2007 duPont-Columbia Award Winners

In a special program hosted by Scott Simon and Lisa Meyers, the duPont-Columbia University Awards announced the 14 winners of this year's duPont Awards.


Israel and the Arabs: Elusive Peace - Brook Lapping Productions | London on PBS

A chronicle of four decades of thwarted diplomacy in the Middle East.

 

Two Cape Cods: Hidden Poverty on the Cape and Islands - WGBH-TV Boston, Massachusetts, Cape and Islands NPR Stations

A comprehensive series of 20 reports on poverty in Massachusetts’ vacation paradise.

Nuclear Jihad: Can Terrorists Get the Bomb? - Discovery Channel | Canadian Broadcasting Corporation | The New York Times

A one-hour report on the Pakistani scientist A.Q. Khan and how he changed the balance of international nuclear weaponry.

Baghdad ER - HBO | Jon Alpert | Matthew O'Neill

An unflinching one-hour documentary that gives witness to the physical and emotional casualties of the war in Iraq.

 

Independent Lens: Seoul Train - ITVS | Lisa Sleeth & Jim Butterworth on PBS

An independently produced program about North Korean refugees escaping through China.

 

California Connected: War Stories from Ward 7-D - KCET-TV Los Angeles | KPBS-TV San Diego | KQED-TV San Fransisco | KVIE-TV Sacramento

A half-hour documentary about Traumatic Brain Injury, the signature injury of the war in Iraq.

Coverage of Hurricane Katrina - NBC News | NBC Nightly News | Dateline

Breaking news and sustained coverage of the causes, results and impact of the storm.

Coverage of Iraq - NPR

Multi-faceted reporting on the most dangerous story of the year.

 

Dirty Secret - WBAL-TV Baltimore

An investigative series on pollution caused by a compost treatment plant.

 

Frontline: The Age of AIDS - WGBH Boston on PBS

A sweeping four-hour global epic on the origins and consequences of the AIDS virus.

Coverage of Hurricane Katrina - WLOX-TV Biloxi, Mississippi

Unwavering coverage of the hurricane and its impact on the Mississippi coast.

 

American Masters: No Direction Home: Bob Dylan - WNET-TV New York on PBS

A historic biography about the poet of protest music in America.

 

Focal Point: Paper Thin Promises and Standards of Living - WRAL-TV Raleigh

Two investigative reports on the living conditions of migrant farm workers and the ineffectivenes of protective orders in cases of domestic abuse in North Carolina.

 

Coverage of Hurricane Katrina - WWL-TV New Orleans

Exceptional disaster coverage and sustained reporting on the causes and consequences of the hurricane.