The 2000 award show for the Alfred I. duPont-Columbia University Award that honors that year’s best in broadcast and digital journalism.
--Titles of award winners in timestamps.
Production:
Producer-Writer: Christopher Lukas
Directed By: Wayne Palmer
Associate Director: Eulogio Ortiz Jr.
Videotape Editor: Patrick Lee
Project Manager: Sandi Vernon
Technical Supervisor: Fred Cotton
Lighting Designer: Deke Hazirjian
Technical Director: Jon Pretnar
Stage Manager: Terry Benson
Location Manager: Richard Berroa
Production Intern: Sabine Louissaint
Lighting Director: Robert Cullen
Jib Operator: John Kosmaczewski
Gaffer: Eugene Meinhoffer
Video: Tom Guadarrama
Audio: Bob Aldridge
PA Mixer: Frank Brown Jr. and Rob Friesland
Infinit: Amy Caspare
Camera: Juan Barrera, Jonathan Gray, Robert Long Jr.
Chris Squashic, and Patricia Terray
Tape: Lawson Fisher and Joseph Lagrotte
Teleprompter: Duncan Chinock
Make-up: D’Arianne
Utility: J.C Castro, Mark Grossman, Tom Hulse, Rob Nedd, and Mark Neidelson
Crew Heads: Ralph Ascencio, Joseph Connors, Chris Long, and John Viana
[AI-Generated Summary] Hosted by Jeff Greenfield alongside co-presenters Gwen Ifill, Susan Spencer, and Jack Ford at Columbia University, the 50th Alfred I. duPont–Columbia University Awards ceremony honored exceptional achievements in broadcast and radio journalism. Throughout the event, speakers presented awards to a wide array of investigative works and documentaries—ranging from local station exposés on financial misconduct and Olympic bribery to major network and independent reporting on international human rights crises, civil rights history, genetic science, and political trials. Highlighting recipients such as Frontline's examination of the Rwandan genocide, ABC News's investigation into Russian orphanages, and Public Affairs TV's Gold Baton–winning documentary Facing the Truth, the broadcast emphasized the vital role of courageous, old-fashioned reporting, in-depth research, and institutional integrity across commercial, cable, and public media formats.
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