Winners of the 2020 duPont-Columbia Awards

 

An enlightening bonus season of podcast episodes followed the case of death row inmate Curtis Flowers as it went before the Supreme Court, which ultimately overturned his conviction.

 

Host and Lead Reporter: Madeleine Baran 

Senior Producer: Samara Freemark 

Producer: Natalie Jablonski

Associate Producer: Rehman Tungekar

Reporters: Parker Yesko, Will Craft, Curtis Gilbert

Editors: Catherine Winter, Dave Mann 

Web Editor: Andy Kruse 

Editor in Chief: Chris Worthington

Composer: Gary Meister 

Composer and Audio Engineer: Johnny Vince Evans

Audio Engineer: Corey Schreppel

Intern: Nikki Pederson

 

 

This nuanced and newsmaking reporting looked at the Trump administration’s policy of separating families at the Mexican border, from the poignant lens of aspiring immigrants going through it.

 

Executive Producer: Bill Owens 

Executive Editor: Tanya Simon

Correspondents: Scott Pelley, Sharyn Alfonsi

Producers: Oriana Zill de Granados, Michael Rey

Associate Producer: Emily Gordon 

Editors: Jorge J. Garcia, Sean Kelly, Michael Mongulla

 

 

CNN used the full force of its international reporting to break story after story on the disappearance and grisly murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, and the Saudi government’s involvement.

 

The CNN Team. See the full list of credits for this piece here.

 

In a penetrating two-part documentary, FRONTLINE traced how Facebook departed from its idealistic origins to become an international platform for political disinformation and division. 

 

Executive Producer: Raney Aronson 

Managing Editor: Andrew Metz 

Director, Writer, Producer, Correspondent: James Jacoby 

Writer, Producer, Reporter: Anya Bourg 

Reporter: Dana Priest 

Senior Producer: Frank Koughan 

Co-Producer: Megan Robertson 

Editor, Co-Producer: Pierre Takal 

Special Projects Producer: Philip Bennett 

Editor: Fanny Lee 

Director of Photography: Jeremy Gould 

Associate Producer: Gini Richards 

Executive Producers, Left/Right Docs: Ken Druckerman, Banks Tarver

 

This gem of a documentary explored universal issues of race and poverty through the intimate portrait of a struggling elementary school and its inspiring principal.

 

Director, Writer: Lindsey Seavert 

Director, Cinematographer, Editor: Ben Garvin

Executive Producer: Janeen Vogelaar
Producers:  Ben Garvin, Lindsey Seavert, Janeen Vogelaar, Melody Gilbert
President & General Manager: John Remes

 

KARE 11’s ongoing, groundbreaking reporting uncovered the Veterans Administration’s lax treatment of veterans in all areas of services, resulting in millions of dollars in refunds to vets as well as an investigation by the Inspector General. 

 

Investigative Reporter: A.J. Lagoe 

Executive Producer – Investigations: Steve Eckert

Investigative Photographer/Editor: Gary Knox

Photographers: Kevin Sullivan, Jeff Wiltgen, Aaron Adelson

Web Producer: Laura Stokes

Web Producer: Emily Haavik

Director of News Content: Stacey Nogy 

Director of Content: Stuart Boslow

 

 

This alarming feature documentary investigated the immense power of the medical device industry, the poor regulation of devices and the tragic physical and psychological consequences of faulty implants. 

 

Director: Kirby Dick

Producers: Amy Ziering, Amy Herdy

Executive Producers: Ian Darling, MS Johnson, Debra L. McLeod 

Co-Executive Producers: Ken Grossinger, Micheline Klagsbrun

 

 

Fearless reporter Jane Ferguson became one of the first American journalists inside war-torn Yemen to report on the catastrophic effects of the conflict there on men, women and especially children.

 

Correspondent: Jane Ferguson 

Camera: Abd Rabu Alhushaishi

Editor: Hamada Hanoura

Senior Producer: Morgan Till

Executive Producer: Sara Just

 

 

 

This emotional documentary offers a compelling exploration of the decades-long fight for justice for the "comfort women" enslaved by Japanese troops during World War II.

 

Director, Writer, DoP: Tiffany Hsiung

Producer: Anita Lee

Associate Producers: Chris Kang, Deann Borshay Liem 

Executive Producers for POV: Justine Nagan, Chris White

 

 

Following an investigative reporter through a real life political thriller, this documentary exposed one of the greatest threats to American democracy: corrupt big money that floods elections. 

 

Director/Producer: Kimberly Reed

Co-Executive Producer: Katy Drake Bettner

Executive Producers: Michael Bloom, Adam Pincus, Nancy Stephens, Rick Rosenthal, David J. Cornfield, Linda A. Cornfield

Producer: Katy Chevigny

Co-Producer: Miriam Cutler

Executive Producers for POV: Justine Nagan, Chris White

 

 

The seven-part podcast revisited the investigation, largely overlooked in the wake of Watergate, into corruption at the highest levels of the US government, which ultimately led to the resignation of Richard Nixon’s vice president Spiro Agnew.

 

Executive Producer, Writer: Michael Yarvitz

Host, Writer: Rachel Maddow

Supervising Producer: Cory Gnazzo, 

Senior Producer: Tricia McKinney

Web Producer: Will Femia

Associate Producer: Tiffany Lopez

Production Assistant: Samuel Henneberry, 

Lead Editor, Neon Hum Media: Jonathan Hirsch

Associate Producer, Neon Hum Media: Marissa Schneiderman

 

The searing compilation of investigative reports took on clergy sex abuse and coverup by the Catholic Church, and revealed hidden, long-standing problems within the diocese in Buffalo, NY. 

 

Investigative Reporter: Charlie Specht

Chief Photographer: Jeff Wick

 

 

 

With white supremacy, voter suppression and the legacy of black-face minstrels making national headlines, PBS aired this timely inquiry of their roots in one of the most neglected and misunderstood chapters in our national history.

 

Executive Producer, Writer, Host: Henry Louis Gates, Jr. 

Executive Producer: Dyllan McGee

Series Producer/Director Hour Four: Julia Marchesi

Producer/Director Hour One: Rob Rapley 

Producer/Director Hour Two: Cyndee Readdean

Producer/Director Hour Three: Stacey Holman

Supervising Producer: Deborah Porfido

Line Producer: Robert Yacyshyn

Senior Story Producer: Kevin Burke

Executive Producers for WETA: Dalton Delan, Anne Harrington 

Executive in Charge for PBS: Bill Gardner

 

 

Dogged, shoe-leather reporting in North Carolina’s 2018 Congressional elections led to a powerful, ongoing fraud investigation that sparked widespread national attention and criminal charges.

 

Vice-President & General Manager: Cedric Thomas

News Director: Mike Oliveira

Assistant News Director: Linda Nester

Manager - Investigations & Special Projects: Kim Holt

Executive Producer: Randy Wardell

Reporter: Joe Bruno

Investigative Producer: Mike Stolp

Producer: Melissa Martin

Reporter: Allison Latos

Photographer/Editor: Corey Gensler

Editor: Bridget Russo