List of Peabody Award winners (2000–2009) explained

The following is a list of George Foster Peabody Award winners and honorable mentions during the decade of the 2000s.

2000

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Marty HaagPersonal Award for his work as news director at WFAA-TV/Dallas, TX and as senior vice-president of Broadcast News Operations for Belo
CBS News48 Hours (anchored by Dan Rather), for the report "Heroes Under Fire" by Bill Lagattuta, which examined the cause and aftermath of the Worcester Cold Storage and Warehouse fire
60 Minutes II, for the report "Death by Denial", reported by Ed Bradley, which examined the outbreak of HIV/AIDS in Africa
NBC NewsDateline 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
KBS Chong-JuAn Eighty-Four Year Old Youngful Man Lives in the Cabin, directed by Hyun Jin Hong
WJXT/Jacksonville, FLBehind Closed Doors, a documentary anchored by Deborah Gianoulis examining treatment of domestic violence victims at Hubbard House
P.O.V./American Documentary Inc., National Asian American Telecommunications Association, and Sun Fountain ProductionsRegret to Inform
HBO, Whiteford-Hadary, University of Maryland, and Tapestry InternationalKing Gimp
Wall to Wall for Channel 4 in association with WNET/New York, NYThe 1900 House
Heartlove Productions, Lovett Productions, HBOCancer: Evolution to Revolution, directed by Joseph F. Lovett and narrated by Lilly Tartikoff
WGBH-TV (Boston, MA)/Frontline, co-produced with Rain Media Inc. and Cam Bay ProductionsFrontline, for Drug Wars, a documentary about the war on drugs, produced by Martin Smith and with contributors including Lowell Bergman, Doug Hamilton, Kenneth Levis, Brooke Runnette, and Oriana Zill
HBO SportsAli-Frazier 1

One Nation...Divisible, produced by Joseph M. Lavine and Jonathan Crystal

CNN Productions, Insight News Television, and Channel Four InternationalCNN Perspectives: Cry Freetown
David Grubin Productions Inc. and Devillier Donegan Enterprises (aired on PBS)Napoleon, a four-part series on Napoleon directed by David Grubin
BBC, Discovery Channel, and TV Asahi, in association with ProSieben and France 3Walking with Dinosaurs
Marketplace Productions/Minnesota Public Radio, in association with the University of Southern CaliforniaMarketplace
Sound Portraits ProductionsWitness to an Execution, a feature story on NPR's All Things Considered produced by Jim Willett, Stacy Abramson, David Isay, and David Miller profiling capital punishment in Texas
National Public Radio"The NPR 100," a showcase of "the 100 most important American musical works of the 20th century", airing on Morning Edition, All Things Considered, and Weekend Edition and produced by Elizabeth Blair
True Vision Productions Ltd. for Channel 4 in association with HBOSlavery, a film by Kate Blewett and Brian Woods on contemporary slavery on multiple continents
Katie Couric and NBC NewsAward for Couric's series "Confronting Colon Cancer"
Learning Matters Inc. and The Merrow Report (aired on PBS)School Sleuth: The Case of an Excellent School, produced and presented by John Merrow
WGBH-TV/Boston, MA and CinarArthur
Idaho Public Television and Idaho Department of Health and WelfareHearts and Minds: Teens and Mental Illness, produced by Marcia Franklin
WGBH-TV (Boston, MA) Science Unit and Production Group, Inc.Building Big
NBC and John Wells Productions, in association with Warner Bros. TelevisionThe West Wing
HBO, Chase Films, and Brad Grey TelevisionThe Sopranos
Robert Greenwald Productions Inc. and Pearson Television International (distributor) (aired on CBS)Sharing the Secret
BBC America and WGBH-TV/Boston, MAExxonMobil Masterpiece Theatre, for David Copperfield
A&E Networks and Columbia TriStar Television in association with Chris/Rose Productions Inc.The Crossing
Blown Deadline Productions, Knee Deep Productions, and HBOThe Corner
Fox, Satin City, and Regency TelevisionMalcolm in the Middle
Mad Cow Productions Inc. in association with Comedy CentralThe Daily Show with Jon Stewart, for its Indecision 2000 series
Tiger Aspect Productions for NVC Arts and Channel 4Howard Goodall's Big Bangs

2001

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ABC NewsSeparate awards for the networks' coverage of the September 11 terrorist attacks
National Public Radio
Tenth Planet Productions and the U.S. broadcast and cable networks
NBC and John Wells ProductionsThird Watch, for "In Their Own Words," a stand-alone profile of real-life responders to the 9/11 attack on New York City
Hardcash Productions, Channel 4, and CNN ProductionsCNN Presents, for the documentaries Beneath the Veil and Unholy War
Touchstone Television (aired on ABC)
WNET/New York, NYAmerican Masters, for F. Scott Fitzgerald: Winter Dreams
WCPO-TV/CincinnatiVisions of Vine Street, an "I-Team" documentary profiling the Cincinnati thoroughfare and the adjacent Over-the-Rhine neighborhood (the epicenter of an April 2001 riot) and the issues that affect the area
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation"A Murder in the Neighbourhood," a report airing on Sunday Edition that profiled a murder in Pickering, Ontario and its effects on the victim's neighbors
Television Broadcasts LimitedWTO Challenge
Brook Lapping Productions for BBC2, in association with WGBH/Boston, MA, RTÉ, La Sept ARTE, SBS, and YLEEndgame in Ireland
40 Acres and A Mule Filmworks, Luna Ray Films, Black Starz!, KQED/San Francisco, PBS and Black Heritage NetworkA Huey P. Newton Story
Carlton Production in association with The Learning Channel for Channel 4Hell in the Pacific
HBO Films, produced in association with the BBCConspiracy
Showtime, Echo Lake Productions, and Sidekick Entertainment ProductionsThings Behind the Sun
Avenue Pictures in association with HBO FilmsWit
Wilmore Films, Regency Television, and 20th Century Fox TelevisionThe Bernie Mac Show
Peter Rosen Productions Inc., KERA-TV/Dallas, TX, and the Van Cliburn FoundationThe Cliburn

Playing on the Edge

Survival Anglia Ltd. (aired on National Geographic EXPLORER/MSNBC)Mzima – Haunt of the Riverhorse
Slow Motion Ltd. (produced for BBC) and WGBH/Boston, MAExxonMobil Masterpiece Theatre, for Talking Heads II – Miss Fozzard Finds Her Feet
Ciesla Foundation and CinemaxThe Life and Times of Hank Greenberg
Independent Television Service, Paul & Sandra Fierlinger, and AR&T Associates, Inc. (aired on Independent Lens/PBS)Still Life with Animated Dogs
SoundVision Productions (distributed by NPR)The DNA Files
Norman Twain Productions with Shelby Stone Productions in association with HBO FilmsBoycott
Teachers Documentary Project (aired on PBS)The First Year
National Film Board of Canada (aired on TVOntario's The View from Here)My Father's Camera
Youth RadioInstitutional Award for the media outlet and its training of teenagers in the art of radio production and storytelling
NickelodeonLittle Bill
Blue's Clues
WGBH/Boston, MAInstitutional Award for its overall excellence in public broadcasting
CBS News60 Minutes II, for "Memories of a Massacre," which recounted the Thanh Phong raid during the Vietnam War
Band of Brothers Ltd., on behalf of DreamWorks and PlaytoneBand of Brothers
NightlineInstitutional Award to the ABC News program
National Public RadioJazz Profiles

2002

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ABC NewsNightline, for "Heart of Darkness," a series of reports on the war in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Nightline, for "The Survivors," a profile of 2 burn victims of the 9/11 attack on The Pentagon (parts 1 and 2)
ALT Films, in association with Paramount Pictures for WGBH/Boston, MA
ExxonMobil Masterpiece Theatre's American Collection: Almost a Woman
London Weekend Television Production for WGBH/Boston, MA, in association with the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
ExxonMobil Masterpiece Theatre: Othello
BBC Radio 4, London, UKFile 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 for WNET/New York, NYStage on Screen

Beckett on Film

9/11
Terror on Tape
Court TV, JB Media, and Hearst Entertainment The Interrogation of Michael Crowe
David E. Kelley Productions, in association with 20th Century Fox TelevisionBoston 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 ProductionsThe Complete Angler (featuring James Prosek)
Fuji Television Network Inc., Tokyo, JapanThe Hepatitis C Epidemic: A 15-Year Government Cover-up
Greenblatt/Janollari Studios and Actual Size Films Inc., in association with HBO Original ProgrammingSix Feet Under
HBO and Simmons/Lathan TVRussell 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 dotsperinchThe Sonic Memorial Project and SonicMemorial.org, for the aural chronicling of life around the World Trade Center
KPRC-TV/Houston, TX"DNA Protects Men of Dishonor," an investigation into prevention of DNA evidence being used in rape cases in the US Military
NBC Studios in association with DreamWorks Television Inc. and Nemo FilmsBoomtown
Nebraska ETV Network for American Experience, a production of WGBH/Boston
American Experience: Monkey Trial
Public Television Service Foundation, Taipei, TaiwanHow High is the Mountain
WNET/New York, NYEGG, the Arts Show
Quest Productions and Video Line Productions for WNET/New York, NY
The Rise and Fall of Jim Crow
Scott Free Productions, in association with HBO Films and BBC FilmsThe Gathering Storm
SET Productions and C-Films Productions for WGBH/Boston, in association with France2, Abu Dhabi Television, and Tel-Ad Israel
Frontline

Shattered Dreams of Peace, The Road From Oslo

Showtime Networks Inc., in association with Viacom Productions Inc., and A Jersey Guys ProductionBang Bang You're Dead
Sound Portraits Productions
Yiddish Radio Project
Talkback Productions for BBC America via BBC Films and Single DramaAlmost Strangers
Turner Network Television, Rosemont Productions International Ltd., Angel Brown Productions, in association with Spirit Dance ProductionsDoor to Door
WBEZ-FM, Chicago Public RadioStories 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 with WETA-TV/Washington, D.C.
Bringing Down a Dictator

2003

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CBS News60 Minutes, for the report "All in the Family," (presented by Steve Kroft) which examined political and financial ties between those in the US government and winners of Defense Department contracts
NBC NewsA Question of Fairness, a Tom Brokaw-led report that profiled the effects of affirmative action on the University of Michigan
Firelight Media for American Experience and WGBH-TV/Boston, MA
(airing on PBS)
American Experience, for The Murder of Emmett Till
Frontline, The New York Times, and WGBH-TV/Boston, MA
(airing on PBS)
Frontline, for "A Dangerous Business," which examined deaths and injuries suffered by employees of McWane, a cast-iron pipe maker (Lowell Bergman and David Barstow, correspondents)
NOVA/WGBH-TV/Boston, MA, in association with David Hickman Films, Sveriges Television and Norddeutscher Rundfunk
(presented on PBS)
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 and NHK, with the participation of Musée d'Orsay, AVRO, and SVT
(airing on PBS)
Great Performances, for Degas and the Dance
P.O.V./American Documentary Inc., Independent Television Service, and National Black Programming Consortium
(presented on PBS)
P.O.V., for Two Towns of Jasper, a film on the Murder of James Byrd Jr. directed by Whitney Dow and Marco Williams
P.O.V./American Documentary Inc., Independent Television Service, Zula Pearl Films, and National Black Programming Consortium
(presented on PBS)
P.O.V., for Flag Wars
Minnesota Public Radio in association with the San Francisco SymphonyAmerican Mavericks, directed by Tom Voegeli and hosted by Suzanne Vega, based on the writings of Kyle Gann
WESH/Orlando, FL and The 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, and YLE
(presented on ARTE)
Chavez: Inside the Coup
Viacom, Kaiser Family Foundation, MTV, Noggin/The N, Dancing Toad ProductionsAward for the Know HIV/AIDS and Fight For Your Rights: Protect Yourself campaigns. The award also cited the MTV documentary The Social History of HIV and Living with HIV/AIDS, an episode of The N's A Walk in Your Shoes
Viacom International, Mango Network, Nickelodeon, and MTV
(presented on Nickelodeon)
Dora the Explorer
KHOU/Houston, TX"Evidence of Errors," an investigation into mistakes made by the Houston 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 the United States Air Force Academy
The University of Memphis
(presented on AETN and WKNO-TV/Memphis, TN)
Hoxie: The First Stand, a documentary by David Appleby about the integration of Arkansas' Hoxie School District
BBC
(presented on BBC America)
The Office
BBC Correspondent Production
(presented on BBC2)
Israel's Secret Weapon, a report by Olenka Frenkiel airing on BBC2's Correspondent series examining the secrecy behind Israel's nuclear weapons production
The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer and MacNeil/Lehrer ProductionsAward for "Jobless Recovery: Non-Working Numbers," Paul Solman's report examining the inadequacy of government unemployment data
WCNC-TV/Charlotte, NCAward for an investigation into dental clinics in North Carolina who sought millions of dollars in Medicaid reimbursement
TV AsahiMother Flew Away as a Kite
Bill MoyersPersonal Award for Moyers' career of "excellence in the use of television to educate, inform, and challenge received ideas"
Down to Earth Productions
(presented on WEKU/Richmond, KY)
Sisters in Pain
Bachrach/Gottlieb Production
(presented on Showtime)
Soldier's Girl
KRON-TV/San Francisco, CA and Young BroadcastingStudents Rising Above, a series hosted by Wendy Tokuda and reported by Noel Cisneros and Catherine Heenan about at-risk high school students
Blown Deadline Productions in association with HBO Original ProgrammingThe Wire
TV 2 (Denmark), Cinemax, HBO, and BBCTo Live is Better Than to Die, a film about HIV/AIDS in China directed by Weijun Chen
Christian Frei Filmproductions in association with Swiss National Television and Suissimage and Cinemax
(presented on HBO)
War Photographer
Atlantic Public MediaAward for the Transom.org website and its showcasing of and resource for public radio producers

2004

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CBS News60 Minutes II, for a report by Dan Rather examining abuse and torture of prisoners by US Army and CIA personnel at Iraq's Abu Ghraib prison
National Public RadioAward for the network's reportage of the Iraq War by Anne Garrels, Ivan Watson, Deborah Amos, Lourdes Garcia-Navarro, Emily Harris, Peter Kenyon, Phillip Reeves, Eric Westervelt, Tom Gjelten, and Mike Shuster
WNYC/New York, NY and National Public RadioOn the Media
WNYC/New York, NY and Public Radio InternationalStudio 360 American Icons, for the episode examining Herman Melville's Moby-Dick
Wisconsin Public Radio and Public Radio InternationalTo the Best of Our Knowledge
Endor Productions in association with BBC and BBC AmericaState of Play
Hat Trick Productions and BBC AmericaThe Kumars at No. 42
BBC Television NewsSeparate awards for the networks' reports on the civil war and genocide in the Sudanese region of Darfur. Andrew Harding, Ishbel Matheson, Hilary Andersson, Fergal Keane, Nicholas Witchell, Paul Wood, and Bridget Kendall reported for the BBC and Seth Doane reported for Channel One News.
Channel One News
Comedy CentralThe Daily Show with Jon Stewart for Indecision 2004
WBAL-TV/Baltimore, MDAward for an investigation by John Sherman revealing leaks of untreated sewage from a Centreville, MD treatment plant into the waters feeding Chesapeake 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, and Chris Clark into the awarding of no-bid state contracts to friends of former Tennessee governor Don Sundquist
WFAA-TV/Dallas, TXState of Denial, a multi-part series reported by Brett Shipp investigating questionable practices by state agencies and major insurance companies involved with the Texas workers compensation system
Filmmakers Collaborative, Blueberry Hill Productions for American Experience, WGBH-TV/Boston, MAAmerican Experience, for Tupperware! a film by Laurie Kahn about the namesake product
Televisió de Catalunya and Bausan Films in association with Cinemax Reel LifeBalseros
Zazen Productions in association with Cinemax Reel LifeBus 174
Clinica Estetico and LisaGay Inc. in association with HBO
Cort/Madden Productions in association with HBO FilmsSomething the Lord Made
Red Board Productions and Paramount Television in association with HBO EntertainmentDeadwood
Discovery Channel and Vulcan Productions in association with Gemini Productions and Antenna Film
Howe Sound Films and Force Four Entertainment in association with CBCHuman Cargo
CultureWorks and the WFMT Radio NetworkLeonard Bernstein: An American Life, hosted by Susan Sarandon and produced by Steve Rowland
The Rhythm and Blues Foundation and Public Radio InternationalLet the Good Times Roll, a series on rhythm and blues hosted by Jerry Butler and produced by Alexis Gillespie
Link TV
Nursery Tap, LLCNursery Tap, Hip to Toe, a children's show about the performing arts created by Juleen Murray Shaw
Grant TinkerPersonal Award for his work as CEO of MTM Enterprises and chairman/CEO of NBC
Bill Brummel Productions for The History ChannelRwanda: Do Scars Ever Fade?, a film about the Rwandan genocide produced by Paul Freedman
UnivisionAward 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, and South African Broadcasting CorporationTakalani Sesame Presents "talk to me...", a campaign promoting discussions about HIV/AIDS with children
CNBCThe Age of Wal-Mart: Inside America's Most Powerful Company, reported by David 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 MediaThe N-Word

2005

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WLOX/Biloxi, MSSeparate awards for the news outlets' coverage of Hurricane Katrina and its aftermath
WWL-TV/New Orleans, LA
NBC News
CNN
TVEChina: A Million Steps Ahead
Robert Kenner Films, WGBH Educational Foundation, Wisconsin Public Television, Playtone, and BBCAmerican Experience, for Two Days in October
BBCThis World, for Bad Medicine
BBC and BBC AmericaViva Blackpool
BBC, BBC Factual and Learning, and BBC DramaBBC DoNation Season, a programming initiative to promote awareness of organ donations
BBC, in association with HBO Documentary Films, Evanston Township (IL) High School, and La CamionetaChildren of Beslan, about the Beslan school hostage crisis
BBC and WGBH-TV/Boston, MA (co-production) in association with Deep IndigoBleak House
WNET/New York, NY, Grey Water Park Productions, Spitfire Pictures, and Cappa/DeFina Productions, in co-production with Vulcan Productions, BBC/Arena, and NHKAmerican Masters, for No Direction Home — Bob Dylan
Deeble and Stone Productions, NHK, WNET/New York, NY, Granada International, BBC and ZDFThe Queen of Trees
P.O.V./American Documentary, Inc., Independent Television Service, and Realside ProductionsP.O.V., for Chisholm '72: Unbought & Unbossed
Independent Television ServiceA Room Nearby, directed by Paul Fierlinger
David E. Kelley Productions in association with 20th Century Fox TelevisionBoston Legal
Heel and Toe Films, Shore Z Productions, and Bad Hat Harry Productions, in association with NBC Universal Television StudiosHouse
Red House Entertainment for Showtime Original PicturesEdge of America, directed by Chris Eyre
Comedy CentralSouth Park
Canadian Broadcasting CorporationThe Wire: The Impact of Electricity on Music
CBC/Radio-Canada La Première ChaîneWhat If Winter Never Comes? (Et si l'hiver ne venait plus?)
HBO FamilyClassical 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 how U.S. Army recruitment officers instruct potential recruits on how to falsify school grades, diplomas, and drug tests
KCET/Los Angeles, CA in association with Sesame Workshop and 44 Blue Productions, Inc.'A Place of Our Own (Los Ninos en Su Casa)
WNYC/New York, NYAward for the Radio Rookies Project
KMEX-DT/Los Angeles, CA15% of the United States, a series of reports dealing with issues of the Latino community
Documania Films, Sierra Tango Productions, and The History ChannelSave Our History

Voices of Civil Rights

Maha Films (aired on Sundance 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 with HBO FilmsYesterday
Fox Television Studios in association with Sony Pictures TelevisionThe Shield
R&D TV in association with NBC Universal Television StudiosBattlestar Galactica

2006

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Charlotte Street Films, CBC, BBC, ARTE GEIE TV, TV 2, Yle TV2, WDR TV, VRT TV, SVT, VPRO, NRK, ETV, TVE, and European Union Media Plus ProgramWhy We Fight
mun2For My Country? Latinos in the Military, produced and directed by Alison Fast and Moises Velez
WTNH/New Haven, CTAward for an investigative report by Alan Cohn revealing defective parts on UH-60 Black Hawk utility helicopters
NPR"Mental Anguish and the Military," an All Things Considered report by Daniel Zwerdling revealing harassment and ostracizing of Iraqi War veterans at Fort Collins, Colorado who sought out treatment for mental health problems
WISH-TV/Indianapolis, IN"Command Mistake," a report produced by Karen Hensel examining an improvised explosive device's effect on an Iraqi War veteran as well as lack of protective padding in soldiers' helmets
HBO Documentary Films in association with Feury/Grant Productions and Downtown Community Television CenterBaghdad ER
HBO Documentary Films in association with 40 AcresWhen the Levees Broke: A Requiem in Four Acts
HBO FamilyThe Music in Me,[1] a documentary on young musicians directed by Amy Schatz, Mark Mannucci, Ellen Goosenberg Kent, Diane Kolyer, and Mark Benjamin
HBO SportsBillie Jean King

Portrait of a Pioneer, produced by Margaret Grossi

Company Pictures and Channel 4 in association with HBO FilmsElizabeth I
BBC, BBC Two, BBC Worldwide, and National GeographicGalápagos, for the episode "Born of Fire"
BBC, BBC America, and Talkback ThamesGideon'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, and Evanston Township High SchoolBeyond Borders: Personal Stories from a Small Planet, directed by Austin Haeberle (airing on IFC)
WTHR/Indianapolis, INAward 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 on Public Radio International)Crossing East: Our History, Our Stories, Our America, a radio documentary directed by Dmae Roberts and hosted by George Takei and Margaret Cho
ABC News (World News Tonight, Nightline, and ABCNews.com/Blotter)"Conduct Unbecoming," an investigation headed by Brian Ross that verified sexually inappropriate messages sent to congressional pages by Florida Representative Mark Foley
PJ Productions for ABC NewsOut of Control: AIDS in Black America, reported by Peter Jennings and Terry Moran
Chocolate Moose Media, Inc. and Quintet ProductionsAward for The Three Amigos Campaign, a program to build awareness of condom use to prevent HIV/AIDS
HearingVoices.com (aired on KUNM-FM)Award for Crossing Borders, a radio documentary hosted by Marcos Martinez and reported by Luis 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 on NBC)Scrubs, for the episode "My Way Home"
Touchstone Television (aired on ABC)Ugly Betty
Be Square Productions, Inc.Good Eats (airing on Food Network)
Apartment 11 Productions, CBC Newsworld, RDI, Knowledge Network, and Canadian Television FundBraindamadj'd...Take II, a documentary directed by Paul Nadler about his recovery from a car crash
Showtime and Mandalay TelevisionBrotherhood
KMOV/St Louis, MO"Left Behind: The Failure of East 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 her Atlanta middle school class
WBEZ/Chicago, ILThis American Life, for "Habeas Schmabeas," (reported by Joseph Margulies, Jack Hitt, and Jon Ronson) which examined abuses of Habeas corpus rights
Magic Lantern Productions and Channel 4Award for the FourDocs website
The Washington Post and WashingtonPost.comAward 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
StoryCorpsAward to the organization for its "preservation of ideas and emotions, events and experiences"
Steeplechase Films, Inc., High Line Productions, Daniel Wolf, Inc., and WNET/New York, NYAmerican Masters, for
60 Minutes (CBS News)Award for a report by Ed Bradley revealing conflicting testimony and botched and/or unethical police and legal procedures surrounding the Duke University rape scandal
Rebel Base and Sony Pictures TelevisionThe Boondocks, for the episode "Return of the King"
NBC Universal Television in association with Imagine Entertainment and Film 44Friday Night Lights
Reveille Productions in association with NBC Universal TelevisionThe Office

2007

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ABC NewsBob Woodruff Reporting: Wounds of War – The Long Road Home of Our Nation's Veterans
Partisan Pictures, Inc. and WNET/New York, NYNature, for Silence of the Bees
mtvUAward for Half of Us, an initiative to promote awareness of depression among college students
BBC World, BBC America, and BBC 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, NYThe Brian Lehrer Show
HBO Documentary Films in association with Priddy BrothersTo Die in Jerusalem
KNXV-TV/Phoenix, AZ"Security Risks at Sky Harbor," a report revealing TSA lapses at the Phoenix airport
Robert Levi Films, Independent Television Service, and Washington Square FilmsIndependent Lens, for Billy Strayhorn – Lush Life
Vixen Films and Independent Television ServiceSisters in Law (airing on Independent Lens)
WSLS-TV/Roanoke, VAAward for the station's breaking news coverage of the shootings at Virginia Tech and its immediate aftermath
Univision CommunicationsAward for Ya Es Hora ("It's Time"), a public service initiative encouraging citizenship applications and voter registration by legal US immigrants
Texas Heritage Music FoundationWhole Lotta Shakin`[2]
American Public MediaSpeaking of Faith

The Ecstatic Faith of Rumi

American Public Media and San Francisco SymphonyThe MTT Files
Bravo, The Weinstein Company, The Magical Elves, and Full Picture EntertainmentProject Runway
Craft in America, Inc.Craft in America (airing on PBS)
NOVA/WGBH Educational Foundation, Vulcan Productions, Inc., and The Big Table Film Company
CBS NewsSunday Morning, for "The Way Home," in which Kimberly Dozier interviewed two US servicewomen who lost limbs while in combat action in Iraq
60 Minutes (CBS News)"The Killings in Haditha," which investigated the 2005 massacre at the hands of a U.S. Marine squad in the western Iraqi city
Discovery Channel and BBCPlanet Earth
Hello Doggie, Inc, Busboy Productions, and Spartina ProductionsThe Colbert Report
National Public Radio, Chicago Public Radio, and Urgent Haircut ProductionsWait Wait... Don't Tell Me!
AMC and Lionsgate TelevisionMad Men
WGBH Educational FoundationDesign Squad
WFAA/Dallas, TXAward for the investigative reports "Money for Nothing" (probe of fraudulent loans made by the Export-Import Bank of the United States), "The Buried and the Dead" (health and safety hazards of underground gas couplings), "Television Justice" (how the Murphy Police Dept. accommodated NBC's To 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, and ZDF/ArteTaxi to the Dark Side
Center for Emerging MediaJust 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
bTVA Journey Across Afghanistan: Opium and Roses
Frontline, Kirk Documentary Group, Ltd., and WGBH-TV/Boston, MAFrontline, for Cheney's Law
Showtime, John Goldwyn Productions, The Colleton Company, and Clyde Phillips ProductionsDexter
CNNCNN Presents

God's Warriors

Art 21, Inc.Art 21 – Art in the 21st Century (airing on PBS)
Public Road Productions and Wieden & Kennedy(aired on Sundance Channel)Nimrod Nation
Universal Media Studios in association with Broadway Video Television and Little Stranger, Inc.30 Rock

2008

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Sichuan TelevisionAward for coverage of the Sichuan earthquake
NPRAward for on-scene coverage by Melissa Block and Robert Siegel from Chengdu, China during and after the Sichuan earthquake
"36 Years in Solitary: Murder, Death and Justice on Angola," a report by Laura Sullivan which questioned the role of two prisoners in a guard's 1972 murder at Louisiana State Penitentiary
Chicago Public Radio and the news division of NPRThis American Life, for "The Giant Pool of Money," which looked at the early stages of the subprime mortgage crisis
Leverage and Closest to the Hole Productions in association with HBO EntertainmentEntourage
HBO Documentary Films in association with Vermillion Films, Inc.Hear and Now
Maysles Films in association with HBO Documentary Films and CVJThe Gates
Ted Leonsis Productions in association with HBO Documentary FilmsNanking
Playtone in association with HBO FilmsJohn Adams
WWL-TV/New Orleans, LAAward for a series of reports by Lee Zurik exposing questionable financial practices by the New Orleans Affordable Homeownership program
The New York TimesAward for the newspaper's website (NYTimes.com) and its innovations in online journalism, highlighting "Choosing a President" and the reporting of Lizette Alvarez, Shayla Harris, Rob Harris, Katharine Q. Seelye, and Ben Werschkul
Kartemquin Educational Films and Independent Television ServiceIndependent Lens, for
Mosaic Films, Independent Television Service, and Corporation for Public BroadcastingIndependent Lens, for King Corn
Laboratory X, Inc., American Documentary, Inc., P.O.V., Center for Asian American Media, and PBSPOV, for Campaign, a documentary by Kazuhiro Soda about a Liberal Democratic Party candidate for a city council seat in a suburb of Tokyo
SNL Studios in association with Broadway VideoSaturday Night Live, for its 2008 political satire
ABC NewsHopkins
ABC StudiosLost
WETA-TV/Washington, DC and PBSWashington Week with Gwen Ifill & National Journal
The Metropolitan Opera Association in association with PBS and WNET/New York, NYThe Metropolitan Opera: Live in HD Series
NBC Nightly News"Tip of the Spear," a series of reports with Richard Engel following a military unit in Afghanistan
YouTubeAward to the Google independent subsidiary and its "promoting a free exchange of ideas... around the world"
NDR Fernsehen and Shanghai Media GroupThe Red Race, about the training of gymnasts in China
Korean Broadcasting SystemJungle Fish
Hearst-Argyle TelevisionInstitutional 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 the 2008 elections
Turner Classic MoviesInstitutional Award to the classic film network and its commitment to "the place of film in social and cultural experience"
The OnionAward for Onion News Network
60 Minutes (CBS News)"Lifeline," a report by Scott Pelley profiling operations of Remote 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 ProductionsBreaking Bad
ESPN Films and Shoot the Moon ProductionsBlack Magic
NBC and Zhang YimouAward for the opening 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, NVCrossfire: Water, Power and Politics, a documentary that examined the effect of plans to pump water from rural Nevada to the Las Vegas area
Twin Cities Public Television and WGBH-TV/Boston, MADepression: Out of the Shadows
Nickelodeon
CNNAward for the network's coverage of the 2008 Presidential primary campaigns and debates

2009

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Diane RehmPersonal Award for her work on her eponymous talk show
Twentieth Century Fox TelevisionGlee
Twentieth Century Fox Television in association with Levitan Lloyd ProductionsModern Family
60 Minutes (CBS News)"Sabotaging the System," a report examining the dangers of cyber terrorism
"The Co$t of Dying," a report examining the financial costs of end-of-life care
Sesame WorkshopAward for the SesameStreet.org website
KHOU/Houston, TX and Belo, Inc."Under Fire," a report revealing gender discrimination and corruption within the Texas National Guard
Folly River Inc. and ITVSIndependent Lens, for "The Order of Myths"
Green Fuse Films and ITVSIndependent Lens, for "Between the Folds"
National Public RadioAward for Soraya Sarhaddi Nelson's reports from Afghanistan
Award for the NPR.org website
Daybreak, Channel 4, and Target Entertainment (presented on PBS' Masterpiece by WGBH-TV/Boston, MA)Endgame
Brook Lapping ProductionsIran & The West
Frontline and Rain MediaThe Madoff Affair
GMA NetworkI-Witness, for "Ambulansiyang De Paa" ("Ambulance on Foot"), which highlighted low-level health care in the Philippine village of Bansud
Nancy SolomonAward to the independent producer for the public radio documentary Mind the Gap: Why Good Schools are Failing Black Students, distributed on Public Radio Exchange
Korean Broadcasting SystemNoodle Road: Connecting Asia’s Kitchens
WFLD-TV/Chicago, IL (Fox Chicago News and MyFoxChicago.com)Award for the station's coverage of the fatal beating of Derrion Albert and its website's complementary content
Peter Jones Productions (aired on PBS)Inventing LA: The Chandlers and Their Times
Trey Kay Productions
(presented on West Virginia Public Broadcasting)
The Great Textbook War
ABC NewsA Hidden America: Children of the Mountains
A Goldhawk Essential Production and BBC World ServiceThe Day That Lehman Died
BBC AmericaBBC World News America
BBC America, BBC World News, and BBC World News America"Where Giving Life is a Death Sentence," a report on the maternal mortality rate in Badakhshan Province, Afghanistan
Mirage Enterprises and Cinechicks, in association with The Weinstein Company, BBC, and HBO EntertainmentThe No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency
Leverage, Closest to the Hole Productions, and Sheleg, in association with HBO EntertainmentIn Treatment
Darlow Smithson Productions, HBO Sports, and HBO Documentary FilmsThrilla in Manila
Worldwide Pants, Inc.The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson, for the episode featuring Archbishop Desmond Tutu
KTVU/Oakland, CAAward for the station's coverage of the BART Police shooting of Oscar Grant, its aftermath and investigation
KCET/Los Angeles, CAUp In Smoke, a series of reports on SoCal Connected concerning issues of marijuana in California
Oregon Public BroadcastingHard Times, a series of OPB Radio reports on the effects of unemployment in Oregon
WYFF/Greenville, SCChronicle, for "Paul’s Gift," which examined the process of organ donation after a donor's death
Vanguard (Current TV)The OxyContin Express, which examined Oxycodone prescriptions by Florida doctors and its wide-ranging effects
NOW-TV NewsSichuan earthquake

One Year On

Sundance Channel and Brick City TV, LLCBrick City
WNET/New York, NYAmerican Masters, for Jerome Robbins - Something to Dance About

See also

Notes and References

  1. https://www.namm.org/news/press-releases/hbo-familys-documentary-music-me-wins-66th-annual-#:~:text=HBO%20Family%27s%20Documentary%20%27The%20Music%20In%20Me%27%20Wins,and%20powerful%20energy%20to%20make%20music%20Carlsbad%2C%20Calif. HBO Family's Documentary 'The Music in Me' Wins 66th Annual Peabody Award|NAMM.org
  2. https://www.seattletimes.com/entertainment/tv/stories-on-wounded-vets-by-wounded-journalists-win-peabodys/ Stories on wounded vets by wounded journalists win Peabodys|The Seattle Times
  3. http://www.tvweek.com/news/2008/06/peabody_award_winners_wfaatv_d.php "Peabody Award Winners: WFAA-TV Dallas...."