“The quality of storytelling in electronic media continues to increase year-after-year, across platforms, producing organizations and nations,” said Dr. Jeffrey P. Jones, director of the Peabody Awards. “The unprecedented number of awards we gave this year reflects this fact. There simply are a larger number of stories that deserve our attention as citizens and consumers. And what a wonderfully rich and satisfying set of stories we’ve called attention to this year!”
180 Days: A Year Inside an American High School (PBS) National Black Programming Consortium, Corporation for Public Broadcasting, PBS
The African Americans: Many Rivers to Cross with Henry Louis Gates, Jr. (PBS) Thirteen, Inkwell Films, Kunhardt McGee Productions in association with Ark Media
Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown (CNN) CNN, Zero Point Zero Production, Inc.
Best Kept Secret (PBS) American Documentary / POV, BKS Films, LLC
Borgen (DR1, Denmark) DR Fiktion
Breaking Bad (AMC) Sony Pictures Television
The Bridge (FX) Shine America and FX Productions
Broadchurch (BBC America) A Kudos and Imaginary Friends Co-Production
Burka Avenger (Geo Tez) Unicorn Black
The Central Park Five (PBS) Florentine Films, WETA
A Chef’s Life (PBS) Markay Media in association with South Carolina ETV (SCETV)
Coverage of Boston Marathon Bombings (WBZ-TV, Boston, and WBZ Newsradio 1030) WBZ-TV, WBZ Newsradio 1030
Coverage of Supertyphoon Yolanda (Haiyan) (GMA Network Inc., Philippines) GMA Networks, Inc.
Fault Lines: Haiti in a Time of Cholera (Al Jazeera America) Al Jazeera America
Fault Lines: Made in Bangladesh (Al Jazeera America) Al Jazeera America
FRONTLINE: League of Denial: The NFL’s Concussion Crisis (PBS) FRONTLINE, Kirk Documentary Group
Great Performances: Broadway Musicals: A Jewish Legacy (PBS) B’WAY Films LLC, Ghost Light Films, Albert M. Tapper and THIRTEEN for WNET
Hanford’s Dirty Secrets (KING-TV, Seattle) KING 5 Television
Harper High School (WBEZ Chicago 91.5) WBEZ Chicago’s This American Life
Hollow (www.hollowdocumentary.com) Hollow Interactive, LLC
House of Cards (Netflix) Donen/Fincher/Roth, Trigger Street Productions, Inc., Media Rights Capital, Netflix
In Plain Sight: Poverty in America (NBC News)
Independent Lens: How to Survive a Plague (PBS) How to Survive a Plague LLC, Public Square Films, Impact Partners, Little Punk
Independent Lens: The House I Live In (PBS) Charlotte Street Films, Independent Television Service (ITVS), BBC, ZDF/ARTE, NHK Japan
Independent Lens: The Invisible War (PBS) Chain Camera Productions, Independent Television Service (ITVS), Girls Club Entertainment, RISE films, Fork Films, Cuomo Cole Productions, Canal Plus
Inside Syria’s War (BBC World News) BBC World News America
Key & Peele (Comedy Central) Central Productions
Latino Americans (PBS) WETA, LPB (Latino Public Broadcasting), Bosch & Company, ITVS
The Law in These Parts (PBS) American Documentary / POV
Life According to Sam (HBO) HBO Documentary Films and Fine Films LLC
Louisiana Purchased (WVUE-TV, New Orleans, and NOLA.com) WVUE-TV & NOLA.com/The Times-Picayune
Mea Maxima Culpa: Silence in the House of God (HBO) Jigsaw Productions, HBO Documentary Films, Wider Film Projects and Below the Radar Films
A Needed Response (YouTube/Samantha Stendal) Samantha Stendal, Aaron Blanton