Vice News, CNN, NBC and the “Serial” podcast were among the winners for the 74th annual Peabody Awards.
Vice won for “Last Chance High,” a deep look at a Chicago high school with high-risk students running out of options. The media company was also recognized for a report on “The Islamic State,” which featured a Vice journalist embedded with ISIS volunteers in Iraq and Syria.
CNN was recognized for its whistleblower report on the fatal delays in care at veterans hospitals, which sparked a political and media firestorm. The network was also recognized for its reporting from Nigeria about 200 kidnapped schoolgirls by the terrorist group Boko Haram.
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NBC also got the nod for chief foreign correspondent Richard Engel’s reporting on ISIS.
And “Serial,” a popular podcast downloaded over 60 million times chronicling the 1999 murder of Hae Min Lee, and the arrest and trial of Adnan Syed for it, also drew honors.
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“In addition to the stalwarts of radio and news, winners such as ‘Serial’ and Vice News demonstrate how new avenues and approaches to storytelling can have a major impact on how we understand truth, reality, and events,” said Dr. Jeffrey P. Jones, director of the Peabody Awards.
