The duPont-Columbia Awards bring the best in broadcast and digital journalism to professional and public attention and honor those who produce it. The duPont Awards engender a collective spirit for the industry and inform the public of the contributions news organizations make to their communities and to the world. The awards program also supports journalism education and hosts events about reporting the news today.
Winners of the Alfred I. duPont-Columbia University Awards receive gold or silver batons designed by the late American architect Louis I. Kahn.
The duPont Awards honor outstanding journalism in the public service at Columbia University's Graduate School of Journalism.
Mission: The purpose of the Alfred I. duPont-Columbia University Awards is to bring the best in broadcast and digital journalism to professional and public attention and to honor those who produce it.
Watch Directors Julie Cohen and Betsy West plus CNN's Amy Entelis dish on what it was like to watch Ruth Bader Ginsburg, aka #notoriousRBG, watch their film RBG for the first time...at the Sundance Film Festival. Then listen to the whole conversation in this week’s new podcast episode of #OnAssignmentpodcast. bit.ly/2Atrjw8
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“It was against the law for a black person and a white person to play checkers together in Birmingham. You could go to jail if you were caught. So it was so much more than just water fountains and restrooms.” Listen to acclaimed author of Lukas Prize winner "The Warmth of Other Suns" Isabel Wilkerson from her conversation last semester with Dean Steve Coll. They talk craft - why it took 15 years and 1200 interviews; looking for great sources - they should have a sense of humor when you're talking about tough subjects; and how relevant the book is today. Check out the latest On Assignment podcast!
When you spend 15 years on a story, you tend to get so close to your sources, they sometimes get jealous: “They felt as if I was in some ways cheating on them by talking with other people.” Lukas Prize winning author Isabel Wilkerson talks about how to navigate source relationships in her immers...
Check out our latest On Assignment podcast - ABC15 Arizona's #duPont2018 winner Dave Biscobing - Investigative Reporter tells about the colorful "advocacy group" who was really "advocating" for its own bank account, and how relentless reporting (the kind that made one duPont juror compare Dave to the Energizer Bunny) exposed them. http://onassignmentpodcast.com/
The On Assignment podcast brings you some of the best conversations from the Columbia Journalism School , produced and hosted by the school's Alfred I. duPont-Columbia University Awards .
The duPont 2019 deadline has passed. NEED AN EXTENSION? CONTACT US AT [email protected] - then watch #duPont2018 winner, The New York Times Michael Barbaro tell us the most embarassing mistake he ever made. And why that was good for his career. #duPont2019
#duPont2018 winner Zoe Chace of This American Life believes teamwork makes the dream work. Have you and your team submitted your best work? Head over to dupont.org SOON to enter before end of the week deadline: July 1! #duPont2019
ABC News Producer Jeanmarie Condon joined her Director, John Ridley, to accept a #duPont2018 baton, then offered some heartwarming advice for new journalists - watch then submit your best work to dupont.org - the July 1 deadline approaches for #duPont2019!
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Watch #Oscar & #duPont winner John Ridley’s advice for budding journalists. Then don’t miss the JUL 1 DEADLINE to submit your best reporting for a #duPont2019 baton - visit dupont.org to enter!
The amazing Gayle King of CBS This Morning hosted #duPont2018 this year, and she has some short, sweet, and powerful advice for young journalists. Take a look, then enter your best work at www.dupont.org. DEADLINE Jul 1. #duPont2019
The amazing Gayle King of CBS This Morning hosted #duPont2018 this year, and she has some short, sweet, and powerful advice for young journalists. Take a look, then enter your best work at www.dupont.org. DEADLINE Jul 1. #duPont2019
We asked #duPont2018 winner @NBC Bay Area Bigad Shaban for his advice to young journalists. Enter your best work at www.dupont.org. DEADLINE Jul 1. #duPont2019
Watch the advice Raney Aronson at FRONTLINE has for doing your best work. Hint: the last one’s her personal credo. Then submit YOUR best work for #duPont2019 at www.dupont.org before July 1!
When Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel’s #legend Bryant Gumbel won #duPont2018, he told us what young journalists need to succeed. Check it out, then enter your best work at www.dupont.org. DEADLINE Jul 1 for #duPont2019
Take it from 2018 duPont winner Nina Alvarez - challenging the narrative pays off. Challenge yourself and enter your best reporting at dupont.org by July 1!
Advice to young journalists? We asked award-winning veterans at this year’s @duPontColumbiaAwards. Listen to Ira Glass of This American Life. Then enter your best work at www.dupont.org. DEADLINE Jul 1.
"You see these awful videos of people being tortured and executed under ISIS. And you think, 'Oh my God what animals.' What people forget is within my mother's generation we were doing that to African-American men in the American South."
Acclaimed journalist Sebastian Junger, with his co-director Nick Quested, talks about their goal in making 2018 duPont winning "Hell on Earth," to add perspective beyond the headlines to the war in Syria. Listen to our latest On Assignment podcast episode now.
Then visit duPont.org to enter your best work before July 1 for the 2019 duPont Columbia Awards.
“Going into Syria itself at the point where we started shooting was basically a suicide mission. Not so much the risks of combat, but the risk of being kidnapped, sold to ISIS and having your head cut off. So we were making a film about the Syrian civil war and we couldn't shoot in the Syrian civi...
“It just gave us such a purpose. We knew exactly what we needed to do in that moment, to make sense of something that was almost impossible to make sense of.”
On our latest episode, Michael Barbaro from The New York Times' The Daily and Zoe Chace of This American Life talk about how the election and the current presidency shaped their 2018 duPont-Columbia Award winning reporting. Listen and visit duPont.org to apply to duPont 2019.
http://onassignmentpodcast.com/on-assignment-episodes/zoe-chace-michael-barbaro
Zoe Chace of This American Life and Michael Barbaro of The Daily speak about the rewards and challenges of making stories for audio, the "tyranny of the good talker," and the sense of intimacy that comes from the voice alone.
#duPont2019 is open for submission! Deadline July 1. Visit duPont.org to apply. Enter your best work to join the ranks of 2018 winners Michael Barbaro from NewYork Times' The Daily and Zoe Chace of This American Life. Listen in to this love letter to audio reporting and get inspired to enter:
Zoe Chace of This American Life and Michael Barbaro of The Daily speak about the rewards and challenges of making stories for audio, the "tyranny of the good talker," and the sense of intimacy that comes from the voice alone.
Our latest podcast episode features a conversation between 2018 duPont-Columbia winners Michael Barbaro and Zoe Chace talking to Professor Daniel Alarcón. Do you really need another reason to listen?
http://onassignmentpodcast.com/on-assignment-episodes/zoe-chace-michael-barbaro.
Zoe Chace of This American Life and Michael Barbaro of The Daily speak about the rewards and challenges of making stories for audio, the "tyranny of the good talker," and the sense of intimacy that comes from the voice alone.
Our latest episode features three heavyweights of audio storytelling: Michael Barbaro of The Daily and Zoe Chace of This American Life in conversation with Daniel Alarcón. Listen in.
http://onassignmentpodcast.com/on-assignment-episodes/zoe-chace-michael-barbaro
Zoe Chace of This American Life and Michael Barbaro of The Daily speak about the rewards and challenges of making stories for audio, the "tyranny of the good talker," and the sense of intimacy that comes from the voice alone.
Our latest episode is up! Zoe Chace of This American Life and Michael Barbaro of The New York Times' TheDaily speak with Daniel Alarcón about the beauty and challenges of audio storytelling.
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2017 duPont-Columbia winners Dateline NBC and Kate Snow were featured in our #WomensHistoryMonth series last year. Today Bill Cosby was found guilty of three counts of felony aggravated indecent assault in the case involving Andrea Constand.
Kate Snow won a duPont this year for Dateline NBC's special feature on the Bill Cosby accusers, "27 Women." For #WomensHistoryMonth, we're honoring the women passing the duPont baton on to future generations of journalists.
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"I would like to take my brief moments up here, not to talk about this film, but to recognize and honor the many good people that we've lost in this noble profession." - Sebastian Junger after receiving his 2018 duPont Award for Hell On Earth.
We'll screen the film tomorrow at 6:30 and hear from Junger along with his co-director Nick Quested. They'll talk about the film, the tragic war it explores, the rewards and dangers of war reporting, and so much more. https://www.facebook.com/events/398413317292538/
We're deeply saddened to hear of the passing of Joan Konner, former duPont-Award winner and Dean of Columbia Journalism School. Her contributions to journalism both in the field and in the classroom will remain an inspiration to us all.
Here is Joan's award winning work: https://vimeo.com/73959220
In six hour long conversations with the leading scholar and teacher of mythology, Joseph Campbell, millions of Americans experienced the way the universal themes…
“The solution to this whole fake news crisis is not being sucked into it, and covering the story. What we don't want to do is do 'he said, she said' journalism. It's not very good for clicks though.”
Natalia Antelava talks about her radio documentary “Russia’s New Scapegoats," a 2018 duPont-Columbia Award winning episode by Coda Story and Reveal, a Center for Investigative Reporting podcast. Antelava talks about Russia's official persecution and unofficial vigilantism against the LGBT community. Tune in to our On Assignment podcast for more. https://bit.ly/2GmkgtR .
“The solution to this whole fake news crisis is not being sucked into it, and covering the story. What we don't want to do is do 'he said, she said' journalism. It's not very good for clicks though.”
Deeply saddened by the sudden passing of Heather Vincent, 1989 duPont recipient for ABC News "Nightline: In the Holy Land." A bright, shining force to all of us who knew and admired her. The astonishing work of bringing these players together on one stage that night is a testament to her talents.
ABC News devoted an entire week in April 1988 to live "Nightline" broadcasts from Jerusalem on the conflict between Israeli and Palestinians. In an expanded…
"If we know we could die, why do we keep doing it?" Don't miss our interview with Kelly McEvers, conflict reporter and host of NPR's Embedded podcast. A year later, we're still inspired!
"'If we know we could die, why do we keep doing it?' I didn't have an answer for it myself so I looked to other people to try to answer it."
We're celebrating the 5th season of our On Assignment podcast with a tote bag giveaway. Enter to win!
Enter for a chance to win a free On Assignment tote bag!
Not saying you'll make better sense of Nunberg's antics...but you'll understand how he learned from the "best." Take a listen!
Want to make sense of Sam Nunberg's outburst? Listen to Professor Betsy West's recent Film Friday conversation with the filmmakers who lived with Nunberg's mentor Roger Stone.
Want to make sense of Sam Nunberg's outburst? Listen to Professor Betsy West's recent Film Friday conversation with the filmmakers who lived with Nunberg's mentor Roger Stone.
"We always knew he was an absolutely deplorable person who had done horrible things to our nation. That being said, we wanted to really understand him."
In our latest episode of On Assignment, we dive into the thorny questions of journalistic duty versus moral obligation.
Join us for a conversation with director James Bluemel and documentary subject and filmmaker Hassan Akkad.
“When we were in the back of a van crossing Hungary to Vienna, the driver was drunk and all the smugglers had AK-47s... and I remember my cousin looking at me like, I hope you're not filming, but I was secretly holding the camera.”
“Finding refugees is pretty simple, once they've left their country because you know they gather in places like Izmir and you can just go and talk to them. Finding refugees BEFORE they leave their home is much more difficult because it's illegal. They can get imprisoned....and it was a stumbling block. How do I meet someone who is going to become a refugee? The easiest way was to go through a smuggler.”
Practical but risky tips on challenging access issues with director James Bluemel and his fearless subject Hassan Akkad about their film Exodus—a 2018 duPont-Columbia Award winning documentary capturing the extraordinary journeys of refugees fleeing to Europe. Tune in to our On Assignment podcast for more. http://bit.ly/2sPH0vF
“When we were in the back of a van crossing Hungary to Vienna, the driver was drunk and all the smugglers had AK-47s... and I remember my cousin looking at me like, I hope you're not filming, but I was secretly holding the camera.”
A full house at Film Friday's Far From The Tree Documentary screening. Thanks to Director Rachel Dretzin and Producer Jamila Ephron for joining my colleague CJS Prizes Exec Director Abi Wright to give context and inside scoop for this beautiful film. Look for it in theaters this summer! #cjsFridays
"How do we present fact-based reporting to people who do not trust any of us in this room?" Ira Glass' words from 2017 are as relevant as ever.
"It's a puzzle I've honestly been thinking about for months: how do we present fact-based reporting to people who do not trust any of us in this room? Like, what do we need to invent to do that?"
"What I needed was somebody to explain to me in a succinct way this idea that the memes helped Trump become the president."
On this week's podcast, Zoe Chace talked to us about covering the Republican Party for This American Life.
We talk to This American Life producer and reporter Zoe Chace about interviewing people who don't to talk, covering the Republican Convention, and reporting for This American Life.
"Radio is a team sport. You should be constantly asking for help."
Listen to our latest episode of On Assignment with Zoe Chace of This American Life.
We talk to This American Life producer and reporter Zoe Chace about interviewing people who don't to talk, covering the Republican Convention, and reporting for This American Life.
We were thrilled to have Zoe Chace of This American Life in the studio a couple weeks ago. Listen in!
We talk to This American Life producer and reporter Zoe Chace about interviewing people who don't to talk, covering the Republican Convention, and reporting for This American Life.
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Watch Directors Julie Cohen and Betsy West plus CNN's Amy Entelis dish on what it was like to watch Ruth Bader Ginsburg, aka #notoriousRBG, watch their film RBG for the first time...at the Sundance Film Festival. Then listen to the whole conversation in this week’s new podcast episode of #OnAssignmentpodcast. bit.ly/2Atrjw8
The duPont 2019 deadline has passed. NEED AN EXTENSION? CONTACT US AT [email protected] - then watch #duPont2018 winner, The New York Times Michael Barbaro tell us the most embarassing mistake he ever made. And why that was good for his career. #duPont2019
#duPont2018 winner Zoe Chace of This American Life believes teamwork makes the dream work. Have you and your team submitted your best work? Head over to dupont.org SOON to enter before end of the week deadline: July 1! #duPont2019
ABC News Producer Jeanmarie Condon joined her Director, John Ridley, to accept a #duPont2018 baton, then offered some heartwarming advice for new journalists - watch then submit your best work to dupont.org - the July 1 deadline approaches for #duPont2019!
Watch #Oscar & #duPont winner John Ridley’s advice for budding journalists. Then don’t miss the JUL 1 DEADLINE to submit your best reporting for a #duPont2019 baton - visit dupont.org to enter!
The amazing Gayle King of CBS This Morning hosted #duPont2018 this year, and she has some short, sweet, and powerful advice for young journalists. Take a look, then enter your best work at www.dupont.org. DEADLINE Jul 1. #duPont2019
The amazing Gayle King of CBS This Morning hosted #duPont2018 this year, and she has some short, sweet, and powerful advice for young journalists. Take a look, then enter your best work at www.dupont.org. DEADLINE Jul 1. #duPont2019
We asked #duPont2018 winner @NBC Bay Area Bigad Shaban for his advice to young journalists. Enter your best work at www.dupont.org. DEADLINE Jul 1. #duPont2019
Watch the advice Raney Aronson at FRONTLINE has for doing your best work. Hint: the last one’s her personal credo. Then submit YOUR best work for #duPont2019 at www.dupont.org before July 1!
When Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel’s #legend Bryant Gumbel won #duPont2018, he told us what young journalists need to succeed. Check it out, then enter your best work at www.dupont.org. DEADLINE Jul 1 for #duPont2019
Take it from 2018 duPont winner Nina Alvarez - challenging the narrative pays off. Challenge yourself and enter your best reporting at dupont.org by July 1!
Advice to young journalists? We asked award-winning veterans at this year’s @duPontColumbiaAwards. Listen to Ira Glass of This American Life. Then enter your best work at www.dupont.org. DEADLINE Jul 1.
Hear from Director James Bluemel—and Filmmaker Hassan Akkad, who was one of the refugees who documented his escape from Syria. We're screening their FRONTLINE film tonight at 6:30PM at the Columbia Journalism School. The documentary is a 2018 duPont-Columbia Award winner.
Join us for a screening of "Exodus," followed by a conversation with director James Bluemel and filmmaker Hassan Akkad—the man swimming in this video and then seen filming himself. Akkad documented his escape from Syria and the perils he and fellow refugees faced coming to Europe. The film has won a 2018 duPont-Columbia Award. Thursday, January 18th at 6:30PM in the Columbia Journalism Lecture Hall. This event is free and open to the public.
"I noticed a gun on the table next to him. I was holding the recorder in my hand and the shot of adrenaline just fired down my arm. " — Amy McKinnon, Reporter and Senior Editor, Coda Story. Coda Story, Reveal from The Center for Investigative Reporting and PRX won a duPont-Columbia Award for their episode "Russia's New Scapegoats." Go behind the scenes with some of the winners of this year's duPont-Columbia Awards: http://bit.ly/2EA326R
The duPont-Columbia Awards Ceremony is just two weeks away! Catch our livestream of the event January 16th, 2018, at 8:00PM EST. Join us on Facebook to watch, or on our website at www.duPont.org.
We’re excited to announce the winners of the 2018 Alfred I. duPont-Columbia University Awards. See the full list of the best broadcast, documentary and online reporting of the year here: http://bit.ly/2B8CjAP
Submissions are now open for the 2018 duPont Awards. Enter your best reporting by July 1. www.duPont.org #duPont2018
In honor of #EarthDay, here's duPont winner Chris Schmidt on why science reporting matters. Watch more of the NOVA l PBS documentary here: http://bit.ly/2p7Fody
"I'm trying to inspire younger people to say, this is what you should do with your life. Because if we don't do it, nobody does." Raney Aronson-Rath, Executive Producer at PBS Frontline, accepted two duPont awards on behalf of the Frontline team this year for the films "Escaping ISIS" and "Children of Syria." For #WomensHistoryMonth, we've been honoring the duPont winners who continue to pave the way for women journalists. Thank you to all the women who make the news.
"It was the residents who really drove the media and the scientists to the point where no one could ignore it anymore," said Michigan Radio reporter Lindsey Smith, on covering the #Flint Water Crisis. For #WomensHistoryMonth, we're honoring all the women passing the duPont baton on to future generations of journalists.
"You just have to take a breath, resist, and fight back. Because this isn't 1984. This is 2017." CNN's Christiane Amanpour, anchor of CNN International's "Amanpour" spoke about being a journalist in the age of alternative facts and fake news at the duPont ceremony earlier this year. For #WomensHistoryMonth, we're honoring the women passing the duPont baton on to future generations of journalists.
"When Mariana Van Zeller says 'We have to do a story on Fentanyl,' you do a story on Fentanyl." — Keith Summa, SVP Content and Programming at Fusion. For #WomenHistoryMonth, we're honoring the women passing the duPont baton along to future generations of journalists.
"It's inspiring for us when we're in the field to know that you care about these stories," says Holly Williams, speaking about the hunger for foreign reporting at CBS News. Holly Williams won a duPont this year for CBS's coverage of Europe's migrant crisis. For #WomensHistoryMonth, we're honoring her work and all the women journalists who have passed on the duPont baton over the years.
Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy won a duPont this year for her film "A Girl in the River," about Saba, a young woman in Pakistan who survives an attempted honor killing. For #WomensHistoryMonth, we're honoring her work and all the women journalists who have passed on the duPont baton over the years.
Kate Snow won a duPont this year for Dateline NBC's special feature on the Bill Cosby accusers, "27 Women." For #WomensHistoryMonth, we're honoring the women passing the duPont baton on to future generations of journalists. #duPont75
Beth Murphy won a duPont this year for The GroundTruth Project's multiplatform documentary about the Zabuli Education Center, a girl's school in Afghanistan. For #WomensHistoryMonth, we're honoring her work and all the women journalists who have passed on the duPont baton over the years. #duPont75
Michigan Radio has won a Scripps Howard Foundation Award for Radio In-Depth Coverage of the #Flint water crisis. The team also won a duPont for their coverage earlier this year—and dedicated their award to the people of Flint.
"Krill don't matter to us—directly." NOVA l PBS's Chris Schmidt explains why, nevertheless, science reporting does matter to us directly. NOVA's "Mystery Beneath the Ice" won a duPont Award this year for "Mystery Beneath the Ice" More details about the film here: http://bit.ly/2gO0U3Z
ICYMI, O.J.: Made in America won for best documentary at the #Oscars last night! Here's director Ezra Edelman accepting a #duPont Award for the film earlier this year. Watch his full speech here: http://bit.ly/2g3ftjr
"Abandoned: The Betrayal of America's Immigrants" examines the effects of a 1996 deportation law, which vastly expanded the range of "deportable offenses" to minor infractions, like shoplifting, and wreaked havoc on thousands of immigrant families in the US. Produced by Crowing Rooster Arts, it won a #duPont in 2001.
We had three outstanding radio/audio wins at this year's duPont Awards. Michigan Radio was one of them, rewarded for their coverage of the #Flint water crisis in "Not Safe To Drink." Listen to it here: buff.ly/2l0JWyk
For #WorldRadioDay, we're listening to This American Life's "Harper High School" Parts I and II. The story won a duPont in 2014. Listen to the full episodes here: http://bit.ly/2hluc9p
"Lot of folks told me I would get killed... Dying ain't the worst thing a man can do. The worst thing a man can do is live for nothing." —James Armstrong, Civil Rights foot soldier, otherwise known as the Barber of Birmingham. Revisit POV's documentary, "The Barber of Birmingham: Foot Soldier of the Civil Rights Movement" for #BlackHistoryMonth. The short film won a duPont Award in 2014.
Looking for something to watch on your Friday night? We recommend "The African Americans: Many Rivers to Cross," from PBS and Henry Louis Gates, Jr., which won a duPont award in 2015. Here, the series revisits Kathleen Cleaver's role with the Black Panthers. #BlackHistoryMonth
"When I was a little girl, there was a woman named Melba Tolliver who was on the news, and she had a big afro... It didn’t make me want to be in television as much as it made me want to tell the story." We're celebrating Black History Month by remembering a woman who paved the path for so many: Gwen Ifill. She was a friend, colleague and icon in the journalism world. We miss you, Gwen.
CNN's Christiane Amanpour was a special guest at the 75th duPont Awards ceremony. Watch her full remarks and the rest of our special guests here: https://journalism.columbia.edu/dupont
An important time to revisit CBS News's outstanding coverage of #refugees caught in the European migrant crisis. Their series of breaking news reports won them a #duPont Award.
Holly Williams , who accepted the #duPont2017 award for CBS News/ CBS Evening News with Scott Pelley's breaking news coverage of the European Migrant Crisis, speaks about Trump's impact on Syrian refugees on CBS This Morning. http://buff.ly/2jvLHky
"Alternative facts have become the opioids of politics." See the rest of Bill Moyers' powerful speech here: https://journalism.columbia.edu/dupont
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