Awards

IDA Documentary Awards

WORLD CHANNEL - Fannie Lou Hamer’s America: An America ReFramed Special – Best TV Feature Documentary or Mini-Series

Media Ecology Association's 2022 John Culkin Award

NOVA—A to Z: The First Alphabet

Christopher Spirit Award

MASTERPIECE—All Creatures Great and Small Season 1—The Christopher Spirit Award

Writer's Guild Awards

American Experience—Citizen Hearst, Part 1 —Best Documentary—Other than current events

Telly Awards

ANTIQUES ROADSHOW—“Extraordinary Finds 2”—Bronze

Pinkalicious & Peterrific—Best Children’s Television—Silver Award

NICHM Awards

FRONTLINE—China’s COVID Secrets—Television and Radio Journalism Award

George Polk Award

FRONTLINE—American Insurrection

Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Awards

FRONTLINE—A Thousand Cuts—International TV

Peabody

FRONTLINE—Escaping Eritrea—News

FRONTLINE—A Thousand Cuts—Documentary

Writers Guild Awards

FRONTLINE—The Healthcare Divide—Documentary Script-Current Events

Leo Awards

Zane Japer—Molly of Denali—Best Voice Performance in an Animation Series

NAMIC Vision Award

Molly of Denali—Animation

Alfred I. duPont-Columbia Awards
NOVA—Decoding COVID-19
FRONTLINE—Sama

AAAS Kavli Science Journalism Awards
NOVA—Picture a Scientist—Gold Award: “Video In-Depth Reporting (more than 20 minutes)”
NOVA—Human Nature—Silver Award: “Video In-Depth Reporting (more than 20 minutes)”

WCSFP/The Buzzies
NOVA—Picture a Scientist—Best Science Long Format

Jackson Wild Media Awards
NOVA—Nature’s Fear Factor—Science in Nature – Long Form

The Sir Arthur Clarke Innovator’s Award
NOVA

Public Media Awards
NOVA–NOVA Science Studio—Innovation in Education

Silbersalz Science and Media Awards
NOVA—Nature’s Fear Factor—Southern Lights Award

International Emmy
MASTERPIECE—Atlantic Crossing—Best TV Movie/Miniseries

New York Film and Television Awards
American Experience—The Vote—History and Society—Silver Documentary

Gabriel Awards for Television: Documentary
American Experience—The Vote—Honorable Mention

Silver Gavel Awards
American Experience—The Vote—Honorable Mention

The Communicator Awards
American Experience—Langston Hughes on Trial—Documentary for Online Video—Communicator Award of Excellence for Individual

American Experience—McCarthyism: Anatomy of an Investigation—Documentary for Online Video—2021 Communicator Awards Distinction for Individual -

American Experience—Mississippi Justice— Documentary for Online Video—2021 Communicator Awards Distinction for Individual

New York Film and Television Awards
American Experience—McCarthy—History and Society—Silver Documentary

Telly Awards
ANTIQUES ROADSHOW“—Extraordinary Finds”—Silver
Pinkalicious & Peterrific—Best Children’s Television— Silver

Peabody Awards in the News category
FRONTLINE—Whose Vote Counts
FRONTLINE— China Undercover

Critics Choice Real TV Awards
FRONTLINE—Best Ongoing Documentary Series

Walter Cronkite Award for Excellence in Television Political Journalism
FRONTLINE—Policing the Police 2020

Scripps Howard Award
FRONTLINE—COVID’s Hidden Toll—Ursula and Gilbert Farfel Prize for Excellence in National/International Investigative Reporting

Overseas Press Club
FRONTLINE—Once Upon a Time in Iraq—The Peter Jennings Award for best TV, video or documentary about international affairs

IRE Awards
FRONTLINE—America’s Medical Supply Crisis—Video (Division 1)

Writers Guild Awards
FRONTLINE—Financial Times, Opioids, Inc.—Documentary Script — Other Than Current Events

Kidscreen Awards
Molly of Denali—Kids Programming: Best Inclusivity

Youth Media Alliance
Molly of Denali—Best Program, Animation, Ages 6-9

Pariscience
NOVA—Picture a Scientist—Audience Award

Deauville Green Awards
NOVA—Polar Extremes—Gold Award

International Emmy
MASTERPIECE—Glenda Jackson—Elizabeth is Missing—Best Performance by an Actress

BAFTA
MASTERPIECE—Glenda Jackson—Elizabeth is Missing—Lead Actress

IDA Award
American Experience—Best Curated Series

Alfred I. DuPont - Columbia Journalism Award
American Experience—Chasing the Moon—Silver Baton

Organization of American Historians
American Experience—Chasing the Moon—Erik Barnouw Award

Telly Awards
ANTIQUES ROADSHOW—“Bonanzaville, Hour 1”—Bronze

Academy Award
FRONTLINE's For Sama, Nomination for Best Documentary feature

Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Awards
FRONTLINE—Sama—International TV
FRONTLINE— Sama—John Seigenthaler Prize for Courage in Reporting

Peabody Awards
FRONTLINE—Institutional Award
FRONTLINE—Sama—Documentary Category

Critics Choice Real TV Awards
FRONTLINE—Best Ongoing Series

Overseas Press Club Award
FRONTLINE—Sama—Peter Jennings Award for Best TV, Video or Documentary about International Affairs
FRONTLINE—Trump’s Trade War—The Morton Frank Award for Best International Business News Reporting

Cinema Eye Honors
A Thousand Cuts - Maria Ressa: winner of The UNforgettables Award

International Documentary Association (IDA) Awards
FRONTLINE—A Thousand Cuts—Winner of the Truth to Power Award

IFP Gotham Awards
FRONTLINE—A Thousand Cuts—Winner of the Best Documentary Award

Parent’s Choice Awards
Arthur—Gold Award

George Foster Peabody Award
Molly of Denali—Children’s and Youth

Television Critics Association Awards
Molly of Denali—Outstanding Achievement in Youth Programming

Prix Jeunesse International
Molly of Denali—Up to 6 [years old] Fiction

Pariscience
NOVA—Picture a Scientist—Audience Award

Deauville Green Awards
NOVA—Polar Extremes—Gold Award

International Emmy
MASTERPIECE—Glenda Jackson—Elizabeth is Missing—Best Performance by an Actress

BAFTA
MASTERPIECE—Glenda Jackson—Elizabeth is Missing—Lead Actress

IDA Award
American Experience—Best Curated Series

Alfred I. DuPont - Columbia Journalism Award
American Experience—Chasing the Moon—Silver Baton

Organization of American Historians
American Experience—Chasing the Moon—Erik Barnouw Award

Telly Awards
ANTIQUES ROADSHOW—“Bonanzaville, Hour 1”—Bronze

Academy Award
FRONTLINE's For Sama, Nomination for Best Documentary feature

Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Awards
FRONTLINE—Sama—International TV
FRONTLINE— Sama—John Seigenthaler Prize for Courage in Reporting

Peabody Awards
FRONTLINE—Institutional Award
FRONTLINE—Sama—Documentary Category

Critics Choice Real TV Awards
FRONTLINE—Best Ongoing Series

Overseas Press Club Award
FRONTLINE—Sama—Peter Jennings Award for Best TV, Video or Documentary about International Affairs
FRONTLINE—Trump’s Trade War—The Morton Frank Award for Best International Business News Reporting

Cinema Eye Honors
A Thousand Cuts - Maria Ressa: winner of The UNforgettables Award

International Documentary Association (IDA) Awards
FRONTLINE—A Thousand Cuts—Winner of the Truth to Power Award

IFP Gotham Awards
FRONTLINE—A Thousand Cuts—Winner of the Best Documentary Award

Parent’s Choice Awards
Arthur—Gold Award

George Foster Peabody Award
Molly of Denali—Children’s and Youth

Television Critics Association Awards
Molly of Denali—Outstanding Achievement in Youth Programming

Prix Jeunesse International
Molly of Denali—Up to 6 [years old] Fiction

Cannes Film Festival - Prix L’Œil d’Or for Best Documentary
FRONTLINE’s For Sama—a documentary directed by Emmy Award-winning filmmakers Waad al-Kateab and Ed Watts that tells the story of al-Kateab’s journey through love, motherhood, war, and survival during five years of the Syrian conflict. This is the first time a FRONTLINE documentary has been honored with this award at the Cannes Film Festival.

New England Emmy Awards
BEAT THE PRESS: 20th ANNIVERSARY SPECIAL, (Emily Rooney, Exec Editor and Host; Jeff Keating, Managing Editor;Courtney Kennedy, Exec Producer; Rob Fagnant, Director; Antonio Caban, Producer; Bob Judge, Production Manager; Michael Chapman, Editor; Phil Reilly, Set and Lighting Designer) won in the Interview/Discussion category

GREATER BOSTON’s Jim Braude, Jim Braude was named best Program-host/Moderator

RUN MILLINOCKET - (Greg Shea, Director/Producer; Peter Villa, Producer; Bryan Gould, Producer), a documentary short about a free winter marathon in Maine by Running With Cameras/How Was Your Run Today? Podcast, was recognized with an award in the Lifestyle Program/Special category

’TIS THE NIGHT WITH BEN FOLDS & FRIENDS - our holiday special ’TIS THE NIGHT WITH BEN FOLDS & FRIENDS (Antonio Oliart, Lead Engineer) took home a statue for Audio.

New York Festivals TV & Film Awards
NOVA: NOVA WONDERS – Gold World Medal, Documentary
NOVA: DEATH DIVE TO SATURN – Silver World Medal, Documentary
NOVA: BLACK HOLE APOCALYPSE – Bronze World Medal, Documentary
AMERICAN EXPERIENCE: THE CIRCUS – Gold World Medal, Documentary
Studio Six: LIDIA CELEBRATES AMERICA: A HEARTLAND HOLIDAY FEAST, Silver World Medal, Educational/Instructional

Peabody Awards
SEPARATED: CHILDREN AT THE BORDER (FRONTLINE) was named a 2019 George Foster Peabody Award winner in the News category

FRONTLINE won its first 2019 Peabody Award in the Documentary category for THE FACEBOOK DILEMMA

Telly Awards
LOCAL, USA: BEHIND THE SCENES – BEYOND GRADUATION (Chris Hastings, Exec Producer; Liz Cheng, WGBH GM for Television, Hannah Paul, Producer-Editor), a WORLD CHANNEL co-production with the National Association of Latino Independent Producers and hosted by Tina Martin, earned three Tellys: Silver in the TV General Education category; Silver in the TV General Cultural category; and Bronze in the TV General Miscellaneous category.

LOCAL, USA: BEYOND GRADUATION – DOCS (Chris Hastings, Exec Producer; Liz Cheng, WGBH GM for Television, Hannah Paul, Producer-Editor), a WORLD CHANNEL co-production with the National Association of Latino Independent Producers and hosted by Tina Martin, won three Tellys: Silver in the TV General Documentary, Series category; Bronze in the TV General Education category; and Bronze in the TV General Cultural category.

LOCAL, USA: OPIODS FROM THE INSIDE (Chris Hastings, Exec Producer; Liz Cheng, WGBH GM for Television,), a WORLD CHANNEL co-production with WXXI Rochester NY and hosted by Tina Martin, was recognized with a Bronze Telly in the TV General Documentary, Individual category.

STORIES FROM THE STAGE: SUGAR AND SPICE (Liz Cheng, Patricia Alvarado Núñez, Co-Exec Producers; Michael Rossi, Director and Editor), a WORLD CHANNEL production, earned two Tellys: a Silver Telly in the TV General Cultural category; and a Bronze Telly in the TV Craft Editing category

STORIES FROM THE STAGE: EXPERIENCE (Liz Cheng, Patricia Alvarado Núñez, Co-Exec Producers; Michael Rossi, Director and Editor), a WORLD CHANNEL production, in collaboration with WGBH Events and Massmouth, was awarded a Bronze Telly in the TV General Live Events category.

STORIES FROM THE STAGE: FRESH START (Liz Cheng, Patricia Alvarado Núñez, Co-Exec Producers; Michael Rossi, Director and Editor), a WORLD CHANNEL production, won a Silver Telly in the TV General Cultural category.

SING THAT THING! (Liz Cheng, Patricia Alvarado Núñez, Co-Exec Producers; Bob Comiskey, Director; Arnie Harchik, Editor; Jared Bowen, Annette Philip, and Anthony Trecek-King, coaches), a WGBH local production, was honored with a Silver Telly in the TV General Entertainment category.

’TIS THE NIGHT WITH BEN FOLDS AND FRIENDS (Liz Cheng, Patricia Alvarado Núñez, Co-Exec Producers; Tony Rudel, Music Producer), a WGBH local production, garnered a Bronze Telly in the TV General Entertainment category.

LIDIA CELEBRATES AMERICA: A HEARTLAND HOLIDAY FEAST (Laurie Donnelly, Exec Producer), a WGBH Studio Six production, was awarded a Bronze Telly in the TV General Documentary, Individual category.

MASTERPIECE: LES MISERABLES, Featurette (Rebecca Eaton, Exec Producer), a Lookout Point and BBC Studios production for BBC One, co-produced with MASTERPIECE, was honored with a Gold Telly in the TV General Entertainment category.

MASTERPIECE: LES MISERABLES, Official Trailer (Rebecca Eaton, Exec Producer), a Lookout Point and BBC Studios production for BBC One, co-produced with MASTERPIECE, was recognized with a Bronze Telly in the TV General Entertainment category.

Edward R. Murrow Award
The GroundTruth Project—(overall excellence)
The GroundTruth Project—The New American Songbook: For My Ayeeyo (sound)
The GroundTruth Project—Climate for Conflict (video)
The GroundTruth Project—The Fix: Treating New York’s Opiod Crisis (news)
WGBH News/The GroundTruth Project—Crossing the Divide
(two awards: innovation and social media)
WGBH News—What It Means to be Dacamented (video)

Emmy® Awards
Creative Arts/Daytime
Lidia Bastianich—(host)
Chairman’s Award for Advancement in Accessibility
Caption and Description Editing Tool (CADET)
Boston/New England Chapter
Beat the Press—best Interview/Discussion program

George Foster Peabody Award
American Experience—Oklahoma City
WORLD Channel—America Reframed—DEEJ

James Beard Award
Lidia Celebrates America: Homegrown Heroes

National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ) Awards
Tina Martin and Courtney Kennedy, WGBH News/Greater Boston—“Explore India Program Shows Students Another Part of the World”

New York Wild Film Festival
Rare— Creatures of the Photo Ark

Overseas Press Club Award
FRONTLINE—Mosul

Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Award
FRONTLINE—Iraq Uncovered

Taste Awards
Moveable Feast with Fine Cooking
Simply Ming (2 awards)

Writers Guild of America
American Experience—Part II of The Great War
FRONTLINE—Confronting ISIS

AAAS Kavli Science Journalism Award (CONFIRM)
NOVA—Poisoned Water

Alfred I. DuPont-Columbia University Awards
FRONTLINE—Exodus
WORLD Channel— America ReFramed: The Class of ‘27

Emmy® Awards
News and Documentary
FRONTLINE— Children of Syria (current affairs)
FRONTLINE— The Choice 2016 (continuing coverage, news magazine)
FRONTLINE— Yemen Under Siege (best story, news magazine)
FRONTLINE— Yemen Under Siege (continuing coverage)
International Emmy
FRONTLINE— Saudi Arabia Uncoverd (current affairs)
Masterpiece—Wallander (best actor: Kenneth Branagh)
Boston/New England Chapter
Greater Boston—Pulse Nightclub Shooting (interview/discussion)
WGBH News—Breaking the Mold: The Story of Bobbi Gibb (interstial)

George Foster Peabody Award
FRONTLINE—Confronting ISIS
FRONTLINE—Exodus

International Science Film Festival of Athens
NOVA—Chinese Chariots Revealed
NOVA—Great Human Odyssey

James Beard Award
Lidia Celebrates America: Home for the Holidays

National Association of Black Journalists’ Salute to Excellence Award
Basic Black—Celebrating a Prince, a Queen, and a General
WGBH News—Brookline’s Liberal Reputation Reeling from Racism Charges within Police Department

Organization of American Historians Erik Barnouw Award
American Experience—The Mine Wars

Overseas Press Club of America Award
FRONTLINE—Children of Syria

Telly Awards
Moveable Feast with Fine Cooking
WGBY—An American Ascent
WORLD Channel— Local USA: Veterans Coming Home: Military/Civilian Divide

Writers Guild Awards
American Experience—Command and Control
FRONTLINE—The Choice 2016
FRONTLINE—Inside Assad’s Syria
FRONTLINE—Policing the Police

AAAS Kavli Science Journalism Award
NOVA—Making North America

Alfred I. DuPont-Columbia University Awards
FRONTLINE—Children of Syria
FRONTLINE—Escaping ISIS
The Ground Truth Project—Foreverstan
NOVA—Mystery Beneath the Ice

Asian American Journalists Association Award
WORLD Channel—America Reframed—Cambodian Son (co-production with American Documentary Inc.)

Association for International Broadcasting
NOVA—Iceman Reborn

BAFTA Award
Masterpiece—Poldark (audience award)
Masterpiece—Wolf Hall (leading actor: Mark Rylance)
Masterpiece—Wolf Hall (drama series)

Christopher Award
WORLD Channel—America Reframed—If You Build It (co-production with American Documentary Inc.)

CINE Golden Eagle Awards
American Experience (series/mini series)
American Experience—Last Days in Vietnam
NOVA— The Great Math Mystery

George Foster Peabody Award
FRONTLINE—ISIS in Afghanistan

Golden Globe Award
Masterpiece—Wolf Hall (best television limited series)

Emmy® Awards
Creative Arts/Primetime
Masterpiece—Downton Abbey (supporting actress: Maggie Smith)
Masterpiece—Downton Abbey (hairstyling)
Masterpiece—Downton Abbey (production design)
Sherlock—The Abominable Bride (best movie)
Sherlock—The Abominable Bride (visual effects)
Creative Arts/Daytime
This Old House (outstanding lifestyle program)
Mind of a Chef (5 awards, culinary host, directing, main title, graphic design, cinematography, animation)
News and Documentary
FRONTLINE— Gunned Down: The Power of the NRA (informational, long form)
FRONTLINE— Inheritance (new approaches, documentaries)
FRONTLINE— ISIS in Afghanistan (continuing coverage, news magazine)
FRONTLINE— ISIS in Afghanistan (best report, news magazine)
FRONTLINE— My Brothers Bomber (investigative, long form)
FRONTLINE— My Brothers Bomber (research)
FRONTLINE— Outbreak (current news story, long form)
Boston/New England Chapter
WGBH News Special—Marathon Bomber: Death Sentence Verdict (interview/discussion)
Front Row Boston—Punch Brothers Live at House of Blues (arts/entertainment program)

Humanitas Prize
Arthur— The Tardy Tumbler

Investigative Reporters and Editors Award
FRONTLINE—Rape on the Night Shift

Jackson Hole Science Media Awards
Design Squad Global
NOVA—Inside Einstein’s Mind
NOVA—Vaccines: Calling the Shots
NOVA—Operation Lighthouse Rescue

James Beard Award
I’ll Have What Phil’s Having
Lidia Celebrates America: Home for the Holidays

National Center for Race Amity Medal of Honor
Liz Cheng—General Manager, Television

National Council on Crime and Delinquency Media for a Just Society Award
WORLD Channel—America Reframed—Shell Shocked (co-production with American Documentary Inc.)

National Lesbian & Gay Journalists Association Documentary Award
WORLD Channel—America Reframed—Before You Know It (co-production with American Documentary Inc.)

Overseas Press Club Award
FRONTLINE—Escaping ISIS
FRONTLINE—ISIS in Afghanistan

Overseas Press Club President’s Award for Lifetime Achievement
David Fanning—Frontline Executive Producer at-Large

Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Award
FRONTLINE—Escaping ISIS

NATAS Silver Circle Award
Linda Polach—Executive Managing Editor, WGBH News

SAG Award
Masterpiece—Downton Abbey (ensemble in a drama series)

Scripps Howard Award
FRONTLINE—Outbreak

Telly Awards
Antiques Roadshow—Charleston NC
Simply Ming
WORLD Channel— AfroPop: The Ultimate Cultural Exchange— My Africa Is and Native Sun (co-production with National Black Programming Consortium)
WORLD Channel— America ReFramed: Looks Like Laury, Sounds Like Laury (co-production with American Documentary Inc.)
WORLD Channel— America ReFramed: The Pefect Victim (co-production with American Documentary Inc.)
WORLD Channel— Local USA: American Graduate: Stories from the Classroom (2 awards)
(co-production with National Association of Latino Independent Producers)

Writers Guild Awards
FRONTLINE—American Terrorist
NOVA—The Great Math Mystery

Academy of Media Tastemakers Taste Awards
I’ll Have What Phil’s Having (two awards)

Alfred I. DuPont-Columbia University Awards
FRONTLINE—Outbreak, Ebola Outbreak
FRONTLINE—Growing Up Trans

American Association of Engineering Societies Engineering Journalism Award
NOVA—How Engineers Use Ground Freezing to Build Bigger, Safer and Deeper

American Society of Civil Engineers in Journalism Award
NOVA—How Engineers Use Ground Freezing to Build Bigger, Safer and Deeper

Association for Women in Communications Clarion Award
Basic Black Special— Race and Ferguson Beyond the Headlines
Basic Black After the Broadcast—Catcalls and Controversy

Christopher Award
Sacred Journeys—Lourdes

Education Writers Association Award
FRONTLINE–Separate and Unequal

Emmy® Awards
Creative Arts/Primetime
Masterpiece—Downton Abbey (hairstyle for single camera series)
Creative Arts/Daytime
Design Squad Nation (outstanding new approaches original daytime program or series)
Mind of a Chef (3 awards, main title/graphic design, photography, editing)
News and Documentary
FRONTLINE— The Battle for Ukraine (breaking news story, news magazine)
FRONTLINE— Firestone and the Warlord (investigative, long form)
FRONTLINE— Firestone and the Warlord (research)
FRONTLINE— Hunting Boko Haram (investigative, news magazine)
FRONTLINE— United States of Secrets (best documentary)
FRONTLINE— United States of Secrets (current news story, long form)
Boston/New England Chapter
Front Row Boston—First Aid Kit: Live at the Paradise (best arts/entertainment program)
Front Row Boston—First Aid Kit: Live at the Paradise (audio)
WGBY— Big Ideas for Little Kids:Teaching Philosophy Through Picture books
(education/schools)
Technical
Carl and Ruth Shapiro Family National Center for Accessible Media (Standardization and Pioneering Development of Non-Live Broadband Captioning)

Focal Awards
American Experience—Last Days in Vietnam

George Foster Peabody Award
American Experience—Freedom Summer
FRONTLINE—United States of Secrets

Golden Globe Award
Masterpiece—Downton Abbey (supporting actress: Joanne Froggatt)

Imagen Award
America by the Numbers with Maria Hinojosa—The New Mad Men

Investigative Reporters and Editors Award
FRONTLINE—Firestone and the Warlord

James Beard Award
Mind of a Chef

Online Journalism Award
FRONTLINE—Stickup Kid

PBS “Be More” Award
David Fanning—FRONTLINE Executive Producer at-large

Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Award
FRONTLINE—Firestone ad the Warlord
FRONTLINE—Solitary Nation

Religon Newswriters Association
Sacred Journeys with Bruce Feiler

SAG Award
Masterpiece—Downton Abbey (ensemble in a drama series)

Telly Awards
Antiques Roadshow
Moveable Feast with Fine Cooking
Rough Cut — Woodworking with Tommy Mac
Sacred Journeys (2 awards)
WGBY— The Fire Within
America Reframed — (3 awards, co-production with the World Channel)

Writers Guild Awards
American Experience—Last Days in Vietnam
FRONTLINE—League of Denial: The NFl’s Concussion Crisis
FRONTLINE—United States of Secrets: The Program (Part 1)
NOVA—The Great Math Mystery

Association for Women in Communications Clarion Award
Basic Black—Charles Ramsey, Race, Class and Social Media

Bart Richards Awards for Media Criticism
Beat the Press

Catholic Academy Gabriel Awards
American Experience—The Abolitionists

Cine Golden Eagle Award
American Experience—Death and the Civil War
America ReFramed: Chisolm ‘72
America ReFramed: Code of the West
America ReFramed: Radio Unnameable
America ReFramed: The Medicine Game
America ReFramed: The New Public
NOVA—Australia’s First 4 Billion Years
NOVA—Meteor Strike
NOVA—Secrets of the Viking Sword

Columbia Journalism School John Chancellor Award
Martin Smith (FRONTLINE filmmaker)

Emmy® Awards
Primetime
Masterpiece—Sherlock: His Last Vow (lead actor: Benedict Cumberbatch)
Masterpiece—Sherlock: His Last Vow (supporting actor: Martin Freeman)
Masterpiece—Sherlock: His Last Vow (writing: Steven Moffat)
News and Documentary
FRONTLINE—Outlawed in Pakistan (research)
FRONTLINE—Syria Behind the Lines (current news story)
FRONTLINE—The Retirement Gamble (economic reporting)
FRONTLINE—League of Denial, Dangerous Love Affair (promotional)
NOVA—Manhunt: Boston Bombers (science & technology programming)
Creative Arts/Daytime
Arthur (outstanding writing)
Mind of a Chef (outstanding culinary program)
Creative Arts/Primetime:
American Experience—JFK (documentary or non-fiction special)
Masterpiece—Sherlock: His Last Vow (cinematography)
Masterpiece—Sherlock: His Last Vow (music composition)
Masterpiece—Sherlock: His Last Vow (picture editing)
Masterpiece—Sherlock: His Last Vow (sound editing)
Masterpiece—Downton Abbey (hairstyling)
Boston/New England Chapter
High School Quiz Show—Bob Comiskey (director)
Neighborhood Kitchens

Erik Barnouw Award
American Experience—Death and the Civil War

George Foster Peabody Award
FRONTLINE—League of Denial: The NFL’s Concussion Crisis

George Polk Award in Journalism
FRONTLINE—League of Denial: The NFL’s Concussion Crisis

IDA Awards
American Experience—Last Days in Vietnam (creative recognition for best editing)

Jackson Hole Science Media Award
NOVA—Zepplin Terror Attack

James Beard Award
Mind of a Chef (culinary program)

Nantucket Film Festival
American Experience—Last Days in Vietnam

Overseas Press Club of America Award
FRONTLINE—Outlawed in Pakistan

Robert F. Kennedy Book and Journalism Award
FRONTLINE—Rape in the Fields

Screen Actors Guild Award
Masterpiece—Downton Abbey (outstanding actress: Maggie Smith)

Telly Awards
Antiques Roadshow
Moveable Feast
Rough Cut: Woodworking with Tommy Mac
Simply Ming

Writers Guild of America Awards
American Experience—Silicon Valley
FRONTLINE—Egypt in Crisis
FRONTLINE—The Choice 2012

AAAS Kavli Science Journalism Award
NOVAscience NOW— Segment on Adrien Treuille (Joshua Seftel, director)

AFO Award
NOVA—Hunting the Elements

Alfred I. duPont-Columbia University Awards
FRONTLINE—Rape in the Fields (co-production with U.C Berkeley Journalism School, Center for Investigative Reporting and Univision)

Chicago International Film Festival
American Experience—Clinton and The Amish

Cine Golden Eagle Award
American Experience—Jesse Owens

Columbus International Film & Video Festival Chris Awards
American Experience—Death and the Civil War and Silicon Valley

Emmy® Awards
National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences Lifetime Achievement Award
David Fanning (executive producer, Frontline)
Creative Arts
Masterpiece—Downton Abbey (original dramatic score)
News and Documentary
American Experience—Jesse Owens
FRONTLINE—The Battle for Syria
FRONTLINE—Opium Brides
FRONTLINE—Inside Japan’s Nuclear Meltdown
FRONTLINE—Big Sky, Big Money
FRONTLINE—The Interrupters
FRONTLINE—Money, Power and Wall Street
FRONTLINE—Fall Preview: How Come?

European School of Oncology Award
Cancer’s New Battleground: The Developing World

George Polk Award
FRONTLINE—Money, Power and Wall Street

Golden Globe Award
Masterpiece—Downton Abbey: Maggie Smith (best supporting actress)

Impact Media Award
American Experience (outstanding achievement for 25 years)

Investigative Reporting and Editors Award
FRONTLINE—Big Sky, Big Money (shared credit with American Public Media’s Marketplace and ProPublica

Massachusetts Cultural Council Commonwealth Award
Jared Bowen

National Academy of Sciences & Engineering/Institute of Medicine Communication Award
PRI’s The world (WGBH co-production with PRI and the BBC World Service)
An Ounce of Prevention
Cancer’s Lonely Soldier
Pink Ribbons to Haiti
The Infectious Connection

Organization of American Historians Eric Barnouw Award
American Experience—Death and the Civil War

Oversees Press Club Award
FRONTLINE—A Perfect Terrorist: David Coleman Headley’s Web of Betrayal
FRONTLINE—Opium Brides

Parents’ Choice Seal Honors
High School Quiz Show

Robert F. Kennedy Book and Journalism Award
FRONTLINE—Poor Kids

Screen Actors Guild Award
Masterpiece—Downton Abbey

S.E.T. Award
NOVA—Season 40

Society of Environmental Journalists Award
Environmental Beat Reporting (Sam Eaton)

Society of Professional Journalists Sigma Delta Chi Award
FRONTLINE—Endgame: AIDS in Black America

Telly Awards
Antiques Roadshow
Broadway or Bust (3 awards)
High School Quiz Show (2 awards)
Rough Cut: Woodworking with Tommy Mac
Simply Ming

Writers Guild of America Awards
FRONTLINE—Money, Power and Wall Street
NOVA—The Fabric of the Cosmos: The Illusion of Time

NY Festival Radio Awards
FRONTLINE—The FRONTLINE Dispatch Presents: The Choice 2020: Trump Vs. Biden—Best Digital Documentary—Gold
FRONTLINE—The FRONTLINE Dispatch—Documentary: Current Affairs—Silver
FRONTLINE— I’m Not A Monster—Podcasts: Narrative/ Documentary—Gold
FRONTLINE— I’m Not A Monster—Documentary: Current Affairs—Gold
FRONTLINE— I’m Not A Monster—News Program: Best Nonfiction Series—Gold
FRONTLINE—I’m Not A Monster—News Program: Best Nonfiction Series—Grand Gold

Edward R. Murrow Award (National)
Phillip Martin, Jen McKim and Aaron Schachter (WGBH News) - The five-part series “The Business of Illicit Massage” was a joint WGBH News / NECIR investigation and won for Investigative Reporting.

Edward R. Murrow Awards (Regional)
Wrongfully Jailed for 38 Years, Fred Clay Rebuilds His Life in Lowell - Chris Burrell, Aaron Schachter, Paul Singer and Meredith Nierman (Large Market Radio Stations – Best News Series)

The Business of Illicit Massage – Phillip Martin, Jenifer McKim, Aaron Schachter, Meredith Nierman (Large Market Radio Stations – Investigative Reporting)

WGBHNews.org (Best Multimedia Presentation, formerly best website) – The WGBH News digital team and newsroom

Fifty Years Ago, Black Students at Brown Walked Out for Change – Emily Judem and Gabrielle Emmanuel (Large Market Radio Stations – Excellence in Digital Video)

5thanniversary of the Boston Marathon bombing, 40 years after the Blizzard of ’78 and the death of local media titan Stephen Mindich — Emily Rooney and Jeff Keating (Excellence in Writing)

When Nobody Enrolls in 6th Grade – Sarah Mizes-Tan and Steve Junker, WCAI (Small Market Stations – Hard News)

Gabriel Award for Narrative Series Storytelling
WRONGFULLY JAILED FOR 38 YEARS, FRED CLAY REBUILDS HIS LIFE IN LOWELL, a WGBH News series in partnership with the New England Center for Investigative Reporting. The series was reported by NECIR’s Chris Burrell; edited by WGBH News Exec Producer/Editor Aaron Schachter and Investigations Editor Paul Singer, with audio editing and mixing by WGBH News Engineer Doug Shugarts, and photos by WGBH Director of Photography Meredith Nierman.

PRNDI Awards - 2019 Public Radio News Directors Inc. Awards
WGBH News took Second Place in the Newscast category for September 14, 2018, the day after the Merrimack Valley gas explosions. - Reporters Tina Martin and Saraya Wintersmith, as well as Anchor Joe Mathieu.

Craig LeMoult’s report, MASSACHUSETTS GAS LEAKS SET OFF SERIES OF EXPLOSIONS, was recognized with a First Place award in the Nationally Edited Breaking News category.

Callie Crossley was honored with a Second Place PRNDI Award in the Commentary category for THE SMITH COLLEGE INCIDENT IS WHAT EVERYDAY RACISM LOOKS LIKE.

ARE WE READY? – HURRICANE PREPAREDNESS ON CAPE COD AND THE ISLANDS, WCAI’s five-part report on the vulnerability of the region to a major hurricane, earned Second Place in the Best Collaborative Effort category. The series, a collaboration with the Cape Cod Times, was a WCAI newsroom-wide effort that included reports from Samantha Fields, Kathryn Eident, Sarah Mizes-Tan, Pien Huang, and Hayley Fager. The series was edited by WCAI Managing Editor for News Steve Junker.

Society of Professional Journalists - National Sigma Delta Chi Award
Public Service in Radio Journalism (Market 1-100 or Network Syndication) Wrongfully Jailed For 38 Years, Fred Clay Rebuilds His Life In Lowell - by Christopher Burrell, Aaron Schachter, WGBH News and NECIR

Radio Feature Reporting (Market 1-100 or Network Syndication)
An Alaskan village is falling into the sea. Washington is looking the other way – by Amy Martin and Peter Thomson, PRI’s The World

Edward R. Murrow Award
New England:
The GroundTruth Project—The New American Songbook: For My Ayeeyo (Excellence in Sound)
WGBH News/NECIR—Behind the Wall – Jailhouse Suicides (Investigative Reporting)

National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ) Awards
Phillip Martin, Aaron Schachter and Ken Cooper, 89.7 WGBH—“Detroit, Boston And The Searing Memories Of The Summer Of 1967”

New York Festivals International Radio Program Awards
89.7 WGBH—Finalist Certificate for Best Investigative Reporting: "The Gangs of Nantucket"
89.7 WGBH—Bronze Award for Best News Feature: "Why Jill Stein Isn't Worried About the Investigation Into Her Campaign"

Public Radio News Directors Inc. Awards
89.7 WGBH—First Place Award for Newscast: "November 8, 2017-The day following some significant local elections"
WCAI—First Place Award for Call-in Program: "Improving Community Relationships with the Police”

Society of Professional Journalists
89.7 WGBH, Phillip Martin—Sigma Delta Chi Award-Best Investigative Series: "The Gangs of Nantucket"

Association for Women in Communications Clarion Award
WGBH News—The Short, Wonderful, But Ultimately Tragic Life of Lena Bruce

Gabriel Award
WCAI—Our Mortal Lives: Confronting Death and Dying Series

JazzWeek Magazine Awards
89.7 WGBH and Eric Jackson

AAAS Kavli Science Journalism Gold Award
PRI’s The World—Climate Change in the Arctic (3 stories)

Asian American Journalists Association AAIA Radio/Audio Award
PRI’s The World—“Why young North Koreans are daring to wear skinny jeans”

Public Radio News Director Association Awards
89.7 WGBH News—Under the Radar (host: Callie Crossley)
WCAI—Creative Life series

Society of Environmental Journalists
PRI’s The World—Communities on the Edge of Climate Change Series

New York Festivals International Radio Programs & Promos Awards
89.7 WGBH—Back Bay Fire coverage

Overseas Press Club Lowell Thomas Award
PRI’s The World—Series of reports on Southern Turkey, the Syrian Border, Libya and Tunisia

Public Radio News Director Association Awards
89.7 WGBH—Back Bay Fire (breaking news)
WCAI— Beet Box Revival (sound)
WCAI—Archaeologists Searching for Wall the Pilgrims Built (student category)

Association for Women in Communications Clarion Awards
89.7 WGBH—Johns: Part 1 & 2 (radio feature story)
89.7 WGBH—Underground Trade: From Bangkok to Boston (women’s issues, radio program)
89.7 WGBH—Witness to History: The March on Washington 50 Years Late (radio documentary)

Catholic Academy Gabriel Awards
WCAI—A Life Remembered (community awareness)

Massachusetts/Rhode Island Associated Press Radio and TV Awards
89.7 WGBH—50^th Anniversary of the March on Washington (documentary)
89.7 WGBH—Struggle to Prevent Veteran Suicides (hard news story)
89.7 WGBH—The Changing Catholic Church (investigation)
WCAI— Dealing with Post-Traumatic Stress (public affairs)
WCAI— Search for an Alzheimer’s Cure (investigation)

National Lesbian and Gay Journalists Association Excellence in Radio Award
PRI’s The World—Global Nation: One Gay, Binational Couple’s Story and Hopes as Supreme
Court Decision Nears

New York Festivals International Radio Programs & Promos Awards
89.7 WGBH—Boston Marathon Bombing coverage

Public Radio News Director Association Awards
WCAI—Creative Life Series: A New Life in Ice (sound)
WCAI—Desperate For A Cure: The Search for New Alzheimer’s Treatment (investigative)
WCAI—The Point with Mindy Todd—Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (news and public affairs)
WCAI—The Point with Mindy Todd—Preventing Breast Cancer: The Latest Research
(call-in program)

Radio Television Digital News Association Edward R. Murrow Awards
89.7 WGBH—Underground Trade (investigative series)
89.7 WGBH—Witness to History: The March on Washington 50 Years Later (documentary)
WCAI—The Long Haul (news series reporting)
WCAI—A Weapon to “Take Out” Squirrels (writing)

Radio Television Digital News Association Unity Award
PRI’s The World—Global Nation: Stories of a Changing America

New York Festivals International Radio Programs & Promos Awards
89.7 WGBH—Underground Trade: From Boston to Bangkok (2 awards)

Public Radio News Director Association Awards
89.7 WGBH—MBTA Focus Series

AAAS Kavli Science Journalism Awards
NOVA—Mexico’s COVID Cases and Deaths are Underreported – Why?—Silver Award: “Video In-Depth Reporting (more than 20 minutes)”

The Communicator Awards
American Experience—She Resisted—Cultural for Websites— Communicator Award of Excellence for General -

Shorty Awards
Chat Plays GBH—Remote Production— Silver Distinction

Chat Plays GBH—Remote Production—Audience Honor

IDFA (International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam)
FRONTLINE—UN(RE)SOLVED—Best DocLab Digital Storytelling Award

RTDNA Edward R. Murrow Awards
FRONTLINE—The Virus At Sea—Excellence in Innovation
FRONTLINE—I’m Not A Monster—Podcast-Large Market Station

Webby Awards
FRONTLINE—Websites and Mobile Sites: News & Politics
FRONTLINE—I’m Not A Monster—Podcasts: Documentary
FRONTLINE—Instagram version of Drawn From Memory—Social: Best Use of Stories—

Ambie Awards
FRONTLINE—I’m Not A Monster—Best Documentary Podcast

Kidscreen Awards
Scribbles and Ink—Best Alternative Game

NETA Conference
Search it Up—Public Media Award

Northwest Regional Emmy Awards
Molly of Denali - Awesome Alaskan Kids: Tour of Bethel (Channel Films)—Children/Youth/Teens

Webby Awards
MASTERPIECE—MASTERPIECE Studio Podcast—Podcast, TV and Film—People’s Voice Winner
Molly of Denali Podcast Season 1—Podcasts, Family and Kids - Honoree

Telly Awards
Escape Lab—General-Immersive & Mixed Reality—Silver

Escape Lab—Social Video Craft -Use of Live Video— Bronze

Escape Lab—Social Video General-Education & Discovery— Bronze

Immersive & Mixed Reality Craft-Use of Interactivity—Bronze

Shorty Awards
Escape Lab— Live Streaming Video—Audience Honor
Molly of Denali Social Media—Multicultural Community Engagement - Finalist and Audience Honor
Molly of Denali Podcast Season 1—Podcast - Finalist

Parent’s Choice Awards
Scribbles and Ink—Recommended Seal

Webby Awards
MASTERPIECE—MASTERPIECE Studio Podcast—Podcast, TV and Film—Honoree
THE LAST GENERATION, a FRONTLINE and The GroundTruth Project interactive documentary,won a Webby Award for Best Use of Interactive Video Produced by Michelle Miznerand Katie Worth

Earlier this year, THE LAST GENERATION was recognized with an Online Journalism Award; a Scripps Howard Award; an Overseas Press Club Award citation; and World Press Photo’s inaugural Interactive of the Year award. It also was among the projects cited in FRONTLINE’s duPont-Columbia Gold Baton win last December. You can experience the award-winning interactive documentary here.

Shorty Award
2019 Shorty Awards - AMERICAN EXPERIENCE’s digital short, THIS IS MY BROTHER, won the Shorty Award for Storytelling. Produced by AMERICAN EXPERIENCE Producer/Editor Eric Gulliver and Digital Content Producer Cori Brosnahan, learn more about the winning AMERICAN EXPERIENCE digital short, including how AMERICAN EXPERIENCE used Facebook to help solve the identity of Phil Anthony Hart, here.

Webby Awards
MASTERPIECE—MASTERPIECE Studio Podcast—Podcasts, Arts and Culture—People’s Voice Winner)

Association of Healthcare Journalists
The GroundTruth Project podcast series—The Fix: Treating New York’s Opioid Crisis

International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences Webby Award
FRONTLINE—(two awards)
Masterpiece—(series’ website)

Edward R. Murrow Award
WGBH News—Continuing coverage of 10-alarm fire in East Cambridge
Feature reporting—Open Studio

JazzWeek Magazine Awards
89.7 WGBH—Producer Tessil Collins

Museums and the Web GLAMi Award
American Experience—#ElectionCollection initiative

Radio Television Digital News Association
WORLD Channel—America ReFramed

W3 Award
Rare—Creatures of the Photo Ark (2 awards)

Webby Awards
MASTERPIECE—MASTERPIECE Studio Podcast—Podcast, TV and Film—Webby Winner, People’s Voice Winner, Honoree
FRONTLINE

Digital Library Federation Award
American Archive of Public Broadcasting (collaboration between Media Library and Archives and the Library of Congress)

Edward R. Murrow Award
The GroundTruth Project—Foreverstan: The Girls School

George Foster Peabody-Facebook Futures of Media Award
FRONTLINE—Ebola Outbreak
FRONTLINE—Inheritance

Global Editors Network Data Journalism Award
PRI.org —“ What if the Syrian civil war happened in your country”

Kidscreen Award
Design Squad Global
Peep and the Big Wide World
Plum’s Creaturizer

Parents’ Choice Award
Arthur

Religon Newswriters Association
GlobalPost—Fugitive Fathers

W3 Award
American Experience—Walt Disney

Cynopsis Kids Imagination Award
Plum Landing

Davey Awards
Education—American Experience
Special Interest—First Days Story Project

iKids Award
Best Learning App—Plum’s Photo Hunt App

Online News Association Journalism Award
FRONTLINE—Stickup Kid

Parents’ Choice Award
Design Squad
Peep and the Big Wide World
Plum Landing
Ruff Ruffman: Humble Media Genius

W3 Awards
Education—American Experience
Community—First Days Story Project

International Academy of Visual Arts’ W3 Awards
Ice Warriors: USA Sled Hockey (2 awards)

Parents’ Choice Award
Plum Landing Photo App (Silver)

Public Radio News Director Association Award
Digital Series—WCAI's The Point with Mindy Todd: Who’s Who in New England Fisheries

TechWithKids.com Award
Plum Landing

Banff World Media Award
FRONTLINE—Targeting the Electorate

Cynopsis Kids !magination Award
Design Squad Nation

Davey Award
Education—American Experience Websites

Parents’ Choice, Web Awards
Peep and the Big Wide World (3 gold, 2 silver)

Parents’ Choice Seal Honors
Martha Speaks Apps (Story Maker, Word Spinner)

Society of Professional Journalists Sigma Delta Chi Award
FRONTLINE—Big Sky, Big Money

International Academy of Visual Arts’ W3 Awards
Interactive Media/Education—American Experience: The Abolitionists Map
Education—American Experience Websites
Medal Quest: American Athletes and the Paralympics (2 gold)

Webby Award
FRONTLINE—Frontline Website
FRONTLINE—Targeting the Electorate