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2022 Salute to Excellence Television Nominees


TELEVISION

 

Television – Market 16 and Below: Documentary

Donovan Documentary 

Janet Roach, Adrian Guerra

WVEC, Norfolk, VA

 

Muhammad Ali’s Victory Away from the Ring

Steve Crump

WTVI, Charlotte, NC


 

Television – Market 16 and Below: Feature: Long Form

First Black Female to Coach a Boys Football Team Gives Back

Ramon Johnson, April Thompson-Larsha

WREG TV, Memphis, Tennessee

 

Shoulders of Giants

Newsday Staff Melville, NY

 

Critical Race Theory 

Evan Watson

WVEC, Norfolk, VA


 

Television – Market 16 and Below: Feature: Short Form

Connecticut’s Code Blue

Shaynah Ferreira, Spencer Davis, Chuck Carter

WTNH, New Haven, CT

 

The Next 400 Presents: Dear Ancestors

Asedrick Thomas

WOIO/WUAB Television, Shaker Heights, OH


 

Television – Market 16 and Below: General Assignment News: Long Form

Police Body Camera Captures Near Shooting

Jatara McGee, Angela Johnson

WLWT-TV, Cincinnati, OH

 

Black Female Cop Fights Back and Wins

Claudine Ewing, Bill Boyer

WGRZ-TV, Buffalo, NY


 

Television – Market 16 and Below: General Assignment News: Short Form

US Justice Department Closes Emmett Till Investigation, Accuser Remains Silent

Tim Pulliam, Jeremy Adkins

WTVD,  Durham, NC

 

Lessons from the Hive

Karla L Redditte

Spectrum News 1 Charlotte, Charlotte, NC


 

Television – Market 16 and Below: Investigative

Robbery Conviction Investigation: Brian Faulcon’s Fight for Freedom

Jessica Larché

WTKR-TV Norfolk, VA

 

Auto Insurance Price Disparities

Tenikka Smith Hughes, Michael Dorfman, Diar Gilyana

Cox Media Group, WJAX-TV/WFOX-TV, Action News Jax, Jacksonville, FL


 

Television – Market 16 and Below: Public Affairs: Program

Aging Matters: Disparities & Health Equity

WNPT-TV (Nashville Public Television), Nashville, TN 

 

Project CommUNITY: Celebrating Black History Month

Derek Schnell, Brandi Cummings, Brittany Johnson

KCRA 3 News , Sacramento, CA

 

Black Nouveau: Juneteenth 2021

Earl Arms, Alexandria Mack, James Causey, Everett Marshburn

MKE PBS WMVS Channel 10, WMVT Channel 36, Milwaukee, WI

A Viewer Supported Service of Milwaukee Area Technical College


 

Television – Market 16 and Below: Public Affairs: Segment

Anthony Hamilton’s Soul Purpose: Tim Lampley Reports

Tim Lampley, Anthony Mueller

STL-TV, St. Louis, MO

 

Television – Market 16 and Below: Specialty

The Next 400 Presents: Housing Discrimination: Education Effects

Asedrick Thomas

WOIO/WUAB Television, Shaker Heights, OH

 

Pembroke’s Predicament

Reginald C. Hardwick

Illinois Public Media, Urbana, IL


 

Television – Market 16 and Below: Sports

Remembering Jockey Jimmy Winkfield

Steve Crump

WBTV, Charlotte, NC

 

WVEC Breaking Barriers Triathlete

Alex Littlehales

WVEC, Norfolk, VA


 

Television – Top 15 Markets: Documentary 

Juneteenth 1865-2021

Mia Gradney, Jennifer A. Moore, Nicole Jones, Len Cannon, Liz Roldan

KHOU, Houston, TX

 

How More Than 200 Cameras Changed Policing in This Town

Marisa Palmer, Adam Miller, Barbara Corbellini Duarte, Erica Berenstein

Insider, New York, NY


 

Television – Top 15 Markets: Feature: Long Form

Nikole Hannah-Jones Dives Into the Origins and Language of ‘The 1619 Project’

Tarik Mahdi, Andy Schlachtenhaufen

Spectrum News One, Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles, CA


 

Television – Top 15 Markets: Feature: Short Form

Decoded: The History That Made Juneteenth a Federal Holiday

Marisa Palmer, Kaitlyn Wang, Adam Miller, Havovi Cooper, Barbara Corbellini Duarte

Insider, Insider, New York, NY

 


 

Television – Top 15 Markets: General Assignment News: Short Form

Black Artists Design Exhibit on Black Experience at Royal B.C. Museum

Ashley Moliere, Christian Amundson, Maggie MacPherson, and Michael McArthur

CBC Vancouver

 

Neighbors Find Their Homes Burglarized After Dallas Complex Explosion

Demond Fernandez

WFAA-TV Dallas, TX


 

Television – Top 15 Markets: Investigative

Appraising Prince George’s County

Larry Dobey Miller

WUSA 9-TV, Washington, DC; TEGNA, Inc.


 

Television – Top 15 Markets: Public Affairs: Interview/Discussion

Basic Black: The Power of Your Name

Delores Edwards, Callie Crossley, Kenrick Mercado, Robert Fagnant Jr., Robert Judge

GBH, Boston, MA

 

Basic Black: Racial Generational Trauma

Delores Edwards, Callie Crossley, Kavontae Smalls, Robert Fagnant Jr., Robert Judge

GBH, Boston, MA


 

Television – Top 15 Markets: Public Affairs: Program

On a Positive Note: Black History Month

Judayah Lorraine Murray, Asha McKenzie

News 12 Networks, Bronx, NY

 

Policing Black America: A Matter of Life or Death

James Byrne, Shannon DIANE, Jenna Converse, Bremante Bryant, Fran Murphy

DCW50-TV, Washington, DC

 

Basic Black: Critical Race Theory

Delores Edwards, Callie Crossley, Robert Fagnant Jr., Jack Doyle

GBH, Boston, MA


 

Television – Top 15 Markets: Specialty

It’s Not Normal. Period: The Truth About Uterine Fibroids

Delia Goncalves

WUSA 9-TV, Washington, DC; TEGNA, Inc.


 

Television – Top 15 Markets: Sports

Washington Football Legend Doug Williams: The Road to Racial Equality

Darren Haynes

WUSA 9-TV, Washington, DC; TEGNA, Inc.

 

Olympic Hopeful

Lori Pinson

WJBK-TV, Detroit, MI


 

Television – Network: Documentary

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Lauren Stowell, Jenna Contreras, Chiney Ogumike, Jason Sanchez Rosa, Joshua W. Smith

ESPN, Bristol, CT

 

ABC News 20/20 – Nowhere to Run: The Ahmaud Arbery Story

ABC News 20/20

 

Black History Always Special – Long Live Seven: The Bryce “Simba” Gowdy Story

ESPN’s Andscape, Washington, DC


 

Television – Network: Feature: Long Form

CBS Sunday Morning: Terence Blanchard

Hua Hsu, Mary Raffalli, Emanuele Secci, Rand Morrison

CBS Sunday Morning

 

CBS Sunday Morning: Jennifer Hudson & Aretha Franklin

Kelefa Sanneh, Robbyn McFadden, Remington Korper, Rand Morrison

CBS News Sunday Morning

 

100 Years: The Tulsa Massacre

Morgan Radford, Antonia Hylton, Janelle Richards, Mary Godie, Kendyl Murtaugh

NBC Nightly News with Lester Holt, New York, NY


 

Television – Network: Feature: Short Form

The Gee’s Bend Quilters

Blayne Alexander, Alicia Hastey, Paul Manson, Dwayne Seawright, Matt Carluccio

NBC News

 

 

Black Indianapolis Owner’s Home Value More Than Doubles After Concealing Race

Priscilla Thompson, Douglas Forte, Jordan Malter, Joey Cole, Janelle Rodriguez

NBC News Now, New York, NY

 

The CBS Evening News with Norah O’Donnell – On The Road: Dads on Duty

Al Ortiz, Steve Hartman, Sherri Sylvester, Roxanne Feitel

The CBS Evening News with Norah O’Donnell


 

Television – Network: General Assignment News: Long Form

Capitol Police Officer Who Killed Ashli Babbitt While Defending House Chamber Speaks Out

Lester Holt, Chris Strathmann, Kim Cornett, Mary Godie, Anna Schecter

NBC Nightly News with Lester Holt, New York, NY

 

ABC News Soul of a Nation: Tulsa

Steve Osunsami, Jasmine K. Brown, Cindy Galli, Tonya Simpson, Keith Krimbel

ABC News, New York, NY

 

US Policing Reforms: How Local Laws and Departments are Driving Change

Shaquille Brewster, Stefanie Cargill

NBC News, New York, NY; MSNBC, New York, NY


 

Television – Network: General Assignment News: Short Form

First Time Homebuyers Face New Challenges

Matt Frucci, Janelle Richards, Aaron Gilchrist, Janine Eduljee

NBC Nightly News with Lester Holt, New York, NY

 

Tommy’s Story

Gabriel Garcia Rosa

News12 Westchester, Yorkers, NY

 

Justice for All: Illinois Bans Police Deception in Juvenile Interrogations

Shaquille Brewster, Stefanie Cargill

MSNBC,  New York, NY


 

Television – Network: International

ABC News World News Tonight with David Muir – Madagascar: The Children of Climate Change

David Muir,  Almin Karamehmedovic, Esther Castillejo, Eric Noll, Nicolaas Deblois

ABC News, New York NY

 

Haiti Earthquake

Gabe Gutierrez, Jackeline Pou, Danielle Dellorto, Bill Angelucci, Erika Angulo

NBC Nightly News with Lester Holt, New York, NY


 

Television – Network: Investigative

Ethiopia: Exposing All the Hallmarks of a Genocide

Nima Elbagir

CNN, New York, NY

 

60 Minutes: Race in the Ranks

David Martin, Mary Walsh, Jorge J. Garcia, Tadd J. Lascari

CBS NEWS 60 MINUTES

 

ABC News Nightline: Blindsided

Pete Madden, Cho Park, Ryan Smith, Cindy Galli

ABC News


 

Television – Network: Public Affairs: Interview/Discussion

 

CBS Sunday Morning: Benjamin Crump

Ted Koppel, Dustin Stephens, Ed Givnish, Rand Morrison

CBS News

 

ABC News Soul of a Nation: Officer Dunn Speaks

Pierre Thomas, Melia Patria, Tonya Simpson, Ely Brown, Keith Krimbel

ABC News, New York, NY

 

State of Our Union: Vice President Kamala Harris

Steven Ramey, Soledad O’Brien, Christine Monds, Jason Samuels, Chanel Joyles

Black Entertainment Television – New York, NY


 

Television – Network: Public Affairs: Program

Justice Now: The Way Forward

Soledad O’Brien, Steven Ramey, Christine Monds, Jason Samuels, Chanel Joyles

Black Entertainment Television, New York, NY

 

Minnesota v. Derek Chauvin Coverage

Court TV, Atlanta, GA


 

Television – Network: Public Affairs: Segment

ABC News: A Conversation with Barack Obama – Healing the Racial Divide

Staff of ABC News Juneteenth: Together We Triumph

 

ABC News Soul of a Nation: Criminal Justice

Pierre Thomas, Jasmine K. Brown, Juan Mejia, Adriana Pachecho, Denny Thomas

ABC News

 

ABC News Nightline – Turning Point Special Edition: A Call for Help

Juju Chang, Candace Smith Chewka, Jessica Hopper, Tenzin Shakya, Abby Cruz

ABC News, New York, NY

 

CBS Sunday Morning: Innocence Isn’t Enough

Erin Moriarty, Sari Aviv, Aria Shavelson, George Pozderec, Rand Morrison

CBS Sunday Morning


 

Television – Network: Specialty

ABC News Nightline: Keepers of the Land

Byron Pitts, Candace Smith Chewka, John Kapetaneas, Kyle Rollins, Brendan Cusack

ABC News, New York, NY

 

CNN HEROES: Dr. Ala Stanford – On the Front Line Fighting COVID

Jim Mazzullo, Michelle Patterson, Christie O’Reilly, Kathleen Toner, Mark Doctrow

CNN, New York, NY

 

Inside the First Black U.S. Organ Transplant Clinic

Meagan Fitzgerald, Janelle Richards, Lauren Dunn

NBC Nightly News with Lester Holt, New York, NY


 

Television – Network: Sports

SC Featured: The Blueprint

Lauren Stowell, Ben Webber, Doug Glanville, Michael Sanabria, Sam Hoerdemann

ESPN, Bristol, CT

 

My Testimony: Jaedyn McKinstry’s Inspiring Journey from Battling Cancer to Becoming a Division I Athlete Story

Alexandra Nolen, Jerry E. Bembry

ESPN, Bristol, CT

 

ABC News Soul of a Nation: She Had a Dream

Jemele Hill, Robert Zepeda, Ely Brown, Sabina Ghebremedhin, Alex Garcia

ABC News, New York, NY

 

Claressa Shields

Luis F. Aldea, Lindsay Rovegno, José Morales, Gustavo Coletti, Torey Champagne

ESPN, Bristol, CT


 

Television – Network: Spot News

Derek Chauvin Trial Verdict

Stefanie Cargill, Shaquille Brewster

NBC News, New York, NY; MSNBC, New York, NY

 

Nightline: A Reckoning of Force

Staff of ABC News Nightline


 

 

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