1997 Alfred I. duPont — Columbia University Awards in Television and Radio Journalism
Updated September 9, 2022 |
Infoplease Staff
| GOLD BATON | Yugoslavia: Death of a Nation (Brian Lapping Associates; BBC and the Discovery Channel) |
| SILVER BATONS | |
| Television Awards | Nightline: “The State vs. Simpson,” “Journey of a Country Doctor” and “Town Meeting: Thou Shalt Not Kill” (ABC) |
| 60 Minutes: “Punishing Saddam” and “Too Good to Be True” (CBS) | |
| Dateline: “Class Photo” (NBC) | |
| Frontline: “Shtetl” (PBS) | |
| Nova: “Plague Fighters” (PBS) | |
| Major Market Television | WFAA, Dallas, Texas, and Robert Riggs for an investigative report into suspicious payments and commissions between a member of the Dallas Independent School Board and the insurance agent who provided the schools' many insurance and pension policies |
| Medium Market Television | No award |
| Small Market Television | KREM-TV, Spokane, Washington, and Tom Grant for investigating a rash of indictments on charges of sexual abuse in the rural area of Wenatchee, Washington |
| Independent Television Productions | Kirk Simon and Karen Goodman, Buckminster Fuller: Thinking Out Loud (PBS) |
| Cable Television | HBO for its commitment to serious long-form programming as exemplified by High on Crack Street: Lost Lives in Lowell and The Celluloid Closet |
| Radio Awards | NPR for Anne Garrels's coverage of the former Soviet Union |
| Norman Corwin and Mary Beth Kirchner, “Fifty Years After 14 August” (NPR) | |
| Radio Smithsonian, “Black Radio: Telling It Like It Was” (PRI) |
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