WGBH 1999-2000 Annual Report Text Version
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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 AWARDSGeorge 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
NOVAInternational Emmy Award
ExxonMobil Masterpiece Theatre -- Lost for WordsNational 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 awardsGracie Allen Award
Greater Boston ArtsApple Awards Film and Video Competition (National Educational Media Network Award)
A Science Odyssey: Short TripsChicago International Television Competition Award
The American Experience
The American Experience - Reagan
ExxonMobil Masterpiece Theatre -- Goodnight Mister Tom
NOVA -- Everest: The Death ZoneClarion Award
Arthur -- D.W., All Fired Up and I'd Rather Read It MyselfColumbus International Film & Video Festival Award (Chris Awards)
Hope, Fairness and Power: Building Strong Schools in Urban America
Science K-6: Investigating ClassroomsEarly Childhood News (Director's Choice Award for 2000)
Arthur & Friends CDEastern Educational Network Program Award
Greater Boston ArtsGrammy Award
The Irish in America: Long Journey Home (soundtrack)International CINDY Competition Award
Gold: Connect with English
Silver: Teaching Math: A Video Library, K-12Edward R. Murrow Award
Frontline -- Ambush in MogadishuNational Association of Black Journalists Award
Frontline/Basic Black -- Leaving Cleaver: A Profile of Eldridge CleaverNational Catholic Association for Communicators Award (Gabriel Award)
ArthurNew England Chapter of Women in Film & Video Award
Africans in America: America's Journey through SlaveryNew England Sword of Hope Media Award for Excellence in Communications about Cancer
Basic Black -- Surviving CancerOppenheim Toy Portfolio Award
The Making of ZoomParent's Guide to Children's Media, Inc. Award
A Science Odyssey: Short TripsTelly Award
A Science Odyssey: Short Trips
Teaching Math: A Video Library, K-12US International Film and Video Festival Award
Arthur -- Buster's Back and The Ballad of Buster BaxterWashington Monthly Journalism Award
Frontline -- Triumph of EvilWorldfest 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 ClassroomsWorldfest 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 AmericaWriters' Guild Award
The American Experience -- Truman
Frontline -- Once Upon a Time in ArkansasRADIO AWARDS
Clarion Award
Sound & SpiritInternational 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 OnlineNew Media Invision Award
Zoom Web siteWorldfest Flagstaff International Film and Video Festival Award
The American Experience Web site
Arthur Web site
NOVA Online
This Old House OnlineIMAX AWARDS
Festival Mondial de l'Image Sous-Marine Award
NOVAMAX -- Island of the SharksJackson Hole Wildlife Film Festival Award
NOVAMAX -- Island of the SharksJapan Film Festival Award
NOVAMAX -- Island of the SharksOUTREACH 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 ProjectCentral 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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