Best TV spot news reporting from abroad
AWARD YEAR: 1999
AWARD NAME: The David Kaplan Award 1999
RECIPIENT: Ron Allen, Bob Faw, Martin Fletcher, Dana Lewis, Kerry Sanders
AFFILIATION: NBC Nightly News
HONORED WORK: “Crisis in Kosovo: The Last Week”
In eight hard-hitting reports from Kosovo after the bombing stopped and refugees started to come home, the Nightly News team presented an impressive breadth of coverage. The viewer could feel what it was like to be among the Marines landing on Greek beaches. Viewers also were offered compelling accounts of KLA soldiers being blocked by U.S. Marines, a woman describing how Serbs killed Albanians, and a woman living in a cave with a baby to survive. The stories added up to well-researched, well-produced television news.
Citations for Excellence:
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