River Inc. andITVS | Independent Lens, for "The Order of Myths" |
| Green Fuse Films andITVS | Independent Lens, for "Between the Folds" |
| National Public Radio | Award forSoraya Sarhaddi Nelson's reports fromAfghanistan |
| Award for theNPR.org website | |
| Daybreak,Channel 4, and Target Entertainment (presented onPBS'Masterpiece byWGBH-TV/Boston, MA) | Endgame |
| Brook Lapping Productions | Iran & The West |
| Frontline and Rain Media | The Madoff Affair |
| GMA Network | I-Witness, for "Ambulansiyang De Paa" ("Ambulance on Foot"), which highlighted low-level health care in thePhilippine village ofBansud |
| Nancy Solomon | Award to the independent producer for the public radio documentaryMind the Gap: Why Good Schools are Failing Black Students, distributed onPublic Radio Exchange |
| Korean Broadcasting System | Noodle Road: Connecting Asia’s Kitchens |
| WFLD-TV/Chicago, IL (Fox Chicago News and MyFoxChicago.com) | Award for the station's coverage of thefatal beating of Derrion Albert and its website's complementary content |
| Peter Jones Productions (aired onPBS) | Inventing LA: The Chandlers and Their Times |
| Trey Kay Productions (presented onWest Virginia Public Broadcasting) | The Great Textbook War |
| ABC News | A Hidden America: Children ofthe Mountains |
| A Goldhawk Essential Production andBBC World Service | The Day That Lehman Died |
| BBC America | BBC World News America |
| BBC America,BBC World News, andBBC World News America | "Where Giving Life is a Death Sentence," a report on the maternal mortality rate inBadakhshan Province,Afghanistan |
| Mirage Enterprises and Cinechicks, in association withThe Weinstein Company,BBC, andHBO Entertainment | The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency |
| Leverage, Closest to the Hole Productions, and Sheleg, in association withHBO Entertainment | In Treatment |
| Darlow Smithson Productions,HBO Sports, andHBO Documentary Films | Thrilla in Manila |
| Worldwide Pants, Inc. | The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson, for the episode featuring ArchbishopDesmond Tutu |
| KTVU/Oakland, CA | Award for the station's coverage of theBART Police shooting of Oscar Grant, its aftermath and investigation |
| KCET/Los Angeles, CA | Up In Smoke, a series of reports onSoCal Connected concerning issues ofmarijuana inCalifornia |
| Oregon Public Broadcasting | Hard Times, a series of OPB Radio reports on the effects of unemployment in Oregon |
| WYFF/Greenville, SC | Chronicle, for "Paul’s Gift," which examined the process of organ donation after a donor's death |
| Vanguard (Current TV) | The OxyContin Express, which examinedOxycodone prescriptions by Florida doctors and its wide-ranging effects |
| NOW-TV News | Sichuan earthquake: One Year On |
| Sundance Channel and Brick City TV, LLC | Brick City |
| WNET/New York, NY | American Masters, forJerome Robbins - Something to Dance About |