Best international reporting in the broadcast media dealing with human rights.
AWARD YEAR: 2001
AWARD NAME: The Eric and Amy Burger Award 2001
RECIPIENTS: Tom Brokaw, Elizabeth Cole, Monica Leas, Marc Rosenwasser, Neal Shapiro, Sam Singal
AFFILIATION: NBC News-Dateline
HONORED WORK: “The Promised Land”
“The Promised Land” shed important new light on the flow of illegal Chinese immigrants to the U.S. Narrated by Tom Brokaw, the documentary describes the fate of the Chinese refugees aboard the Golden Venture, the smuggling ship that ran aground in New York harbor in 1993. Those who came to the U.S. seeking freedom were instead jailed for years. The report documents the refugees’ flight from China, the voyage many did not survive, indefinite detention in American prisons, and the effort of American citizens to free them.
Citation for Excellence:
Tom Jarriel and Joanna Breen
ABC News — 20/20
“Empty Arms”