Nominee 2024

South Korea’s Adoption Reckoning

FRONTLINE (PBS), The Associated Press

FRONTLINE and the Associated Press examine allegations of abuse and fraud amid South Korea’s foreign adoption boom and find that many children had been stolen from their birth parents and handed over to unwitting Americans desperate to adopt.

PRIMARY PRODUCTION CREDITS

Creators: FRONTLINE, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS. Executive Producers: Raney Aronson-Rath, Andrew Metz, Ron Nixon, Julie Pace. Producer: Lora Moftah. Director: Lora Moftah. Writers: Lora Moftah, Kim Tong-hyung, Claire Galofaro. Editor: Fanny Lee. Editor in Chief: Raney Aronson-Rath. Managing Editor: Andrew Metz. Senior Producer: Nina Chaudry. Associate Producer: Emily Sternlicht. Additional Writing: Inci Sayki. Senior Editor: Amy Rubin, Anya Bourg. Additional Editor: Becky Goldberg. Global Investigations Editor: Mary Rajkumar, Jeannie Ohm. Additional Editor: Priyanka Boghani, Patrice Taddonio. Reporters: Kim Tong-hyung, Claire Galofaro. Additional Reporting: Inci Sayki. Additional Research: Kristina Abovyan. Photography: Nat Castaneda, David Goldman, Jae C. Hong, Jacquelyn Martin, Lindsey Wasson, Ahn Young-joon, David Goldman.