2012 duPont-Columbia Award Winners
In a special program hosted by Scott Pelley and Michele Norris, the duPont-Columbia University Awards announced the 14 winners and 1 finalist citation of this year's duPont Awards.
Faultlines, Haiti: Six Months On - Al Jazeera English
Excellent long-form reporting that revealed the ongoing vulnerability of civilians in Haiti and the inaction of international agencies.
A Relentless Enemy - CBS 60 Minutes
A harrowing report about brutal fighting at a remote U.S. Army combat outpost on the border between Afghanistan and Pakistan.
Hell and Back Again - Danfung Dennis | Impact Partners | Roast Beef Productions Sabotage Films | Thought Engine | Channel 4 BritDoc Foundation
A transcendent documentary about the human cost of war in Afghanistan that intercut life on the battlefield with recovery back home.
Beyond the Light Switch - Detroit Public Television
An ambitious and thoughtful documentary series that laid out the facts and conundrums of energy policy facing us all.
Triangle: Remembering the Fire - HBO and Blowback Productions
A riveting historical documentary that unearths untold stories about a preventable and tragic fire.
Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel: Head Games - HBO
A series of investigative reports that broke significant new ground on the issue of concussions in sports.
Undesired - MediaStorm and Walter Astrada for the Alexia Foundation
A haunting multimedia report about India’s lethal social customs that devalue the lives of women and girls.
Coverage of the Arab Spring - NBC News and Richard Engel
Exemplary breaking news coverage from across the region.
“A Year at War” and “Surviving Haiti's Earthquake: Children” - The New York Times
Two powerful online stories artfully told with depth and context that demonstrated the strength of interactive storytelling and narrative reporting at The New York Times.
Bitter Lessons - WFAA-TV Dallas | Byron Harris
An outstanding investigative series that uncovered fraudulent practices at unregulated for-profit trade schools in Texas.
NOVA: Japan's Killer Quake - WGBH-TV Boston
An in-depth documentary that told the bigger story behind Japan’s earthquake.
Alleged Illegal Searches by the NYPD - WNYC | Ailsa Chang
An excellent two part investigative series that revealed abuses in the NYPD’s “stop and frisk” policy.
Stealing Houses - WSB-TV Atlanta | Jodie Fleischer
A series of eight investigative reports that doggedly exposed a scheme in which suspects fraudulently claimed ownership of houses in foreclosure.
Policing for Profit - WTVF-TV, Nashville and Phil Williams
A relentless investigation into state agencies abuse of a law that allowed them to seize cash from out-of-state drivers in Tennessee.
Special Finalist Citation
Radio Rookies: Coming Up in 2011 - WNYC
WNYC’s youth media project, Radio Rookies, brought together a group of young people from Staten Island in New York facing varying degrees of personal challenges to bravely and unsparingly tell their own stories. The result was a series of unflinching self-portraits that examine the lives and realities of young people.