CRITICAL IMPACT: AWARDS

WGBH productions and services earned more than 50 awards in 2005, including many of broadcasting's top honors. This year's award highlights include:

Television

George Foster Peabody Award
American Experience—Tupperware!

Alfred I. duPont-Columbia University Awards
Frontline—Al Qaeda's New Front
Frontline—The Secret History of the Credit Card

Emmy Awards
Daytime

Peep and the Big Wide World (children's animated series)

Primetime
Masterpiece Theatre—The Lost Prince (outstanding miniseries, costume, art direction)

News and Documentary
American Experience—The Fight (direction)
Frontline—The Secret History of the Credit Card (investigative journalism)

New England
Art Close Up—3 awards
La Plaza

The Academy of New England Journalists,
Yankee Quill Award

Greater Boston—Emily Rooney

The Alliance for Children and Television Award
Peep and the Big Wide World

Cine Golden Eagle Award
Antiques Roadshow
Arthur
Nova

Film Council of Greater Columbus, Chris Awards
American Experience—The Carter Family: Will the Circle Be Unbroken (Bronze)
RFK (Silver, Edgar Dale)

iParenting Media Award
Peep and the Big Wide World

Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Awards
Frontline—Ghosts of Rwanda
Frontline—The Plea

Literacy in Media Award
Arthur

Massachusetts Cultural Council
Commonwealth Award

American Experience—Tupperware!

Massachusetts/Rhode Island Associated Press Television Award
Greater Boston

The National Academies Communications Award
Nova—Origins: Back to the Beginning

National Press Club, Arthur Rowse Award
for Press Criticism

Greater Boston—Beat the Press

New York Festivals Awards
Arthur (Gold)
Nova—The Elegant Universe
Masterpiece Theatre—Prime Suspect 6

NHK'S Japan Prize
American Experience—The Massie Affair (President's Prize)

Organization of American Historians,
Eric Barnouw Award

American Experience—Reconstruction: The Second Civil War

Overseas Press Club, Edward R. Murrow Award
Frontline/World—Stories from a Small Planet

Parents' Choice Awards
Arthur
Between the Lions
Peep and the Big Wide World
Postcards from Buster

Radio-Television News Directors Association, Regional 2005 Edward R. Murrow Award
Greater Boston

Joan Shorenstein Center on the Press, Politics & Public Policy, 2005 Goldsmith Prize for Investigative Reporting
Frontline—Ghosts of Rwanda

Sports Illustrated Online Edition Award
American Experience—The Fight (best documentary)

Television Critics Association Award
Frontline

US International Film and Video Festival Award
Peep and the Big Wide World

WorldFest Houston International Film and Video Festival Awards
Arthur (Bronze)
Peep and the Big Wide World (Bronze)

Writers Guild of America Awards
American Experience—The Fight
Frontline—From China with love

Radio

Alfred I. duPont-Columbia University Award
The World—The Global Race for Stem Cell Therapies

American Women in Radio and Television,
Gracie Allen Award

Sound & Spirit—Esther: The Feast of Masks

James Beard Viking Range Broadcast Media Award
The World

Catholic Academy for Communications Arts,
Gabriel Award

Morning Stories—Fatima, A Better life

National Federation of Commercial Broadcasters Award
The World

Outreach

Awards for Publication Excellence (APEX)
Masterpiece Theatre: Film in the Classroom: A Guide for Teachers

Association for Women in Communication,
Clarion Award

Masterpiece Theatre: Film in the Classroom: A Guide for Teachers

Telly Award
Teaching Foreign Languages K-12 Workshop: Engaging with Communities

Web

Parents' Choice Awards
Arthur
Peep and the Big Wide World
Postcards from Buster
Teachers' Domain
Zoom

Massachusetts Innovation and Technology Exchange Award
Eye on Education—High School Choice

United Nations World Summit on
the Information Society Award

Fin, Fur and Feather Bureau of Investigation (Gold)