BROADCAST AWARDS AND NOMINATIONS

Emmy Awards

2010 Emmy Nominees
Outstanding Continuing Coverage of a News Story in a News Magazine
Children of the Taliban

Outstanding Investigative Journalism in a News Magazine
Oustanding Individual Achievement in a Craft: Research:
Ghana: Digital Dumping Ground

2009 Emmy Nominee
Outstanding Continuing Coverage of a News Story in a News Magazine
Pakistan: State of Emergency

2007 Emmy Award Winner
Outstanding Investigative Journalism in a News Magazine
Iraq: Saddam's Road to Hell

2006 Emmy Award Winner
National Nomination for Outstanding coverage of a Continuing News Story for Sudan: The Quick and the Terrible

2003 Emmy Award Winner
National Nomination for Outstanding Coverage of a Continuing News Story for Bolivia- Leasing the Rain

WEB SITE AWARDS AND NOMINATIONS

2011 Webby Awards
South Africa: Inside the Cycle of Rape
Official Honoree Public Service and Activism

2010 Webby Awards
Nominee News & Politics Series
Nominee News & Politics Series People's Voice Award
Carbon Watch

Winner News & Politics Series People's Voice Award
Carbon Watch

2009 Webby Awards
Winner News & Politics Series
Winner People's Voice for New & Politics series
iWitness

Winner People's Voice, Documentary: Individual Episode
Kenya: Sweet Home Obama

2008 Webby People's Voice Award
Online Film and Video
Best Online Documentary Series for the FRONTLINE/World site

2008 Webby People's Voice Award
Online Film and Video Best Individual Episode

Nominee for Documentary: Individual Episode - 2009
Nominee for Documentary: Individual Episode - 2008
Nominee News & Politics Individual Episode - 2008
Nominee Documentary Series - 2008
Nominee News & Politics Series - 2008
Nominee for Documentary: Individual Episode - 2007
Nominee for Broadband - 2006
Nominee for News - 2005
Nominee for Best Practices - 2005
Nominee for Best Television Web site - 2004
Nominee for Best Television Web site - 2003
Honoree News & Politics - 2008
Honoree Documentary Individual Episode - 2008

2008 Emmy Nominations
New Approaches to News & Documentary Programming: Documentaries
Afghanistan: The Other War

New Approaches to News & Documentary Programming:
Arts, Lifestyle & Culture
Dubai: Night Secrets
Moscow's Sex and the City

2007 Emmy Award Winner
Outstanding Arts, Lifestyle & Culture Programming for Broadband
Libya: Out of the Shadows

2008 Knight Award
Best Piece of Narrative Journalism on
a Science or Environmental Subject
China: Green Dreams

South Asian Journalists Association

2009 Journalism Award
The Daniel Pearl Award for outstanding reporting about South Asia, or South Asians in North America: All media
Pakistan: A State of Emergency

2008, Outstanding story about South Asia, or South Asians in North America: New Media
India: A Pound of Flesh

2008, Outstanding story on any subject: New Media
Nepal: A Girl's Life

2006, Outstanding story on any subject:
New Media for Calcutta Calling

2005, Outstanding Story on South Asia :
New Media for Kashmir: The Road to Peace

2003, Winner, Outstanding Story on South Asia, New Media category for Bhutan: The Last Place and Sri Lanka: Living with Terror Web content

Student Academy Award
For the documentary The Women's Kingdom by Xiaoli Zhou - 2006

Overseas Press Club of America
Edward R. Murrow Award, Best TV interpretation or documentary on international affairs - 2005
Foreign Press Association in London
Foreign Press Association Award, Journalist of the Year, Jane Kokan for Iran Undercover: Inside the Hidden Revolution - 2004
Society of Environmental Journalists
3rd Place, Outstanding In-Depth Reporting -- Television for FRONTLINE/World Spain: The Lawless Sea

AAAS Science Journalism Award
American Association for the Advancement of Science Journalism Award for "Chasing the Virus" - 2003

Gabriel Awards
Catholic Academy for Communication Arts Professionals Award for Short Feature for "Hole in the Wall" - 2003

Houston Worldfest
Gold Special Jury Prize for FRONTLINE/World episode 102 covering Cambodia, Romania and India - 2003

Society of Environmental Journalists
1st Place, Outstanding Online Reporting to FRONTLINE/World and Washingtonpost.com for Web-exclusive Peru: A Gamble in the Jungle
Eppy Awards (Editor and Publisher)
2004, Finalist, Best Special Feature in an Internet Service - News or Event (under 1 million monthly visitors) for Your Coffee Dollar

2003, Best Overall Design of an Internet Service (under 1 million monthly visitors) for FRONTLINE/WORLD Web site

Society of Professional Journalists, Mark of Excellence Awards, Western United States

• First Place in the category of Online In-Depth Reporting for
  The Deadly Stand-Off - 2003
• Second Place in the category of Online In-Depth Reporting for
  A Gamble in the Jungle - 2003
• Third Place in the category of Online Feature Reporting for
  Tracing Borders - 2003

• Finalist, General Excellence in Online Journalism (affiliated, fewer than 200,000 visitors) for FRONTLINE/WORLD Web site - 2003
• Finalist in the category of Feature Journalism (affiliated) for Cambodia - Reporter's Diary: In Search of Justice - 2003

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