2013 duPont-Columbia Award Winners
In a special program hosted by Christiane Amanpour and Byron Pitts, the duPont-Columbia University Awards announced the 14 winners of this year's duPont Awards.
Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry | Alison Klaman | Never Sorry LLC | United Expression Media and Sundance Selects | MUSE Films and Television
In this compelling portrait of the internationally recognized artist Ai Weiwei, filmmaker Alison Klayman presents an insightful look at China and its transition in a digital age.
Inside Syria - CBS Evening News with Scott Pelley | CBS News and Clarissa Ward
Clarissa Ward bravely reported on what was happening inside Syria’s dangerous and largely inaccessible insurgent strongholds despite government efforts to keep foreign journalists away.
Vanguard: Arming the Mexican Cartel - Current TV | Christof Putzel | Renaud Brothers
A remarkable portrait of Mexico’s bloody drug wars, capturing differing motivations and providing economic and political context for the violence.
SoCal Connected: Courting Disaster - KCET Southern California
Well-written and edited, this important story clearly illustrated the real impact budget cuts are having on families in California.
Desert Underwater - KLAS-TV Las Vegas
In clear language, reporters explain the mechanics of foreclosures and the lack of government regulation that allowed predatory lenders to profit from the crisis.
Bully - Lee HIrsch | The Weinstein Company | Where We Live Films | BeCause Foundation | The Einhorn Family Charitable Trust | The Fledgling Fund | National Center for Leraning Disabilities | The Waitt Institute for Violence Prevention
The Bully Project is the first feature documentary film to show how we've all been affected by bullying, whether we've been victims, perpetrators or stood silent witness.
Coverage of Syria - NPR | Deborah Amos | Kelly McEvers
NPR’s series of daily news reports about the conflict in Syria was wide ranging, balanced and in depth.
StoryCorps 9/11 - StoryCorps, NPR and POV
StoryCorps’ memorable and impactful work recording, preserving, and sharing the stories of those who were affected by the attacks of September 11, 2001 occurred across multiple platforms, and illuminated a broad range of important issues through first person storytelling.
Ghost Factories - USA Today
This important interactive report details how federal and state environmental agencies did little to investigate hundreds of closed factories despite being warned of dangerous lead contamination.
The Interrupters - FRONTLINE | Kartemquin Films | Steve James and Alex Kotlowitz
This moving documentary follows a group of violence Interrupters to the front lines of inner city violence and profiles their efforts to combat it with dignity.
Opium Brides - FRONTLINE | WGBH | Clover Films | Najibullah Quraishi
A film on the terrible consequence of the Afghan government’s war on poppy production: families forced to give their daughters to drug traffickers.
StateImpact Pennsylvania - witf | WHYY | NPR
This joint reporting project showed the significant impact of natural gas drilling on Pennsylvania residents.
“Dirty Deeds” and “Hiding Behind the Badge” - WVUE-TV New Orleans | Lee Zurik
Both of these meticulously reported local investigations exposed government corruption, historic and contemporary, in Louisiana.
Wayne County Confidential - WXYZ-TV Detroit
This relentlessly reported series uncovered widespread government corruption, lawlessness and ineptitude inside Michigan’s largest county.