‘Frontline’ look at terror lauded
The PBS series “Frontline” captured the top honor Tuesday in the annual Alfred I. duPont-Columbia University Awards for excellence in broadcast journalism, winning the gold baton prize for a series of seven documentaries that examined the origins and impact of terrorism by Islamic militants.
The judges applauded the series for its clarity, insight and balance and said it was important for “validating the role of television news in a democracy.”
Thirteen other radio and TV outlets were given silver baton prizes, including the first to a non-English language program: CNN en Espanol and Jorge Gestoso for “La Doble Desaparecida” (“The Twice Disappeared”), a report about the killing of a young woman by the Argentinean military dictatorship.
Other silver batons went to ABC News for a five-part report on “Nightline” about war in the Congo, NBC News and Martin Fletcher for coverage of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, and HBO for its documentary “In Memoriam: New York City 9/11/01.”
Lee Margulies
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