PBS NewsHour’s Coverage of America’s Gun Violence Epidemic Named Peabody Award Recipient

Arlington, VA (May 9, 2023)— PBS NewsHour today received a Peabody Award for its multi-faceted coverage of the ongoing gun violence epidemic in America in 2022 and the effect it has on communities, victims, and survivors. The George Foster Peabody Awards are administered by the Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication at the University of Georgia. A live ceremony for the 83rd Annual Peabody Awards will take place on Sunday, June 11, 2023 in Beverly Hills, California.

“Reporting on the epidemic of gun violence is an all too frequent challenge,” said NewsHour’s senior executive producer Sara Just. “My colleagues met this challenge by bringing compassion to each step of the reporting process, whether in breaking news situations or digging deeply into the patterns and trends that feed them. We are so grateful to the Peabody jurors for recognizing this work with this honor.”

About PBS NewsHour’s “Guns in America”:
As America grappled with another year of mass shootings dominating headlines and everyday acts of gun violence tearing apart communities, PBS NewsHour was both on-the-ground in the aftermath of horrendous acts of violence and stepping back to provide broader context, telling the stories of individuals and communities affected by guns. Told with empathy, while centering victims, and adding historical and policy context, “Guns in America” represents a selection of PBS NewsHour reports from this past year on America’s unique gun violence problem.

The reports in “Guns in America” include:

• Buffalo mourns as details emerge about gunman’s plans for second attack
• In Buffalo, Biden condemns ‘poison’ of white supremacy
• How Uvalde, Texas, is mourning after massacre of teachers and young students
• Grief courses through Uvalde, Texas, as police response to the massacre is scrutinized
• Anger, torment grip Uvalde residents as details emerge on police response to the shooting
• A mother whose daughter died in a 2012 mass shooting shares message with Uvalde parents
• Survivors of Aurora, Colorado, mass shooting still haunted 10 years later
• Firearms industry scrutinized for how it markets to consumers
• Suicides from firearms prompt movement to address mental health stigmas

Credits: Senior Executive Producer, Sara Just; Executive Producer PBS News Weekend, Rachel Wellford; Senior Producers Emily Carpeaux, Richard Coolidge, Talesha Reynolds, and Murrey Jacobson; Correspondents William Brangham, Amna Nawaz, Paul Solman, and Cat Wise; Deputy Senior Producers Matt Loffman and Courtney Norris; Producers Lorna Baldwin, Frank N. Carlson, Tess Conciatori, Alexis Cox, Mary Fecteau, Mike Fritz, Sam Lane, Layla Quran, and Sam Weber; Associate Producers Lizz Bolaji and Shoshana Dubnow; Production Assistants Jonah Anderson, Eliot Barnhart, Henry Brannan, and Madeline Powell, Editors Frank N. Carlson, Emily Carpeaux, Hamada Hanoura, and Jon Miles; Videographers Frank N. Carlson, Christoph Gelfand, Sam Lane, Denis Levkovich, Kevin McAleese; Eric O’Connor and Sam Weber; Graphic designers Danny Davis and Wesam Sorour.

Media contact: Ella Richardson, erichardson (at) newshour (dot) org