The 81st Annual duPont-Columbia Awards

Heard at the Ceremony

Listen to reflections from some of our 2023 winners, and see excerpts from their work.

Emanuele Berry of This American Life shares her thoughts on identity and objectivity in reporting.

Investigative journalist Christo Grozen of Bellingcat discusses his role in the film Navalny.

A.J. Lagoe of KARE 11 in Minneapolis ( a four-time winner) stresses the importance of local journalism.

60 Minutes correspondent Bill Whitaker reflects on the role of research in his series of winning pieces.

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The 2023 Winners and Finalists

  • 60 Minutes: National Security Reporting

  • PBS NewsHour: The Fall of Aghanistan & Ukraine Coverage

  • The Gap: Failure to Treat, Failure to Protect

  • #Keeping

  • Leave No Trace: A Hidden History of the Boy Scouts

  • Murder - Lies - Hidden Evidence: Holding Louisana State Police Accountable

  • NewsChannel 5 Investigates: Revealed

  • Paper Tag Nation

  • Stolen: Surviving St. Michael's

  • CNN Coverage of the War in Ukraine

  • Arctic Sinkholes

  • This American Life: Talking While Black

  • Finding Tamika

  • The Janes

  • Navalny

  • A Post-Roe America: Continuing Coverage of Abortion

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The Alfred I. duPont-Columbia University Awards


Founded by Jessie Ball duPont in honor of her late husband Alfred I. duPont, for 80 years the duPont awards have set the standard for audio and video reporting, in broadcast, documentary and online.

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