CBS wins Peabody for Abu Ghraib report

List of the 2005 winners
Winners of the George Foster Peabody Awards, announced Thursday by the University of Georgia’s Henry W. Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication.

• “The Darfur Crisis,” BBC Television News, London; series of reports on the humanitarian crisis in Sudan.
• “Mosaic: World News from the Middle East,” Link TV, San Francisco; a collection of unedited daily newscasts from the Middle East.
• “State of Denial,” WFAA-TV, Dallas, Tex.; a 19-part series on questionable practices by state agencies and insurance companies involved with Texas’ workers compensation system.
• “Friends in High Places,” WTVF-TV, Nashville, Tenn.; a three-year investigation into the awarding of state contracts to friends of the Tennessee governor.
• “Chesapeake Bay Pollution Investigation,” WBAL-TV, Baltimore; Investigative reports on rapid development and pollution in a small eastern Maryland town.
• “60 Minutes II: Abuse at Abu Ghraib,” CBS News; Dan Rather report detailing abuses at the Iraqi prison, showing for the first time pictures of the prisoners.
• “Deadwood,” Red Board Productions and Paramount Television in association with HBO Entertainment; HBO’s profane and violent Western drama about men and women in the Deadwood mining camp.
• “The Age of Wal-Mart: Inside America’s Most Powerful Company,” CNBC; reports on the corporate culture and business practices of the nation’s retail giant.
• “The Daily Show with Jon Stewart: Indecision 2004,” Comedy Central; series of satirical reports on the 2004 presidential election by Stewart and his team of “correspondents.”
• “Black Sky: The Race for Space,” Discovery Channel and Vulcan Productions in association with Gemini Productions and Antenna Films; a documentary about the reinvention of space travel by the privately funded aircraft SpaceShipOne.
• “The N-Word,” Trio and Post Consumer Media; the Trio documentary tracing the history of racial dialogue through the use of one inflammatory word.
• “American Experience: Tupperware!,” Filmmakers Collaborative, Blueberry Hill Productions for American Experience, WGHB-TV, Boston; Kathy Bates-narrated documentary about how a plastic food container has become a cultural icon.
• “Rwanda: Do Scars Ever Fade?,” Bill Brummel Productions for The History Channel; a “Time Machine” documentary about how a nation heals from a traumatic event.
• “Bus 174,” Zendo Entertainment in association with Cinemax Reel Life; Cinemax documentary about the disintegration of a violent hostage situation in Brazil that was covered live on television.
• “Balseros,” Televiso de Catalunya, Bausan Films in association with Cinemax Reel Life; Cinemax documentary examines the lives of seven Cuban refugees who arrived in the United States on rafts.
• “Beah: A Black Woman Speaks,” Clinica Estetico and LisaGay Inc. in association with HBO; biography on actress, poet and teacher Beah Richards.

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