WBZ, 'This American Life,' NPR, Center For Investigative Reporting Among Peabody Award Winners

Winners Named

Four radio winners were among the honorees for the UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA GRADY COLLEGE OF JOURNALISM AND MASS COMMUNICATIONS' 73rd Annual PEABODY AWARDS, announced TODAY (4/2) on CBS television's CBS THIS MORNING.

The radio winners were CBS RADIO News WBZ-A/BOSTON, along with its sister CBS O&O WBZ-TV, for coverage of the BOSTON MARATHON bombings; CHICAGO PUBLIC MEDIA News-Talk WBEZ/CHICAGO's "THIS AMERICAN LIFE" for its shows on CHICAGO's HARPER HIGH SCHOOL; NPR's "MORNING EDITION" and NPR NEWS for "The Race Card Project" series and website headed by MICHELLE NORRIS; and THE CENTER FOR INVESTIGATIVE REPORTING's "Reveal: The VA’s Opiate Overload," distributed through PUBLIC RADIO EXCHANGE (PRX).

A record 46 recipients were announced, including TV series HOUSE OF CARDS, BREAKING BAD, SCANDAL, ORPHAN BLACK, BROADCHURCH, BORGEN, THE BRIDGE, ORANGE IS THE NEW BLACK, and KEY AND PEELE; a YOUTUBE video made by UNIVERSITY OF OREGON students on "rape culture"; and ESPN and PBS' FRONTLINE's coverage of the head injury issue in football.  NBC NEWS' TOM BROKAW will receive a personal PEABODY award.

Awards Director Dr. JEFFREY P. JONES said, “The quality of storytelling in electronic media continues to increase year-after-year, across platforms, producing organizations and nations.  The unprecedented number of awards we gave this year reflects this fact. There simply are a larger number of stories that deserve our attention as citizens and consumers. And what a wonderfully rich and satisfying set of stories we’ve called attention to this year!”
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The awards will be formally presented on MAY 19th at a NEW YORK luncheon, with "THIS AMERICAN LIFE" host/producer IRA GLASS as emcee.  See the complete list of winners at www.peabodyawards.com.

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