Posted 12:00 PM | Jan 19, 2010
For the second time in seven years, HBO's Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel' has been honored with the Alfred I. duPont-Columbia University Award for excellence in broadcast journalism.
The award recognize the show's series of investigative reports on concussions in sports for "breaking significant new ground," beginning with its 2007 Emmy®-winning story on the impact of concussions on NFL players and the NFL's position on the issue, and continuing through its 2010 Emmy®-winning report revealing a link between head trauma and ALS (Lou Gehrig's disease).
The duPont jury credited the Real Sports' stories on concussions, which were reported by correspondent Bernard Goldberg and produced by Joe Perskie, for having "raised awareness for the public, the NFL and Congress about this important health issue."
The award, presented in a ceremony at Columbia University, marks only the second time a sports program has received the duPont since its founding in 1943. In 2005, Real Sports' received the duPont for its Emmy®-winning undercover expose on the enslavement of trafficked children as jockeys in Middle Eastern camel racing.
According to Columbia University, which administers the awards, "For 70 years, the Alfred I. duPont-Columbia University Awards have recognized excellence in broadcast journalism. Regarded today as the most prestigious prizes in broadcast news, the equivalent of the Pulitzer Prizes, the duPont-Columbia Awards bring the best in broadcast and digital journalism to professional and public attention and honor those who produce it."
Excellence in Broadcast Journalism
duPont-Columbia University Award | 2011
Outstanding Sports Journalism
Sports Emmy® Award | 2011 | "The Missing Link"
Outstanding Sports Journalism
Sports Emmy® Award | 2009 | "Running For Their Lives," Bernard Goldberg, Real Sports With Bryant Gumbel
Outstanding Sports Journalism
Sports Emmy® Award | 2008 | "Headgames: NFL Concussions," Bernard Goldberg, Real Sports With Bryant Gumbel
Outstanding Sports Journalism
Sports Emmy® Award | 2007 | "Uninsured," Real Sports With Bryant Gumbel
Outstanding Sports Journalism
Sports Emmy® Award | 2007 | Real Sports With Bryant Gumbel
Outstanding Sports Journalism
Sports Emmy® Award | 2006 | "Fields Of Hate Soccer Racism," Real Sports With Bryant Gumbel
Outstanding Long Feature
Sports Emmy® Award | 2006 |"Labor Of Love The Hoyts," Real Sports With Bryant Gumbel
Alfred I. DuPont-Columbia University Award
2006 | "Camel Jockeys Sport Of Sheikhs," Real Sports With Bryant Gumbel
Outstanding Sports Journalism
Sports Emmy® Award | 2005 | "Camel Jockeys Sport Of Sheikhs," Real Sports With Bryant Gumbel
Outstanding Edited Sport Series/Anthology
Sports Emmy® Award | 2005 | Real Sports With Bryant Gumbel
Outstanding Sports Journalism
Sports Emmy® Award | 2004 | "Marcus Dixon," Real Sports With Bryant Gumbel
Outstanding Long Feature
Sports Emmy® Award | 2004 | "Alex Zanardi," Real Sports With Bryant Gumbel
Outstanding Edited Sports Series
Sports Emmy® Award | 2003 | Real Sports With Bryant Gumbel
Outstanding Sports Journalism
Sports Emmy® Award | 2002 | "Amare Stoudmire," Real Sports With Bryant Gumbel
Outstanding Sports Journalism
Sports Emmy® Award | 2001 | "Dominican Republic Baseball," Real Sports With Bryant Gumbel
Outstanding Sports Journalism
Sports Emmy® Award | 2000 | "Fake Golf Clubs" Real Sports With Bryant Gumbel
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