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In 1999, WGBH productions and projects earned more than 100 awards, including broadcasting's top honors. Below are award highlights for the year.
TELEVISION AWARDS

George Foster Peabody Award *
Africans in America: America's Journey through Slavery
The American Experience -- America 1900
The American Experience -- Riding the Rails
Frontline -- Triumph of Evil
Frontline -- Washington's Other Scandal
ExxonMobil Masterpiece Theatre -- King Lear
*Only one broadcaster has ever won six George Foster Peabody Awards in a single year: WGBH. And we did so in both 1997 and 1999.

Alfred I. du Pont-Columbia University Awards, Gold Baton
NOVA

International Emmy Award
ExxonMobil Masterpiece Theatre -- Lost for Words

National Emmy Awards
Prime Time
The American Experience (best non-fiction series on American television, based on MacArthur)
Daytime
Arthur
This Old House
News and Documentary
Africans in America: America' s Journey through Slavery -- The Terrible Transformation and Judgment Day (for research)
The Irish in America: Long Journey Home -- The Great Hunger (for editing)
The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer--Microsoft vs. the Justice Department (report by WGBH's Paul Solman)
New England
Basic Black -- The Making of Africans in America
Greater Boston -- two awards
Greater Boston Arts -- four awards

Gracie Allen Award
Greater Boston Arts

Apple Awards Film and Video Competition (National Educational Media Network Award)
A Science Odyssey: Short Trips

Chicago International Television Competition Award
The American Experience
The American Experience - Reagan
ExxonMobil Masterpiece Theatre -- Goodnight Mister Tom
NOVA -- Everest: The Death Zone

Clarion Award
Arthur -- D.W., All Fired Up and I'd Rather Read It Myself

Columbus International Film & Video Festival Award (Chris Awards)
Hope, Fairness and Power: Building Strong Schools in Urban America
Science K-6: Investigating Classrooms

Early Childhood News (Director's Choice Award for 2000)
Arthur & Friends CD

Eastern Educational Network Program Award
Greater Boston Arts

Grammy Award
The Irish in America: Long Journey Home (soundtrack)

International CINDY Competition Award
Gold: Connect with English
Silver: Teaching Math: A Video Library, K-12

Edward R. Murrow Award
Frontline -- Ambush in Mogadishu

National Association of Black Journalists Award
Frontline/Basic Black -- Leaving Cleaver: A Profile of Eldridge Cleaver

National Catholic Association for Communicators Award (Gabriel Award)
Arthur

New England Chapter of Women in Film & Video Award
Africans in America: America's Journey through Slavery

New England Sword of Hope Media Award for Excellence in Communications about Cancer
Basic Black -- Surviving Cancer

Oppenheim Toy Portfolio Award
The Making of Zoom

Parent's Guide to Children's Media, Inc. Award
A Science Odyssey: Short Trips

Telly Award
A Science Odyssey: Short Trips
Teaching Math: A Video Library, K-12

US International Film and Video Festival Award
Arthur -- Buster's Back and The Ballad of Buster Baxter

Washington Monthly Journalism Award
Frontline -- Triumph of Evil

Worldfest Flagstaff International Film and Video Festival Award
Gold: Arthur -- Buster Baxter, Cat Saver, and Play It Again, D.W.
Silver: Arthur -- Buster's Back and The Ballad of Buster Baxter
Silver: Zoom
Bronze: Science K-6: Investigating Classrooms

Worldfest Houston International Film and Video Festival Award
Silver: A Science Odyssey: Short Trips
Silver: Arthur -- Buster's Back and The Ballad of Buster Baxter
Bronze: Arthur -- Buster Baxter, Cat Saver, and Play It Again, D.W.
Bronze: Greater Boston Arts
Bronze: Hope, Fairness and Power: Building Strong Schools in Urban America

Writers' Guild Award
The American Experience -- Truman
Frontline -- Once Upon a Time in Arkansas

RADIO AWARDS

Clarion Award
Sound & Spirit

International Radio Festival of New York Award
The World (for best news anchor)

Massachusetts Broadcasters Association STAR (State Radio and Television) Awards
Classical Performances
On the Money
The World (story on Irish immigrants)

National Catholic Association for Communicators Award (Gabriel Award)
Sound & Spirit -- The Spirit Confined
The World (coverage of Hurricane Mitch -- trophy for best interview)

National Federation of Community Broadcasters Award
Mili Bermejo: A Jazz Portrait
The World
The World (coverage on the legacy of slavery)

Unity Award
Marketplace, Health Desk (story on Chicago man's struggle with AIDS)

WEB AWARDS

12th Annual International Mercury Award
WGBH Online -- WGBH 1998-1999 Annual Report (online version)

MIMC (Massachusetts Interactive Multimedia Council) Award
This Old House Online

New Media Invision Award
Zoom Web site

Worldfest Flagstaff International Film and Video Festival Award
The American Experience Web site
Arthur Web site
NOVA Online
This Old House Online

IMAX AWARDS
Festival Mondial de l'Image Sous-Marine Award
NOVAMAX -- Island of the Sharks

Jackson Hole Wildlife Film Festival Award
NOVAMAX -- Island of the Sharks

Japan Film Festival Award
NOVAMAX -- Island of the Sharks

OUTREACH AWARDS

Awards for Publication Excellence (APEX)
Africans in America: America's Journey through Slavery (teacher's guide)

CPB/PBS Ready to Learn Excellence Award
Ready to Learn Project

Central Educational Network Outreach Award
Africans in America: America's Journey through Slavery (outreach initiative)

ACCESS AWARDS

Association of Access Engineering Specialists Award
WGBH's Motion Picture Access Project (MoPix)


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