2017 Media for a Just Society Award Winners

NCCD is pleased to congratulate the winners of the 2017 Media for a Just Society Awards. This year, more than 150 entries competed for recognition in the categories of book, film, print/online journalism, radio, TV/video, and youth media.

The winners are:
  

Heather Ann ThompsonBOOK

Blood in the Water: The Attica Prison Uprising of 1971 and Its Legacy
Heather Ann Thompson
Penguin Random House

  

 

Ava DuVernayFILM (a tie)

13th
Ava DuVernay
Netflix
 

 

Keith McQuirterFILM (a tie)

Milwaukee 53206
Keith McQuirter
Transform Films Inc.
  

 

Jill LeporeJOURNALISM

“Baby Doe”
Jill Lepore
The New Yorker
   

 

Al LetsonRADIO

“And Justice for Some”
Al Letson
Reveal: Center for Investigative Reporting

   

 

James JacobyTV/VIDEO

“Policing the Police”
Jelani Cobb (left), James Jacoby, and Anya Bourg
Frontline

  

 

Isabelle TaftYOUTH MEDIA

“After Orange”
Isabelle Taft
Yale Daily News
   

 

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