“Generations Stolen,” which explores government policies that for decades separated Native children from their families, has won a Nonprofit News Award for its visual journalism. The Insight Award for Visual Journalism honors stories that use photography and/or other visual media to more accurately portray a community that has traditionally been underrepresented or misrepresented in news […]
Awards Accolades
Retro Report Wins the New America Award
“Generations Stolen,” on the history of Indigenous child removal and forced adoptions, was recognized with a New America Award by the Society of Professional Journalists. The film was released with @WorldChannel. You can watch it here.
Retro Report Named a Finalist in the 2024 Nonprofit News Awards
“Generations Stolen,” which we released in partnership with WORLD Channel, has been chosen as a finalist in the 2024 Nonprofit News Awards. The video details how hundreds of thousands of Native children were systematically removed from their communities across generations, sent first into a vast network of government-run boarding schools, and later to live with white families […]
Retro Report Nominated for Two News & Documentary Emmy Awards
Retro Report has been nominated for two News & Documentary Emmy Awards. “How Saba Kept Singing,” which traces the journey of Holocaust survivor David Wisnia as he returns to Auschwitz-Birkenau, has been nominated for Outstanding Recorded News Special. “How a 1968 Student Protest Fueled a Chicano Rights Movement,” which reveals how a massive protest by […]
Generations Stolen Named a Poynter Journalism Prize Finalist
Our film “Generations Stolen” was named a 2024 finalist for Poynter Journalism Prize Dori J. Maynard Justice Award. This award recognizes reporting that shines a light on intolerance, racism, hate, negligence, inequality and systemic obstacles.
Generations Stolen Wins a Webby Award
We are honored that our film “Generations Stolen” won a Webby award in the Video: News & Politics category today. This video, which explores the history of Indigenous child removal and forced adoptions, was released in partnership with WORLD Channel.
Generations Stolen is Nominated for a Webby Award
Our film “Generations Stolen” was nominated for a Webby award in the Video: News & Politics category. This video, which explores the decades-long history of Indigenous child removal and forced adoptions that occurred in the United States, was released in partnership with WORLD Channel.
Extremism in America Wins an Eppy Award
“Extremism in America” has won first place in the 2023 Editor & Publisher Eppy Awards as best news or event feature video. We are honored to share this award with our partners WORLD and The WNET Group’s reporting initiative, Exploring Hate.
Retro Report Receives an Emmy Award Nomination
Our film “American Reckoning,” has been nominated for a News and Documentary Emmy® Award for Outstanding Historical Documentary. The film, made with with PBS Frontline, uncovers an untold story of the civil rights movement. Watch the film here, and learn more about the Emmys here.
Retro Report Receives a Peabody Nomination
Our film “American Reckoning,” made with PBS Frontline, has been nominated for the Peabody Award in the Public Service category. The Peabody Awards honor excellence in storytelling that reflects the social issues and the emerging voices of our day. Watch “American Reckoning” here.
