“What Japan’s Atom Bomb Survivors Have Taught Us About the Dangers of Nuclear War,” has won the Online Journalism Awards in the Digital Video Storytelling, Short Form category. The video traces Japanese survivors as they recall the day the U.S. dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima, and warn of future risks. Watch it here.
Awards Accolades
Retro Report Wins an Edward R. Murrow Award
“What Japan’s Atom Bomb Survivors Have Taught Us,” has won the Edward R. Murrow Award for Excellence in Video (Small Digital Organization). The video examines the profound impact of the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki through the eyes of people who lived through it.
Retro Report Wins an Emmy Award
We’re excited to share that we won the News and Documentary Emmy Award for Outstanding Light News Feature: Short Form category. In “What Japan’s Atom Bomb Survivors Have Taught Us,” Japanese survivors recall the day the U.S. dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima, and warn of future risks.
Retro Report Wins the Silver Gavel Award
We are thrilled to announce that “How the Supreme Court Ruling in Obergefell v. Hodges Legalized Same-Sex Marriage” has won the American Bar Association’s Silver Gavel Awards for Media and the Arts. The video explores the landmark Supreme Court decision, which required all states to recognize the marriages of same-sex couples, from the perspective of the […]
Retro Report Awarded AAJA Honorable Mention
“What Japan’s Atom Bomb Survivors Have Taught Us About the Dangers of Nuclear War” has been awarded an Honorable Mention by the Asian American Journalism Awards in the category of Video Storytelling. The honored video traces Japanese survivors as they recall the day the U.S. dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima, and warn of future risks. Watch […]
Two Emmy Award Nominations!
We’re excited to share that we have been nominated for two News and Documentary Emmy Awards! “How Activists Fought for Rights for People With Disabilities” and “What Japan’s Atom Bomb Survivors Have Taught Us” are both nominated in the Outstanding Light News Feature: Short Form category.
Citizen Nation Wins an IDA Documentary Award
We are honored that “CitizenNation” has won Best Episodic Series at the IDA Documentary Awards. In our inspiring coming-of-age series, teenagers from across the U.S. with diverse personal and political backgrounds come together to compete in the We the People, the nation’s top civics competition. Watch “Citizen Nation, ” made with PBS, here.
Citizen Nation Nominated for an Independent Spirit Award
We are pleased to share that “Citizen Nation” has been nominated for an Independent Spirit Award for Best New Non-Scripted or Documentary Series. Thank you to PBS and all who made the series possible. Citizen Nation is an inspiring coming-of-age story that chronicles the lives of teenagers from across the U.S. as they come together […]
Citizen Nation Named a Finalist in the INN Awards
“Citizen Nation,” our four-part series that follows teenagers from across the U.S. as they come together to compete in the nation’s premier civics competition, has been named a finalist in Institute for Nonprofit News Awards. The series, which aired on PBS, is a finalist in the Insight Award for Visual Journalism. Watch “Citizen Nation” here.
Silence in Sikeston Named a Finalist in the INN Awards
“Silence in Sikeston” has been named a finalist in the 2025 Institute for Nonprofit News Awards. The short doc examines the story of how the 1942 lynching of Cleo Wright – and the subsequent failure of the first federal attempt to prosecute a lynching – continues to haunt the small city of Sikeston, Missouri. It was […]
