The 2027 duPont-Columbia Awards Jury

Mark Lukasiewicz, duPont Jury Chair

Mark Lukasiewicz is the Dean of The Lawrence Herbert School of Communication at Hofstra University. Before this, he worked as a veteran producer, journalist, and media executive. In his decades-long career, he has produced numerous live and long-form programs, winning 10 Emmys, two Peabody Awards, and the Grand Prize of the Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Awards, among other journalism and international film festival awards.

Eric Deggans, duPont Juror

Eric Deggans is the Knight Professor of Journalism and Media Ethics at Washington and Lee University in Virginia. Deggans is also a critic-at-large at NPR, after 12 years there as the first full-time TV critic, media analyst and guest host. He has also worked at the Tampa Bay Times, Asbury Park Press and Pittsburgh Post-Gazette; and as a contributor for NBC News, MSNBC, CNN, The Washington Post, The New York Times, and the Chicago Tribune among many others.

Shoshana Guy, duPont Juror

Shoshana Guy is an award-winning showrunner and director. Her work includes the Emmy-winning The 1619 Project, where she served as showrunner, and director, and the Netflix series High on the Hog, where she served as showrunner. A longtime former NBC News producer, her work has focused extensively on race and justice and has earned Peabody, Emmy, NAACP Image, Critics Choice, Television Academy Honors and Cinema Eye awards.

Sally Herships, duPont Juror

Sally Herships is Director of the Audio Program at Columbia Journalism School. Her decades of  work spans everything from breaking news to long form investigations. Over the past two decades she has contributed as a producer, reporter or host to the BBC, NPR, The New York Times, Radiolab and Reveal, among others, and been honored by the Ambies, Newswomen’s Club of New York and Third Coast.

Lee Kamlet, duPont Juror

Lee Kamlet is the former Dean of the School of Communications at Quinnipiac University in Hamden, CT.  Prior to that, he was a producer for 21 years at ABC News and 10 years at NBC News. Over the course of his journalism career, he was awarded a duPont Silver Baton, three Emmy Awards, and a Writers Guild of America Award. He currently is a freelance writer, and lives in Fairfield, CT.

Shelagh Leahy, duPont Juror

Shelagh Leahy has produced decades of award-winning long-form and documentary work, since her start at ABC News. In managerial and executive roles at CNN, MSNBC, CNBC, and PBS, she created and directed programming, recruited and managed teams and talent, and led strategic plans and partnerships. She has taught long-form journalism at Boston University, and served on boards including Wheelock Family Theater, and the duPont-Columbia Awards.