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WFAA Is First Local Station to Win Gold Baton as duPont Winners Report on Subjects From Environment to Earthquakes
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WFAA-TV, Dallas: ‘Money for Nothing,’ ‘A Passing Offensive,’ and ‘The Buried and the Dead’
In the 20 years the Alfred I. duPont-Columbia University Awards jury has been handing out a Gold Baton, the award—its most prestigious—has never gone to a local TV station. This year, it’s going to WFAA-TV, the ABC affiliate in Dallas/Fort…
CNN & Christiane Amanpour: ‘God’s Warriors’
When it came time to judge “God’s Warriors,” CNN’s three-part series on religious extremism, the jurors were impressed with the commitment of resources that it represented. “The ambition of that series and the sweeping nature of it and the time…
California Newsreel, Vital Pictures & PBS: ‘Unnatural Causes: Is Inequality Making Us Sick?’
The Alfred I. duPont-Columbia University Awards inform the industry and the public about television and radio journalism that has made an important contribution to communities and to the nation. Among the winners in the category of documentary film is PBS’…
Current TV & Christof Putzel: ‘From Russia With Hate’
Provoked by shocking, violent videos disseminated on the Internet of people being beaten, Current TV correspondent Christof Putzel and his co-producer/videographer Lauren Cerre traveled to Russia to investigate the rise of a neo-Nazi faction that was inciting ethnic violence. The…
Safari Media, ITVS, Chris Sheridan & Patty Kim for PBS: ‘Abduction: The Megumi Yokota Story’
PBS’ weekly film series “Independent Lens” is no stranger to the duPont Awards. In fact, in 2006, “Seoul Train,” a film about human trafficking, was an award-winning entry from the series. “Independent Lens” will be honored again this week for…
ABC News, Tim Hetherington & Sebastian Junger for ‘Nightline’: ‘Nightline—The Other War: Afganistan’
Six months behind enemy lines in Afghanistan. That’s how long a team of journalists spent embedded with the United States Army’s 2nd Platoon of the 173rd Airborne Brigade Combat Team, gathering dramatic stories and footage for “Nightline’s” “The Other War:…
HBO, Tom Lennon & Ruby Yang: ‘Cinemax Reel Life: The Blood of Yingzhou’
“The Blood of Yingzhou District,” an HBO Documentary Films presentation, takes viewers to a remote, poverty-stricken region of China, where AIDS has taken a terrifying toll on the population. Around 500 children have been orphaned by the disease, a small…
WJLA-TV, Washington, D.C., & Roberta Baskin: ‘Drilling for Dollars: Children’s Dentistry investigation’
Opening with video of a 4-year-old boy restrained in a dental office and screaming in pain, “Drilling for Dollars” is difficult to watch, even for the experienced investigative news team that produced it. Investigative reporter Roberta Baskin of Washington, D.C.’s…