The following is a list of George Foster Peabody Award winners during the decade of the 2020s.
2020 Recipient Area of excellenceInstitutional honors"ARRAY Named Institutional Winner," from PeabodyAwards.com, 6/8/2021ARRAYHonored for "amplifying film and TV projects by people of color and women filmmakers", including Queen Sugar, When They See Us, 13th and Home Sweet HomeCareer achievement honors"Sam Pollard Receives Career Achievement Award," from PeabodyAwards.com, 6/10/2021Sam PollardHonored for "chronicling the Black experience and illuminating complicated historical figures across film and television" over a more than 30-year careerJournalistic Integrity Award honorsJudy Woodruff Wins Peabody's Journalistic Integrity Award," from PeabodyAwards.com, 6/10/2021Judy WoodruffHonored for being a "trailblazer for women journalists and a role model committed to illuminating the truth at any cost"Special commendationJournalism crewsHonored for their work in 2020 amidst such events as the COVID-19 pandemic and the George Floyd protestsEntertainment honoreesHBO in association with BBC, Various Artists Limited and FALKNAI May Destroy You"I May Destroy You," from PeabodyAwards.com, 6/23/2021La Casa de ProducciónLa Llorona"La Llorona," from PeabodyAwards.com, 6/23/2021BBC Studios Americas, Inc. and Amazon StudiosSmall Axe"Small Axe," from PeabodyAwards.com, 6/24/2021Apple/Doozer Productions in association with Warner Bros. Television and Universal TelevisionTed Lasso"Watch Will Ferrell present SNL alum Jason Sudeikis with a Peabody Award for Ted Lasso," from Entertainment Weekly, 6/21/2021Showtime Presents Blumhouse Television, Mark 924 Entertainment, Under the Influence ProductionsThe Good Lord Bird"The Good Lord Bird," from PeabodyAwards.com, 6/22/2021CBS StudiosThe Late Show with Stephen ColbertStephen Colbert Steve Carell Peabody Awards 2021 Late Show Win — The Hollywood ReporterStudio Airlift and Real Film for NetflixUnorthodox"Unorthodox," from PeabodyAwards.com, 6/22/2021Children's & Youth honoreesApple/Scholastic Entertainment/GaumontStillwater"Stillwater," from PeabodyAwards.com, 6/24/2021Disney Television AnimationThe Owl House"The Owl House," from PeabodyAwards.com, 6/21/2021Documentary honorees76 Days LLC/MTV Documentary Films76 Days"76 Days," from PeabodyAwards.com, 6/22/2021CAAM, WETA, Flash Cuts, LLC., Tajima-Peña Productions, ITVSAsian Americans"Asian Americans," from PeabodyAwards.com, 6/21/2021Alexander Nanau Production, Samsa Film, HBO EuropeCollective"Collective," from PeabodyAwards.com, 6/23/2021A Higher Ground and Rusted Spoke Production in association with Little Punk/Just Films/Ford Foundation for NetflixCrip Camp"Crip Camp," from PeabodyAwards.com, 6/23/2021A Reel Peak Films Production for NetflixImmigration Nation"Immigration Nation," from PeabodyAwards.com, 6/23/2021A Danish Documentary Production, in co-production with Ma.Ja.De, Hecat Studio Paris, Madam Films for National Geographic Documentary FilmsThe Cave"The Cave," from PeabodyAwards.com, 6/24/2021Concordia Studio, GB Feature, LLC and Amazon StudiosTime"Time," from PeabodyAwards.com, 6/21/2021Public Square Films, Ninety Thousand Words, Maylo Films, BBC Storyville and HBO Documentary FilmsWelcome to Chechnya"Welcome to Chechnya," from PeabodyAwards.com, 6/24/2021News honoreesABC News 20/20 and The Courier-Journal (Louisville, KY)"Say Her Name: Breonna Taylor," a documentary that explored Taylor's life, her killing at the hands of police, and the protests that followed (Michael Strahan, Deborah Roberts, and Byron Pitts, correspondents)"ABC News 20/20 in Collaboration with The Courier-Journal: Say Her Name: Breonna Taylor," from PeabodyAwards.com, 6/24/2021FrontlineChina Undercover, a documentary directed by Robin Barnwell detailing China's human rights abuses of Muslims, mostly Uyghurs, and its implications around the world"China Undercover," from PeabodyAwards.com, 6/21/2021Frontline, Columbia Journalism Investigations, USA Today Network"Whose Votes Counts," which examines the legal battles over absentee ballots during the 2020 Wisconsin elections and its ramifications for modern-day voting rights (produced by Tom Jennings, directed by June Cross, and narrated by Jelani Cobb)"Whose Votes Counts," from PeabodyAwards.com, 6/22/2021KNXV-TV/Phoenix, AZ"Full Disclosure," a documentary that detailed the "Brady list" system that tracks Arizona cops' history of lying and committing crimes, and how it is broken in terms of transparency and accountability (Dave Biscobing, reporter/correspondent)"Full Disclosure," from PeabodyAwards.com, 6/21/2021Fuuse Films for ITVExposure, for Muslim in Trump's America"Muslim in Trump's America (Exposure)," from PeabodyAwards.com, 6/22/2021PBS NewsHourAward for its coverage of the COVID-19 pandemic, in particular for the reports "Global Pandemic" (reported by Nick Schifrin, Jane Ferguson, Malcolm Brabant, Marcia Biggs, Bruce Harrison, Michael Baleke, and Max Duncan) and "Making Sense: The Victims of the COVID Economy" (reported by Paul Solman)"PBS NewsHour COVID-19 Coverage: “Global Pandemic”/“Making Sense: The Victims of the COVID Economy”," from PeabodyAwards.com, 6/23/2021"Desperate Journey," a report by Nadja Drost which covers migrants and refugees traveling the Darién Gap along the Colombia-Panama border"PBS NewsHour: Desperate Journey," from PeabodyAwards.com, 6/24/2021Vice NewsVice on Showtime, for "Losing Ground," a report by Alzo Slade which examines heir properties and its effects on African-American land owners"Vice on Showtime: Losing Ground," from PeabodyAwards.com, 6/22/2021Podcast & Radio honoreesThe AtlanticFloodlines"Floodlines," from PeabodyAwards.com, 6/21/2021Nashville Public RadioSeason two of The Promise (reported by Meribah Knight), which explores Nashville's fight against desegregation in terms of inequalities between Black and white schools"The Promise: Season 2," from PeabodyAwards.com, 6/24/2021The Washington PostPost Reports for "The Life of George Floyd," which chronicles Floyd's life, his family, and how systemic racism played a role in his death (Martine Powers, Ted Muldoon, Arelis Hernández, Toluse Olorunnipa, Robert Samuels, reporters/correspondents)"Post Reports: The Life of George Floyd," from PeabodyAwards.com, 6/22/2021Public Service honoreesChemical Soup, Lawrence Bender Productions, NetflixCops and Robbers, a live-action/animated short film created in response to the murder of Ahmaud Arbery and police brutality in general"Cops and Robbers," from PeabodyAwards.com, 6/24/2021KING-TV/Seattle, WAFacing Race, a series that tackles issues of racism, racial inequality and racial privilege and its effects on residents of Seattle and its surrounding communities"Facing Race," from PeabodyAwards.com, 6/23/2021
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