Several DuPont Awards for NPR and PBS

The Columbia Journalism School announced the DuPont Award winners today. NPR won an award for its coverage of the conflict in Syria. Deb Amos and Kelly McEvers got special mention for their daily coverage of events there. Frontline won awards for Opium Brides and The Interrupters.   StoryCorps 9/11 and State Impact Pennsylvania also won DuPonts. StoryCorps worked with NPR, POV and, the National September 11 Memorial and Museum to present a multi-platform history of 9/11.  State Impact Pennsylvania was a collabroation between NPR, WHYY and WTIF to report on the effects of fracking in Pennsylvania.

The Alfred I. duPont-Columbia University Awards honor excellence in broadcast and digital journalism produced for audiences in the United States by local stations, independent producers, networks and cable systems.