Best TV spot news reporting from abroad
Award Year: 1994
Award Name: The David Kaplan Award 1994 (Shared)
Recipient: Jim Wooten (shared with Ron Allen)
Affiliation: ABC World News Tonight
Honored Work: “Tragedy in Rwanda”
ABC News correspondents and crew members were deeply affected by the death wave they encountered, but they continued producing professional and moving pieces. Allen and his crew told a clear and comprehensive story as the country’s population fled and began to die of disease and famine. Wooten and his crew had a different task – producing more impressionistic pieces. He made no attempt to conceal his shock as a father and grandfather at seeing families dying about him.
Citations for Excellence:
Anthony Mason, Patricia Shevlin
CBS Evening News
“D-Day Series”
Linda Pattillo, Jon Banner, Ingrid Arnesen, Harold Maas
ABC News
“Haiti’s Struggle for Democracy”