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🧵 Welcome to the #dupont2023 Ceremony Live-Tweet. Join us as we celebrate excellence in audio and video journalism.

Tune in at dupont.org/watch as we honor this year’s Silver Baton recipients, and follow along as we tweet and congratulate our winners.

After two years of virtual celebrations, host @NorahODonnell welcomes everyone to the #duPont2023 Award Ceremony — the 81st edition.

"For over 80 years, the duPont baton has stood for excellence in reporting," says O’Donnell.

Later, she will be joined by cohost @IAmAmnaNawaz

@NorahODonnell @IAmAmnaNawaz The night’s first Silver Baton is awarded to @NewsHour, for their breaking coverage of two of the year’s biggest stories: the withdrawal of American forces from Afghanistan, and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

@NorahODonnell @IAmAmnaNawaz @NewsHour Senior Foreign Affairs Producer @mtill50 accepts the Award on behalf of the entire team, including @JaneFerguson5 @nickschifrin @simonostrovsky @ryanchilcote @jack_s_hewson @WillemMarx @jack_s_hewson @sarajust @emilykassie @aghaaleem @alibomaye @zachfannin and @laylak_q.

"[This team] are men and women who race toward the chaos and the pain at great personal expense. There is no higher privilege than what I do ," says @mtill50. Congratulations to the @NewsHour team! #duPont2023

@mtill50 @NewsHour Our next Award recognizes outstanding local reporting. @NC5 wins a Silver Baton for their series, “Revealed,” which investigated the backdoor dealings of political fundraising in the Tennessee legislature.

The duPont Jury called it “state house reporting at its absolute best."

@mtill50 @NewsHour @NC5 Veteran NewsChannel 5’s Chief Investigative Reporter @NC5PhilWilliams accepts the award. This is his 4th in 20 years.

Williams stresses the importance of local statehouse reporting:

"America needs this kind of journalism. And if you don't do it, who will?"

@mtill50 @NewsHour @NC5 @NC5PhilWilliams Congratulations to Williams, @KevWisniewski, @mbonnett5, @sboonstra, and the entire NewsChannel 5 team!

#duPont2023

@mtill50 @NewsHour @NC5 @NC5PhilWilliams @KevWisniewski @mbonnett5 @sboonstra Next up, another local winner. @NBCDFW took a deep dive into a seemingly innocuous phenomenon: the sale of paper license tags.

The team discovered a vast underground network of criminal activity - including drug and human trafficking.

@mtill50 @NewsHour @NC5 @NC5PhilWilliams @KevWisniewski @mbonnett5 @sboonstra @NBCDFW Senior Investigative Reporter @ScottNBC5 accepts the award.

“We start with a question, it leads to another question, and another. And sometimes it leads to a story you never expected,” says Friedman.

@mtill50 @NewsHour @NC5 @NC5PhilWilliams @KevWisniewski @mbonnett5 @sboonstra @NBCDFW @ScottNBC5 Local journalism matters. As a result of the investigation, the head of the Texas DMV resigned.

Congratulations to @ScottNBC5, @ParksDigsIn, @DFW_JSanchez, and the entire @NBCDFW team! #duPont2023

@mtill50 @NewsHour @NC5 @NC5PhilWilliams @KevWisniewski @mbonnett5 @sboonstra @NBCDFW @ScottNBC5 @ParksDigsIn @DFW_JSanchez Next, we honor four of our 2023 Finalists:

A @SHO_Docs film on the Attica prison crisis, @CBSMiami coverage of the Surfside collapse, a @Slate podcast on the 1992 L.A. riots, and a @pineapplemedia series about the day after 9/11.

@mtill50 @NewsHour @NC5 @NC5PhilWilliams @KevWisniewski @mbonnett5 @sboonstra @NBCDFW @ScottNBC5 @ParksDigsIn @DFW_JSanchez @SHO_Docs @CBSMiami @Slate @pineapplemedia Congratulations to the teams behind these entries:

@StanleyNelson1 @trayamari @vinniemalhotra @DeFede @dtaberski @cn_harrell @nataliecbrennan @Lussenpop @lovelljoel @MarialexaK @DanielHerskedal @maxlinsky @mojo25 @MarshallLewy

We'll honor more Finalists later.

@mtill50 @NewsHour @NC5 @NC5PhilWilliams @KevWisniewski @mbonnett5 @sboonstra @NBCDFW @ScottNBC5 @ParksDigsIn @DFW_JSanchez @SHO_Docs @CBSMiami @Slate @pineapplemedia @StanleyNelson1 @TrayAmari @vinniemalhotra @DeFede @dtaberski @cn_harrell @nataliecbrennan @Lussenpop @lovelljoel @MarialexaK @DanielHerskedal @maxlinsky @MoJo25 @MarshallLewy Host @IAmAmnaNawaz of @NewsHour presents our next Winner, from the team at @cbsnews @60minutes.

They produced a series of four reports on the extreme vulnerability of our society to cyber attacks. The Jury called the report “a valuable public service alert.”

@mtill50 @NewsHour @NC5 @NC5PhilWilliams @KevWisniewski @mbonnett5 @sboonstra @NBCDFW @ScottNBC5 @ParksDigsIn @DFW_JSanchez @SHO_Docs @CBSMiami @Slate @pineapplemedia @StanleyNelson1 @TrayAmari @vinniemalhotra @DeFede @dtaberski @cn_harrell @nataliecbrennan @Lussenpop @lovelljoel @MarialexaK @DanielHerskedal @maxlinsky @MoJo25 @MarshallLewy @IAmAmnaNawaz @CBSNews @60Minutes Correspondent @billwhitakercbs, a past Winner, accepts the award - and mentions recent attacks on the U.S. electrical grid that make this story timely.

Congratulations to @txsimon @grahammessick @MarcLieberman10 @JackWeingart @CMcD123 and the entire @60minutes team!

@mtill50 @NewsHour @NC5 @NC5PhilWilliams @KevWisniewski @mbonnett5 @sboonstra @NBCDFW @ScottNBC5 @ParksDigsIn @DFW_JSanchez @SHO_Docs @CBSMiami @Slate @pineapplemedia @StanleyNelson1 @TrayAmari @vinniemalhotra @DeFede @dtaberski @cn_harrell @nataliecbrennan @Lussenpop @lovelljoel @MarialexaK @DanielHerskedal @maxlinsky @MoJo25 @MarshallLewy @IAmAmnaNawaz @CBSNews @60Minutes @BillWhitakerCBS @txsimon @grahammessick @MarcLieberman10 @JackWeingart @CMcD123 Our next Winner covers a story we have heard all too often and recently: the murder of a Black man by police officers.

@WBRZ exposed a wide pattern of deception by state law enforcement in the series "MURDER - LIES - HIDDEN EVIDENCE: Holding Louisiana State Police Accountable."

@mtill50 @NewsHour @NC5 @NC5PhilWilliams @KevWisniewski @mbonnett5 @sboonstra @NBCDFW @ScottNBC5 @ParksDigsIn @DFW_JSanchez @SHO_Docs @CBSMiami @Slate @pineapplemedia @StanleyNelson1 @TrayAmari @vinniemalhotra @DeFede @dtaberski @cn_harrell @nataliecbrennan @Lussenpop @lovelljoel @MarialexaK @DanielHerskedal @maxlinsky @MoJo25 @MarshallLewy @IAmAmnaNawaz @CBSNews @60Minutes @BillWhitakerCBS @txsimon @grahammessick @MarcLieberman10 @JackWeingart @CMcD123 @WBRZ Anchor and Chief Investigative Reporter @ChrisNakamoto accepts the award on behalf of his team.

Nakamoto dedicates the award to Ronald Greene, the Black man whose murder by Louisiana State Police officers sparked this investigation.

@mtill50 @NewsHour @NC5 @NC5PhilWilliams @KevWisniewski @mbonnett5 @sboonstra @NBCDFW @ScottNBC5 @ParksDigsIn @DFW_JSanchez @SHO_Docs @CBSMiami @Slate @pineapplemedia @StanleyNelson1 @TrayAmari @vinniemalhotra @DeFede @dtaberski @cn_harrell @nataliecbrennan @Lussenpop @lovelljoel @MarialexaK @DanielHerskedal @maxlinsky @MoJo25 @MarshallLewy @IAmAmnaNawaz @CBSNews @60Minutes @BillWhitakerCBS @txsimon @grahammessick @MarcLieberman10 @JackWeingart @CMcD123 @WBRZ @ChrisNakamoto Congratulations to Nakamoto, @emcwil1, @treyschmaltz and the entire @WBRZ team!

#duPont2023

@mtill50 @NewsHour @NC5 @NC5PhilWilliams @KevWisniewski @mbonnett5 @sboonstra @NBCDFW @ScottNBC5 @ParksDigsIn @DFW_JSanchez @SHO_Docs @CBSMiami @Slate @pineapplemedia @StanleyNelson1 @TrayAmari @vinniemalhotra @DeFede @dtaberski @cn_harrell @nataliecbrennan @Lussenpop @lovelljoel @MarialexaK @DanielHerskedal @maxlinsky @MoJo25 @MarshallLewy @IAmAmnaNawaz @CBSNews @60Minutes @BillWhitakerCBS @txsimon @grahammessick @MarcLieberman10 @JackWeingart @CMcD123 @WBRZ @ChrisNakamoto @emcwil1 @treyschmaltz In recent years, longform audio reporting has been repeatedly recognized by the duPont-Columbia Awards.

Our next Silver Baton goes to repeat Winner @ThisAmerLife for their piece, "Talking While Black," which explored backlash against the Black Lives Matter movement.

@mtill50 @NewsHour @NC5 @NC5PhilWilliams @KevWisniewski @mbonnett5 @sboonstra @NBCDFW @ScottNBC5 @ParksDigsIn @DFW_JSanchez @SHO_Docs @CBSMiami @Slate @pineapplemedia @StanleyNelson1 @TrayAmari @vinniemalhotra @DeFede @dtaberski @cn_harrell @nataliecbrennan @Lussenpop @lovelljoel @MarialexaK @DanielHerskedal @maxlinsky @MoJo25 @MarshallLewy @IAmAmnaNawaz @CBSNews @60Minutes @BillWhitakerCBS @txsimon @grahammessick @MarcLieberman10 @JackWeingart @CMcD123 @WBRZ @ChrisNakamoto @emcwil1 @treyschmaltz @ThisAmerLife The duPont Jury called the episode, “This American Life at its best.”

Executive Editor @Emanuelewithane accepts the award on behalf of the team.

"I just want to remind everyone that sometimes our feelings can be the truth," says Berry.

@mtill50 @NewsHour @NC5 @NC5PhilWilliams @KevWisniewski @mbonnett5 @sboonstra @NBCDFW @ScottNBC5 @ParksDigsIn @DFW_JSanchez @SHO_Docs @CBSMiami @Slate @pineapplemedia @StanleyNelson1 @TrayAmari @vinniemalhotra @DeFede @dtaberski @cn_harrell @nataliecbrennan @Lussenpop @lovelljoel @MarialexaK @DanielHerskedal @maxlinsky @MoJo25 @MarshallLewy @IAmAmnaNawaz @CBSNews @60Minutes @BillWhitakerCBS @txsimon @grahammessick @MarcLieberman10 @JackWeingart @CMcD123 @WBRZ @ChrisNakamoto @emcwil1 @treyschmaltz @ThisAmerLife @Emanuelewithane Congratulations to @Emanuelewithane @chanajoffewalt @RobynSemien @Starecheski and the entire @ThisAmerLife team!

#duPont2023

@mtill50 @NewsHour @NC5 @NC5PhilWilliams @KevWisniewski @mbonnett5 @sboonstra @NBCDFW @ScottNBC5 @ParksDigsIn @DFW_JSanchez @SHO_Docs @CBSMiami @Slate @pineapplemedia @StanleyNelson1 @TrayAmari @vinniemalhotra @DeFede @dtaberski @cn_harrell @nataliecbrennan @Lussenpop @lovelljoel @MarialexaK @DanielHerskedal @maxlinsky @MoJo25 @MarshallLewy @IAmAmnaNawaz @CBSNews @60Minutes @BillWhitakerCBS @txsimon @grahammessick @MarcLieberman10 @JackWeingart @CMcD123 @WBRZ @ChrisNakamoto @emcwil1 @treyschmaltz @ThisAmerLife @Emanuelewithane @chanajoffewalt Honoring local journalism is a cornerstone of the duPont Awards, and that tradition continues tonight.

@IAmAmnaNawaz presents another group of #duPont2023 Finalists, spotlighting local stories from @nbcchicago, @ksdknews, @FoxBaltimore and @King5Seattle.

@mtill50 @NewsHour @NC5 @NC5PhilWilliams @KevWisniewski @mbonnett5 @sboonstra @NBCDFW @ScottNBC5 @ParksDigsIn @DFW_JSanchez @SHO_Docs @CBSMiami @Slate @pineapplemedia @StanleyNelson1 @TrayAmari @vinniemalhotra @DeFede @dtaberski @cn_harrell @nataliecbrennan @Lussenpop @lovelljoel @MarialexaK @DanielHerskedal @maxlinsky @MoJo25 @MarshallLewy @IAmAmnaNawaz @CBSNews @60Minutes @BillWhitakerCBS Congrats to the teams behind these entries!

@nbcphilrogers @shelbybremer @KatySmyser @stauffer008 @AkemiHarrison @MichelleLiTV @AbbyLlorico @AhmadHicksTV @PJ_onTV @chrispapst @RayRogowski @CJIngalls @TaylorMirf @ryancoephoto @JulieWolfe @King5Christy @K5Investigators

@mtill50 @NewsHour @NC5 @NC5PhilWilliams @KevWisniewski @mbonnett5 @sboonstra @NBCDFW @ScottNBC5 @ParksDigsIn @DFW_JSanchez @SHO_Docs @CBSMiami @Slate @pineapplemedia @StanleyNelson1 @TrayAmari @vinniemalhotra @DeFede @dtaberski @cn_harrell @nataliecbrennan @Lussenpop @lovelljoel @MarialexaK @DanielHerskedal @maxlinsky @MoJo25 @MarshallLewy @IAmAmnaNawaz @CBSNews @60Minutes @BillWhitakerCBS @nbcphilrogers @shelbybremer @KatySmyser @Stauffer008 @AkemiHarrison @MichelleLiTV @AbbyLlorico @AhmadHicksTV @PJ_onTV @chrispapst @RayRogowski @CJIngalls @TaylorMirf @ryancoephoto @JulieWolfe Our next Winner touches on one of this generation’s most pressing issues: the ongoing threat of warming to our climate.

Director of the duPont Awards @lisarcohen presents “Arctic Sinkholes,” from @novapbs

@mtill50 @NewsHour @NC5 @NC5PhilWilliams @KevWisniewski @mbonnett5 @sboonstra @NBCDFW @ScottNBC5 @ParksDigsIn @DFW_JSanchez @SHO_Docs @CBSMiami @Slate @pineapplemedia @StanleyNelson1 @TrayAmari @vinniemalhotra @DeFede @dtaberski @cn_harrell @nataliecbrennan @Lussenpop @lovelljoel @MarialexaK @DanielHerskedal @maxlinsky @MoJo25 @MarshallLewy @IAmAmnaNawaz @CBSNews @60Minutes @BillWhitakerCBS @nbcphilrogers @shelbybremer @KatySmyser @Stauffer008 @AkemiHarrison @MichelleLiTV @AbbyLlorico @AhmadHicksTV @PJ_onTV @chrispapst @RayRogowski @CJIngalls @TaylorMirf @ryancoephoto @JulieWolfe @lisarcohen @novapbs Using new scientific research, the NOVA team investigated a recent phenomenon from underground that threatens to upend our climate models and emissions projections - the release of methane from melting permafrost.

@mtill50 @NewsHour @NC5 @NC5PhilWilliams @KevWisniewski @mbonnett5 @sboonstra @NBCDFW @ScottNBC5 @ParksDigsIn @DFW_JSanchez @SHO_Docs @CBSMiami @Slate @pineapplemedia @StanleyNelson1 @TrayAmari @vinniemalhotra @DeFede @dtaberski @cn_harrell @nataliecbrennan @Lussenpop @lovelljoel @MarialexaK @DanielHerskedal @maxlinsky @MoJo25 @MarshallLewy @IAmAmnaNawaz @CBSNews @60Minutes @BillWhitakerCBS @nbcphilrogers @shelbybremer @KatySmyser @Stauffer008 @AkemiHarrison @MichelleLiTV @AbbyLlorico @AhmadHicksTV @PJ_onTV @chrispapst @RayRogowski @CJIngalls @TaylorMirf @ryancoephoto @JulieWolfe @lisarcohen Executive Producer Chris Schmidt takes the stage to accept the award.

“The hero of this story is science, and scientists: the people who follow the clues to dangerous places,” says Schmidt.

Congratulations to the entire @pbs NOVA team!

@mtill50 @NewsHour @NC5 @NC5PhilWilliams @KevWisniewski @mbonnett5 @sboonstra @NBCDFW @ScottNBC5 @ParksDigsIn @DFW_JSanchez @SHO_Docs @CBSMiami @Slate @pineapplemedia @StanleyNelson1 @TrayAmari @vinniemalhotra @DeFede @dtaberski @cn_harrell @nataliecbrennan @Lussenpop @lovelljoel @MarialexaK @DanielHerskedal @maxlinsky @MoJo25 @MarshallLewy @IAmAmnaNawaz @CBSNews @60Minutes @BillWhitakerCBS @nbcphilrogers @shelbybremer @KatySmyser @Stauffer008 @AkemiHarrison @MichelleLiTV @AbbyLlorico @AhmadHicksTV @PJ_onTV @chrispapst @RayRogowski @CJIngalls @TaylorMirf @ryancoephoto @JulieWolfe @lisarcohen We take a brief pause from honoring Winners to welcome Columbia Journalism School Dean Jelani Cobb to the stage.

Dean Cobb thanks the #duPont2023 jury, staff and the @duPontFund for all their contributions.

@mtill50 @NewsHour @NC5 @NC5PhilWilliams @KevWisniewski @mbonnett5 @sboonstra @NBCDFW @ScottNBC5 @ParksDigsIn @DFW_JSanchez @SHO_Docs @CBSMiami @Slate @pineapplemedia @StanleyNelson1 @TrayAmari @vinniemalhotra @DeFede @dtaberski @cn_harrell @nataliecbrennan @Lussenpop @lovelljoel @MarialexaK @DanielHerskedal @maxlinsky @MoJo25 @MarshallLewy @IAmAmnaNawaz @CBSNews @60Minutes @BillWhitakerCBS @nbcphilrogers @shelbybremer @KatySmyser @Stauffer008 @AkemiHarrison @MichelleLiTV @AbbyLlorico @AhmadHicksTV @PJ_onTV @chrispapst @RayRogowski @CJIngalls @TaylorMirf @ryancoephoto @JulieWolfe Dean Cobb also introduces this year’s two #duPont2023 Fellows: @LuePalmerWriter and @JiayuLiang, who share the history of the Awards and show us just what it takes to make a duPont Winner.

@mtill50 @NewsHour @NC5 @NC5PhilWilliams @KevWisniewski @mbonnett5 @sboonstra @NBCDFW @ScottNBC5 @ParksDigsIn @DFW_JSanchez @SHO_Docs @CBSMiami @Slate @pineapplemedia @StanleyNelson1 @TrayAmari @vinniemalhotra @DeFede @dtaberski @cn_harrell @nataliecbrennan @Lussenpop @lovelljoel @MarialexaK @DanielHerskedal @maxlinsky @MoJo25 @MarshallLewy @IAmAmnaNawaz @CBSNews @60Minutes @BillWhitakerCBS @nbcphilrogers @shelbybremer @KatySmyser @Stauffer008 @AkemiHarrison @MichelleLiTV @AbbyLlorico @AhmadHicksTV @PJ_onTV @chrispapst @RayRogowski @CJIngalls @TaylorMirf @ryancoephoto @JulieWolfe @LuePalmerWriter @JiayuLiang The work of journalists across the country “is heroic and helps us safeguard our democracy,” says Dean Cobb.

He also takes a moment to recognize attendee and duPont Fund Trustee David Llewellyn for his many contributions to these Awards. #duPont2023

@mtill50 @NewsHour @NC5 @NC5PhilWilliams @KevWisniewski @mbonnett5 @sboonstra @NBCDFW @ScottNBC5 @ParksDigsIn @DFW_JSanchez @SHO_Docs @CBSMiami @Slate @pineapplemedia @StanleyNelson1 @TrayAmari @vinniemalhotra @DeFede @dtaberski @cn_harrell @nataliecbrennan @Lussenpop @lovelljoel @MarialexaK @DanielHerskedal @maxlinsky @MoJo25 @MarshallLewy @IAmAmnaNawaz @CBSNews @60Minutes @BillWhitakerCBS @nbcphilrogers @shelbybremer @KatySmyser @Stauffer008 @AkemiHarrison @MichelleLiTV @AbbyLlorico @AhmadHicksTV @PJ_onTV @chrispapst @RayRogowski @CJIngalls @TaylorMirf @ryancoephoto @JulieWolfe @LuePalmerWriter Back to the Honorees. Dean Cobb presents our next Winner: “Finding Tamika,” from @audible_com.

This innovative series explored the disappearance and murder of a young Black woman. The Jury called it an "epic exploration of crime and the ripples across generations.”

@mtill50 @NewsHour @NC5 @NC5PhilWilliams @KevWisniewski @mbonnett5 @sboonstra @NBCDFW @ScottNBC5 @ParksDigsIn @DFW_JSanchez @SHO_Docs @CBSMiami @Slate @pineapplemedia @StanleyNelson1 @TrayAmari @vinniemalhotra @DeFede @dtaberski @cn_harrell @nataliecbrennan @Lussenpop @lovelljoel @MarialexaK @DanielHerskedal @maxlinsky @MoJo25 @MarshallLewy @IAmAmnaNawaz @CBSNews @60Minutes @BillWhitakerCBS @nbcphilrogers @shelbybremer @KatySmyser @Stauffer008 @AkemiHarrison @MichelleLiTV @AbbyLlorico @AhmadHicksTV @PJ_onTV @chrispapst Producer @EAlexTheGreat accepts the award.

"Black girls and women don't have to go missing, for us not to see them," stresses Alexander.

This is the first duPont Award for @audible_com . Congratulations to Alexander, @KevinHart4Real @cthagod @benarnon @pink_funk @colorfarm

@mtill50 @NewsHour @NC5 @NC5PhilWilliams @KevWisniewski @mbonnett5 @sboonstra @NBCDFW @ScottNBC5 @ParksDigsIn @DFW_JSanchez @SHO_Docs @CBSMiami @Slate @pineapplemedia @StanleyNelson1 @TrayAmari @vinniemalhotra @DeFede @dtaberski @cn_harrell @nataliecbrennan @Lussenpop @lovelljoel @MarialexaK @DanielHerskedal @maxlinsky @MoJo25 @MarshallLewy @IAmAmnaNawaz @CBSNews @60Minutes @BillWhitakerCBS @nbcphilrogers @shelbybremer @KatySmyser @Stauffer008 @AkemiHarrison @MichelleLiTV @AbbyLlorico @AhmadHicksTV @PJ_onTV @chrispapst @EAlexTheGreat @audible_com @KevinHart4real @cthagod @benarnon @pink_funk Host @NorahODonnell returns to the stage to present our next Award, for a gripping podcast on the horrors of Canada’s residential schools for Indigenous children.

This deeply-reported investigation examined systemic abuse through the lens of the reporter’s own family’s trauma.

@mtill50 @NewsHour @NC5 @NC5PhilWilliams @KevWisniewski @mbonnett5 @sboonstra @NBCDFW @ScottNBC5 @ParksDigsIn @DFW_JSanchez @SHO_Docs @CBSMiami @Slate @pineapplemedia @StanleyNelson1 @TrayAmari @vinniemalhotra @DeFede @dtaberski @cn_harrell @nataliecbrennan @Lussenpop @lovelljoel @MarialexaK @DanielHerskedal @maxlinsky @MoJo25 @MarshallLewy @IAmAmnaNawaz @CBSNews @60Minutes @BillWhitakerCBS @nbcphilrogers @shelbybremer @KatySmyser @Stauffer008 @AkemiHarrison @MichelleLiTV @AbbyLlorico @AhmadHicksTV @PJ_onTV @chrispapst @EAlexTheGreat @audible_com @KevinHart4real @cthagod @benarnon @pink_funk Reporter @connie_walker accepts the Silver Baton for “Stolen: Surviving St. Michael’s.”

"We owe our biggest thanks to the survivors of St. Michael's. Without their strength and resilience, I wouldn't be here," says Walker.

@mtill50 @NewsHour @NC5 @NC5PhilWilliams @KevWisniewski @mbonnett5 @sboonstra @NBCDFW @ScottNBC5 @ParksDigsIn @DFW_JSanchez @SHO_Docs @CBSMiami @Slate @pineapplemedia @StanleyNelson1 @TrayAmari @vinniemalhotra @DeFede @dtaberski @cn_harrell @nataliecbrennan @Lussenpop @lovelljoel @MarialexaK @DanielHerskedal @maxlinsky @MoJo25 @MarshallLewy @IAmAmnaNawaz @CBSNews @60Minutes @BillWhitakerCBS @nbcphilrogers @shelbybremer @KatySmyser @Stauffer008 @AkemiHarrison @MichelleLiTV @AbbyLlorico @AhmadHicksTV This is the first ever award for @Gimletmedia.

Congratulations to @connie_walker @ellenfrankman @MaxRaphaelGreen @pieglue @anyaviolet @SPBAAdam @seedevonwrite @mungerem and the entire Gimlet team.

@mtill50 @NewsHour @NC5 @NC5PhilWilliams @KevWisniewski @mbonnett5 @sboonstra @NBCDFW @ScottNBC5 @ParksDigsIn @DFW_JSanchez @SHO_Docs @CBSMiami @Slate @pineapplemedia @StanleyNelson1 @TrayAmari @vinniemalhotra @DeFede @dtaberski @cn_harrell @nataliecbrennan @Lussenpop @lovelljoel @MarialexaK @DanielHerskedal @maxlinsky @MoJo25 @MarshallLewy @IAmAmnaNawaz @CBSNews @60Minutes @BillWhitakerCBS @nbcphilrogers @shelbybremer @KatySmyser @Stauffer008 @AkemiHarrison @MichelleLiTV @AbbyLlorico @AhmadHicksTV @Gimletmedia @connie_walker @ellenfrankman @MaxRaphaelGreen @pieglue @anyaviolet @SPBAAdam Last year, the Boy Scouts of America reached a $2.7 billion settlement with survivors of abuse.

Our next Baton goes to @abcnews and @hulu
for “Leave no Trace: A Hidden History of the Boy Scouts” - a highly sensitive and deeply moving investigation into this abuse.

@mtill50 @NewsHour @NC5 @NC5PhilWilliams @KevWisniewski @mbonnett5 @sboonstra @NBCDFW @ScottNBC5 @ParksDigsIn @DFW_JSanchez @SHO_Docs @CBSMiami @Slate @pineapplemedia @StanleyNelson1 @TrayAmari @vinniemalhotra @DeFede @dtaberski @cn_harrell @nataliecbrennan @Lussenpop @lovelljoel @MarialexaK @DanielHerskedal @maxlinsky @MoJo25 @MarshallLewy @IAmAmnaNawaz @CBSNews @60Minutes @BillWhitakerCBS @nbcphilrogers @shelbybremer @KatySmyser @Stauffer008 @AkemiHarrison @MichelleLiTV @AbbyLlorico @AhmadHicksTV @Gimletmedia @connie_walker @ellenfrankman @MaxRaphaelGreen @pieglue @anyaviolet Director Irene Taylor accepts the award. She and journalist @NigelJaquiss, who helped make the film, are alumni of the Journalism School.

Several survivors from the film are also present: @lord_stuart and John Stewart.

Congratulations to the entire @abcnewsstudios team.

@mtill50 @NewsHour @NC5 @NC5PhilWilliams @KevWisniewski @mbonnett5 @sboonstra @NBCDFW @ScottNBC5 @ParksDigsIn @DFW_JSanchez @SHO_Docs @CBSMiami @Slate @pineapplemedia @StanleyNelson1 @TrayAmari @vinniemalhotra @DeFede @dtaberski @cn_harrell @nataliecbrennan @Lussenpop @lovelljoel @MarialexaK @DanielHerskedal @maxlinsky @MoJo25 @MarshallLewy @IAmAmnaNawaz @CBSNews @60Minutes @BillWhitakerCBS @nbcphilrogers @shelbybremer @KatySmyser @Stauffer008 @AkemiHarrison @MichelleLiTV @AbbyLlorico @AhmadHicksTV @Gimletmedia @connie_walker @ellenfrankman @MaxRaphaelGreen @pieglue @anyaviolet @NigelJaquiss @lord_stuart @abcnewsstudios Next, our last batch of 2023 Finalists, on a range of topics:

The plight of migrants; Americans hit with a baffling ailment; the impact of PTSD on veteran families; the struggle of essential workers during the COVID-19 pandemic; and the legacy of southern civil war memorials.

@mtill50 @NewsHour @NC5 @NC5PhilWilliams @KevWisniewski @mbonnett5 @sboonstra @NBCDFW @ScottNBC5 @ParksDigsIn @DFW_JSanchez @SHO_Docs @CBSMiami @Slate @pineapplemedia @StanleyNelson1 @TrayAmari @vinniemalhotra @DeFede @dtaberski @cn_harrell @nataliecbrennan @Lussenpop @lovelljoel @MarialexaK @DanielHerskedal @maxlinsky @MoJo25 @MarshallLewy @IAmAmnaNawaz @CBSNews @60Minutes @BillWhitakerCBS @nbcphilrogers @shelbybremer @KatySmyser @Stauffer008 @AkemiHarrison @MichelleLiTV Congratulations to the teams at @CBSNews @60Minutes @POVdocs @itsnotneutral, @MissingInBrooks @IndependentLens, @NatGeo @MattHeineman @hbomax @shineglobal @SesameWorkshop for their outstanding #duPont2023 reporting!

@mtill50 @NewsHour @NC5 @NC5PhilWilliams @KevWisniewski @mbonnett5 @sboonstra @NBCDFW @ScottNBC5 @ParksDigsIn @DFW_JSanchez @SHO_Docs @CBSMiami @Slate @pineapplemedia @StanleyNelson1 @TrayAmari @vinniemalhotra @DeFede @dtaberski @cn_harrell @nataliecbrennan @Lussenpop @lovelljoel @MarialexaK @DanielHerskedal @maxlinsky @MoJo25 @MarshallLewy @IAmAmnaNawaz @CBSNews @60Minutes @BillWhitakerCBS @nbcphilrogers @shelbybremer @KatySmyser @Stauffer008 @AkemiHarrison @MichelleLiTV @POVdocs @itsnotneutral @MissingInBrooks @IndependentLens @NatGeo @MattHeineman @hbomax @shineglobal @SesameWorkshop The Dobbs decision by the Supreme Court made some of last year's biggest news. Our next two Winners touch on the fight for abortion rights in the U.S.

First, The Janes, by @wbd and @hbomax - a documentary about women running an underground abortion clinic in 1960s Chicago.

@mtill50 @NewsHour @NC5 @NC5PhilWilliams @KevWisniewski @mbonnett5 @sboonstra @NBCDFW @ScottNBC5 @ParksDigsIn @DFW_JSanchez @SHO_Docs @CBSMiami @Slate @pineapplemedia @StanleyNelson1 @TrayAmari @vinniemalhotra @DeFede @dtaberski @cn_harrell @nataliecbrennan @Lussenpop @lovelljoel @MarialexaK @DanielHerskedal @maxlinsky @MoJo25 @MarshallLewy @IAmAmnaNawaz @CBSNews @60Minutes @BillWhitakerCBS @nbcphilrogers @shelbybremer @KatySmyser @Stauffer008 @AkemiHarrison @MichelleLiTV @POVdocs @itsnotneutral @MissingInBrooks @IndependentLens @NatGeo @MattHeineman @hbomax @shineglobal @SesameWorkshop @wbd Directors Tia Lessin and Emma Pildes accept the award.

“The women of JANE had the courage to act on their beliefs. May their spirit light a path for those who continue the fight 50 years later.,” says Lessin.

@mtill50 @NewsHour @NC5 @NC5PhilWilliams @KevWisniewski @mbonnett5 @sboonstra @NBCDFW @ScottNBC5 @ParksDigsIn @DFW_JSanchez @SHO_Docs @CBSMiami @Slate @pineapplemedia @StanleyNelson1 @TrayAmari @vinniemalhotra @DeFede @dtaberski @cn_harrell @nataliecbrennan @Lussenpop @lovelljoel @MarialexaK @DanielHerskedal @maxlinsky @MoJo25 @MarshallLewy @IAmAmnaNawaz @CBSNews @60Minutes @BillWhitakerCBS @nbcphilrogers @shelbybremer @KatySmyser @Stauffer008 @AkemiHarrison @MichelleLiTV @POVdocs @itsnotneutral @MissingInBrooks @IndependentLens @NatGeo @MattHeineman @hbomax @shineglobal @SesameWorkshop @wbd Pildes honors the film's editor, Kristen Huntley, who passed away last year.

"In this scriptless world, It is so often our editors who help us find our way and our story."

@mtill50 @NewsHour @NC5 @NC5PhilWilliams @KevWisniewski @mbonnett5 @sboonstra @NBCDFW @ScottNBC5 @ParksDigsIn @DFW_JSanchez @SHO_Docs @CBSMiami @Slate @pineapplemedia @StanleyNelson1 @TrayAmari @vinniemalhotra @DeFede @dtaberski @cn_harrell @nataliecbrennan @Lussenpop @lovelljoel @MarialexaK @DanielHerskedal @maxlinsky @MoJo25 @MarshallLewy @IAmAmnaNawaz @CBSNews @60Minutes @BillWhitakerCBS @nbcphilrogers @shelbybremer @KatySmyser @Stauffer008 @AkemiHarrison @MichelleLiTV @POVdocs @itsnotneutral @MissingInBrooks @IndependentLens @NatGeo @MattHeineman @hbomax @shineglobal @SesameWorkshop Our next winner is a revelatory audio series from @washingtonpost and @CAKitchener: A Post-Roe America: Continuing Coverage of Abortion.

Kitchener told profoundly personal stories while also exploring the ambiguities that many patients must grapple with.

@mtill50 @NewsHour @NC5 @NC5PhilWilliams @KevWisniewski @mbonnett5 @sboonstra @NBCDFW @ScottNBC5 @ParksDigsIn @DFW_JSanchez @SHO_Docs @CBSMiami @Slate @pineapplemedia @StanleyNelson1 @TrayAmari @vinniemalhotra @DeFede @dtaberski @cn_harrell @nataliecbrennan @Lussenpop @lovelljoel @MarialexaK @DanielHerskedal @maxlinsky @MoJo25 @MarshallLewy @IAmAmnaNawaz @CBSNews @60Minutes @BillWhitakerCBS @nbcphilrogers @shelbybremer @KatySmyser @Stauffer008 @AkemiHarrison @MichelleLiTV @POVdocs @itsnotneutral @MissingInBrooks @IndependentLens @NatGeo Congratulations to @CAKitchener @scotusreporter @ElaheIzadi @ArielPlotnick @RennieYS, and the entire @washingtonpost #postreports team!

#dupont2023

@mtill50 @NewsHour @NC5 @NC5PhilWilliams @KevWisniewski @mbonnett5 @sboonstra @NBCDFW @ScottNBC5 @ParksDigsIn @DFW_JSanchez @SHO_Docs @CBSMiami @Slate @pineapplemedia @StanleyNelson1 @TrayAmari @vinniemalhotra @DeFede @dtaberski @cn_harrell @nataliecbrennan @Lussenpop @lovelljoel @MarialexaK @DanielHerskedal @maxlinsky @MoJo25 @MarshallLewy @IAmAmnaNawaz @CBSNews @60Minutes @BillWhitakerCBS @nbcphilrogers @shelbybremer @KatySmyser @Stauffer008 @AkemiHarrison @MichelleLiTV @POVdocs @itsnotneutral @MissingInBrooks @IndependentLens @NatGeo @CAKitchener @scotusreporter @ElaheIzadi @arielplotnick Our next two Winners are another testament to the impact that duPont Award-winning reporting can have.

First up, an investigative series from @11AliveNews and @LindstromNews: #Keeping

@mtill50 @NewsHour @NC5 @NC5PhilWilliams @KevWisniewski @mbonnett5 @sboonstra @NBCDFW @ScottNBC5 @ParksDigsIn @DFW_JSanchez @SHO_Docs @CBSMiami @Slate @pineapplemedia @StanleyNelson1 @TrayAmari @vinniemalhotra @DeFede @dtaberski @cn_harrell @nataliecbrennan @Lussenpop @lovelljoel @MarialexaK @DanielHerskedal @maxlinsky @MoJo25 @MarshallLewy @IAmAmnaNawaz @CBSNews @60Minutes @BillWhitakerCBS @nbcphilrogers @shelbybremer @KatySmyser @Stauffer008 @AkemiHarrison @MichelleLiTV @POVdocs @itsnotneutral @MissingInBrooks @IndependentLens @NatGeo @CAKitchener @scotusreporter @ElaheIzadi @arielplotnick @11AliveNews @LindstromNews This shocking series showed how a complex Atlanta bureaucracy forced parents of children with mental health challenges to abandon their kids to the state in order to access urgently needed care.

@mtill50 @NewsHour @NC5 @NC5PhilWilliams @KevWisniewski @mbonnett5 @sboonstra @NBCDFW @ScottNBC5 @ParksDigsIn @DFW_JSanchez @SHO_Docs @CBSMiami @Slate @pineapplemedia @StanleyNelson1 @TrayAmari @vinniemalhotra @DeFede @dtaberski @cn_harrell @nataliecbrennan @Lussenpop @lovelljoel @MarialexaK @DanielHerskedal @maxlinsky @MoJo25 @MarshallLewy @IAmAmnaNawaz @CBSNews @60Minutes @BillWhitakerCBS @nbcphilrogers @shelbybremer @KatySmyser @Stauffer008 @AkemiHarrison @MichelleLiTV @POVdocs @itsnotneutral @MissingInBrooks @IndependentLens @NatGeo As a direct result of the team’s reporting, legislation requiring healthcare parity in Georgia was passed.

Congratulations to @LindstromNews, @VidiLuke, @ErinKPeterson, @jorigby, @ReportingHealth and all of @11AliveNews!

@mtill50 @NewsHour @NC5 @NC5PhilWilliams @KevWisniewski @mbonnett5 @sboonstra @NBCDFW @ScottNBC5 @ParksDigsIn @DFW_JSanchez @SHO_Docs @CBSMiami @Slate @pineapplemedia @StanleyNelson1 @TrayAmari @vinniemalhotra @DeFede @dtaberski @cn_harrell @nataliecbrennan @Lussenpop @lovelljoel @MarialexaK @DanielHerskedal @maxlinsky @MoJo25 @MarshallLewy @IAmAmnaNawaz @CBSNews @60Minutes @BillWhitakerCBS @nbcphilrogers @shelbybremer @KatySmyser @Stauffer008 @AkemiHarrison @MichelleLiTV @POVdocs @itsnotneutral @MissingInBrooks @IndependentLens @NatGeo @LindstromNews @VidiLuke @ErinKPeterson @jorigby @ReportingHealth Our next Winner also touches on issues in how mental health is treated in America.

Reporters at @kare11 laid bare systemic failures in Minnesota: mentally ill patients who had committed violent crimes were released without treatment - then went on to commit more violent crimes.

@mtill50 @NewsHour @NC5 @NC5PhilWilliams @KevWisniewski @mbonnett5 @sboonstra @NBCDFW @ScottNBC5 @ParksDigsIn @DFW_JSanchez @SHO_Docs @CBSMiami @Slate @pineapplemedia @StanleyNelson1 @TrayAmari @vinniemalhotra @DeFede @dtaberski @cn_harrell @nataliecbrennan @Lussenpop @lovelljoel @MarialexaK @DanielHerskedal @maxlinsky @MoJo25 @MarshallLewy @IAmAmnaNawaz @CBSNews @60Minutes @BillWhitakerCBS @nbcphilrogers @shelbybremer @KatySmyser @Stauffer008 @AkemiHarrison @MichelleLiTV @POVdocs @itsnotneutral @MissingInBrooks @IndependentLens @NatGeo Investigator @b_stahl accepts the award on behalf of the newsroom, and thanks the courage of those who spoke with the team.

Congratulations to @AJinvestigates @b_stahl @Steve_Eckert @gKare11 and the entire @kare11 team!

@mtill50 @NewsHour @NC5 @NC5PhilWilliams @KevWisniewski @mbonnett5 @sboonstra @NBCDFW @ScottNBC5 @ParksDigsIn @DFW_JSanchez @SHO_Docs @CBSMiami @Slate @pineapplemedia @StanleyNelson1 @TrayAmari @vinniemalhotra @DeFede @dtaberski @cn_harrell @nataliecbrennan @Lussenpop @lovelljoel @MarialexaK @DanielHerskedal @maxlinsky @MoJo25 @MarshallLewy @IAmAmnaNawaz @CBSNews @60Minutes @BillWhitakerCBS @nbcphilrogers @shelbybremer @KatySmyser @Stauffer008 @AkemiHarrison @MichelleLiTV @POVdocs @itsnotneutral @MissingInBrooks @IndependentLens @NatGeo @b_stahl @AJInvestigates @Steve_Eckert We’re approaching the end of our #duPont2023 Ceremony, and our last two Batons go to @cnn.

First, to the team behind @NavalnyDoc , an extraordinary window into the complicated life of Russian opposition leader @navalny.

@mtill50 @NewsHour @NC5 @NC5PhilWilliams @KevWisniewski @mbonnett5 @sboonstra @NBCDFW @ScottNBC5 @ParksDigsIn @DFW_JSanchez @SHO_Docs @CBSMiami @Slate @pineapplemedia @StanleyNelson1 @TrayAmari @vinniemalhotra @DeFede @dtaberski @cn_harrell @nataliecbrennan @Lussenpop @lovelljoel @MarialexaK @DanielHerskedal @maxlinsky @MoJo25 @MarshallLewy @IAmAmnaNawaz @CBSNews @60Minutes @BillWhitakerCBS @nbcphilrogers @shelbybremer @KatySmyser @Stauffer008 @AkemiHarrison @MichelleLiTV @POVdocs @itsnotneutral @MissingInBrooks @IndependentLens @NatGeo @b_stahl @AJInvestigates @Steve_Eckert Director @DanielRoher accepts the award, and reminds us that @navalny is currently imprisoned by the Russian government: He is "a flicker of light in a very dark context."

And he thanks investigator Christo Grozev from @bellingcat.

Congratulations to the entire team!

@mtill50 @NewsHour @NC5 @NC5PhilWilliams @KevWisniewski @mbonnett5 @sboonstra @NBCDFW @ScottNBC5 @ParksDigsIn @DFW_JSanchez @SHO_Docs @CBSMiami @Slate @pineapplemedia @StanleyNelson1 @TrayAmari @vinniemalhotra @DeFede @dtaberski @cn_harrell @nataliecbrennan @Lussenpop @lovelljoel @MarialexaK @DanielHerskedal @maxlinsky @MoJo25 @MarshallLewy @IAmAmnaNawaz @CBSNews @60Minutes @BillWhitakerCBS @nbcphilrogers @shelbybremer @KatySmyser @Stauffer008 @AkemiHarrison @MichelleLiTV @POVdocs @itsnotneutral @MissingInBrooks @IndependentLens @NatGeo @b_stahl @AJInvestigates @Steve_Eckert @DanielRoher @navalny And finally, our last award of the night goes to @cnn for their sweeping and in-depth coverage of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

From breaking, frontline reporting to the stories of Ukrainian refugees spread across the world, CNN’s reporting was incredibly strong.

@mtill50 @NewsHour @NC5 @NC5PhilWilliams @KevWisniewski @mbonnett5 @sboonstra @NBCDFW @ScottNBC5 @ParksDigsIn @DFW_JSanchez @SHO_Docs @CBSMiami @Slate @pineapplemedia @StanleyNelson1 @TrayAmari @vinniemalhotra @DeFede @dtaberski @cn_harrell @nataliecbrennan @Lussenpop @lovelljoel @MarialexaK @DanielHerskedal @maxlinsky @MoJo25 @MarshallLewy @IAmAmnaNawaz @CBSNews @60Minutes @BillWhitakerCBS @nbcphilrogers @shelbybremer @KatySmyser @Stauffer008 @AkemiHarrison @MichelleLiTV Chief International Correspondent @clarissaward accepts tonight’s last Silver Baton.

Congratulations to Ward, @donlemon @mchancecnn @fpleitgenCNN @npwcnn @kaitlancollins @jimsciutto @bencnn @kileycnn @amanpour @nimaelbagir & many, many others for their work.

@mtill50 @NewsHour @NC5 @NC5PhilWilliams @KevWisniewski @mbonnett5 @sboonstra @NBCDFW @ScottNBC5 @ParksDigsIn @DFW_JSanchez @SHO_Docs @CBSMiami @Slate @pineapplemedia @StanleyNelson1 @TrayAmari @vinniemalhotra @DeFede @dtaberski @cn_harrell @nataliecbrennan @Lussenpop @lovelljoel @MarialexaK @DanielHerskedal @maxlinsky @MoJo25 @MarshallLewy @IAmAmnaNawaz @CBSNews @60Minutes @BillWhitakerCBS @nbcphilrogers @shelbybremer @KatySmyser @Stauffer008 @AkemiHarrison @MichelleLiTV @clarissaward @donlemon @mchancecnn @fpleitgenCNN @npwcnn @kaitlancollins @jimsciutto @bencnn @kileycnn @amanpour As a parting note, @IAmAmnaNawaz shares one of the sweetest parts of these Awards: the moments in which our Winners were notified of their achievements.

@mtill50 @NewsHour @NC5 @NC5PhilWilliams @KevWisniewski @mbonnett5 @sboonstra @NBCDFW @ScottNBC5 @ParksDigsIn @DFW_JSanchez @SHO_Docs @CBSMiami @Slate @pineapplemedia @StanleyNelson1 @TrayAmari @vinniemalhotra @DeFede @dtaberski @cn_harrell @nataliecbrennan @Lussenpop @lovelljoel @MarialexaK @DanielHerskedal @maxlinsky @MoJo25 @MarshallLewy @IAmAmnaNawaz @CBSNews @60Minutes @BillWhitakerCBS @nbcphilrogers @shelbybremer @KatySmyser @Stauffer008 @AkemiHarrison @MichelleLiTV @clarissaward @donlemon @mchancecnn @fpleitgenCNN @npwcnn @kaitlancollins @jimsciutto @bencnn @kileycnn @amanpour Thank you for joining us for these #duPont2023 Awards!

Learn more about the Awards, and take a dive through our archive to access more stellar reporting from past years, at dupont.org