PBS And ABC News Lead The Honors At The 2024 Alfred I. duPont-Columbia University Awards

Bruce Haring

25 January 2024 at 11:09 pm·1-min read

Columbia Journalism School has announced the 30 Finalists and winners of the 2024 Alfred I. duPont-Columbia University Awards, honoring outstanding public service audio and video reporting.

David Muir of ABC News and Audie Cornish of CNN hosted Thursday’s ceremony at the Low Memorial Library on Columbia University’s campus.

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PBS won three duPont-Columbia Awards: one for courageous reporting from Ukraine in “20 Days in Mariupol,” one from Afghanistan in “Afghanistan Undercover,” and a third for Ken Burns’ six-hour series, “The U.S. and the Holocaust” (Florentine Films/WETA).

ABC News took home two awards for environmental reporting and for ABC News Studios’ “Aftershock.”

Ten of the Finalists honored local newsrooms, including two of the audio Finalists from WBUR and NHPR.

A jury made up of industry veterans selected 30 finalists and 15 winners. The pool of entries included traditional national and local news outlets from across the country, as well as streaming and entertainment outlets.

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