Nightline: In the Holy Land - ABC News

ABC News devoted an entire week in April 1988 to live "Nightline" broadcasts from Jerusalem on the conflict between Israeli and Palestinians.

Coverage of the Persian Gulf - CBS News

Allen Pizzey and his camera crew showed incredible tenacity and courage in their sustained coverage of the Iran-Iraq war as it affected shipping and U.S. warships in the Persian Gulf.

Looking for Lincoln - KING-TV

Even before the presidential primaries, KING-TV recognized the importance of examining the characters of the 13 major candidates and resourcefully formed a team of seven local stations around the nation to produce revealing portraits of each candidate.

A Conversation with Mikhail Gorbachev NBC News

Tom Brokaw’s unprecedented, wide-ranging conversation with Gorbachev in Moscow Nov. 30, 1987, one week before the Reagan-Gorbachev summit talks in Washington, allowed Americans to see Gorbachev in this unusual Western-style interview.

Coverage of the Supreme Court Nominations - NPR

Nina Totenberg's reports on nominations to the Supreme Court, especially the nomination of Judge Douglas Ginsburg, were pivotal in the controversy over whether the personal lives and values of potential justices are important to their role as interpreters of the law. Ms. Totenberg broke the story of Judge Ginsburg's use of marijuana, raising issues of changing social values and credibility with careful perspective under deadline pressure. Her reports were frequent and lengthy, a tribute to the style and journalistic thoroughness of National Public Radio.

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Joseph Campbell and the Power of the Myth - Public Affairs Television

In six hour long conversations with the leading scholar and teacher of mythology, Joseph Campbell, millions of Americans experienced the way the universal themes of mythology and religion illuminate their lives.

The Politics of Pollution - WCAX-TV

This five-part series is outstanding in its breadth of research and detail on the sources of acid rain, particularly in the Midwest, and the impact of that pollution on New England.

We the Jury - WCVB-TV

It took producer-reporter David Ropeik nearly three years to find a judge, lawyers, defendant and jury willing to let him follow a trial through the eyes and experiences of the sequestered jurors. The result is a stunning and touching hour-long portrait of citizenship, full of mundane acts and emotional tugs as the jurors give up their ordinary lives to consider the evidence and reach a verdict.

Investigative Reporting by Erin Hayes WSMV-TV

From sewage overflows in Nashville to the lack of restaurant inspections, Erin Hayes consistently demonstrates her ability to tackle stories other journalists shy away from.

Thurgood Marshall: The Man - WUSA-TV

In this one-hour documentary, Justice Thurgood Marshall speaks about the Supreme Court, the Justice Department, former Attorney General Edwin Meese, and his own lifelong commitment to civil rights.