Best international reporting in the broadcast media showing a concern for the human condition
AWARD YEAR: 2006
AWARD NAME: The Carl Spielvogel Award 2006
RECIPIENT: Jon Alpert and Matthew O’Neill
AFFILIATION: Downtown Community Television Center / HBO
HONORED WORK: “Baghdad ER”
This extraordinary piece of cinema verité puts flesh and blood on the grim casualty statistics of the Iraq War. By following wounded American soldiers and Iraqi civilians as they are brought into the 86th Combat Support Hospital for treatment, it depicts, without editorializing, the horror of war and the heroism of the ordinary men and women who confront it on a daily basis.
Citations for Excellence:
Michael Sullivan, Lethi Minh Hanh, Ted Clark
National Public Radio
“Wartime Diary Touches Vietnamese”
Stephen Segaller, Pamelahogan, Judy Katz, Tamara Rosenberg
Thirteen/WNET New York
“Wide Angle: Back to School”