2025 duPont-Columbia Awards Finalists Announced

Columbia Journalism School announced the 30 Finalists of the 2025 Alfred I. duPont-Columbia University Awards today, honoring outstanding public service in audio and video reporting. 

PBS leads the group of Finalists with honors for four documentary programs; two from FRONTLINE, one American Experience and one American Masters. 

HBO is a Finalist for two programs, including a documentary series about a racial reckoning in Boston. Netflix is a finalist for two documentaries about gender based violence. Reveal is also a Finalist for two podcasts, one about police misconduct.

Coverage of the war in Gaza from NPR, This American Life and The New York Times are Finalists. 

First-time Finalists for the duPont Award include Telemundo for a climate change project carried across its local stations; Scripps News for two investigative stories, one about Flint, MI water and the second on Maine gun laws; The Boston Globe for a podcast series about a racially charged murder case that gained national attention, and The Outlaw Ocean Project for an investigation into China’s illegal fishing practices.

Nine of the Finalists honored local newsrooms, a critical part of the awards’ mission, on topics that range from domestic violence, to official corruption and the rise of extremism in the U.S.

The 2025 duPont-Columbia Winners will be announced at a ceremony on Wednesday, January 22, 2025 at Columbia’s Low Library.

For the list of the 2025 duPont-Columbia Awards Finalists, visit https://dupont.org/2025-finalists