1999 duPont-Columbia Award Winners
In a special program, the duPont-Columbia University Awards announced 12 winners.
Nightline: Crime & Punishment - ABC News
In this four-part series, Ted Koppel penetrates the myth of high-tech maximum-security prisons.
Investigation of the International Pharmaceutical Industry - 60 Minutes
This three-part series presents shocking evidence that the international pharmaceutical industry preys on the sick, especially in developing nations.
Tombs of the Unknowns - CBS News | Eric Engberg | Vince Gonzales
In this seven-part series for the CBS Evening News, Eric Engberg and Vince Gonzales broke the story that the Vietnam war hero buried at Arlington National Cemetery was not an unknown soldier.
Scenes from a Transplant - This American Life
This hour-long, independently-produced radio documentary is the autobiographical account of a cancer patient: National Public Radio health reporter Rebecca Perl, who records her treatment for non-Hodgkins lymphoma.
Struggles in Steel: A Story of African American Steelworkers - International Television Service
This one-hour documentary is beautifully focused on the role of African-American laborers throughout the history of the steel industry.
Fear and Learning at Hoover Elementary - POV on PBS
Independent filmmaker and fourth-grade teacher Laura Simón is unabashed in her use of this documentary, her first, to demonstrate a point of view—that California’s Proposition 187, California’s new immigration policy, is turning teachers into a quasi border patrol.
Taken In: The Lives of America’s Foster Children - Thirteen | WNET
This riveting debut documentary by social worker Vanessa Roth is a compassionate look at the troubled system of foster care in New York City.
Coverage of Congressman William Lipinski Campaign - WBBM-TV
Chicago Reporter Carol Marin is intrepid in her reporting on illegal petitions that favored Democratic Congressman William Lipinski in his last primary campaign. This three-part series is local reporting at its best.
Final Mission - WEWS-TV
This half-hour documentary chronicles the discovery of the wreckage of an American fighter plane and its pilot, Wilton Erickson, shot down by German gunfire over Belgium during World War II.
Strip Searched at O'Hare - WMAQ-TV
Reporter Renee Ferguson uncovers racial discrimination by immigration agents at Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport.
Investigate Reports on Military Medicine - WRAL-TV
A massive investigative undertaking for a local television station, this six-part series on inadequate medical care provided to military families became a national story.
NOVA - WGBH-TV
Coma closely follows the treatment of several patients with severe head injuries to demystify the notion of sudden and miraculous recoveries.