Awards Accolades

Two Retro Report videos chosen by the International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences as Webby Award Honorees.

We’re incredibly excited that the film we produced, _How Saba Kept Singing_ is going to be premiering at the Hot Docs Festival.

We’re proud to announce that our story, [_What’s in a Number? Some Research Shows That a Lower B.M.I. Isn’t Always Better._](https://www.retroreport.org/video/research-challenges-idea-that-lower-bmi-is-always-better/) is a finalist in the NIHCM Journalism and Research awards.

We are so honored that ​[_Bringing Midwifery Back to Black Mothers_](https://www.retroreport.org/video/bringing-midwifery-back-to-black-mothers/)​ has won the Nonprofit News Breaking Barriers Award. The award recognizes journalism that brings new understanding to an issue affecting people who are historically underrepresented.

“Enemies of the People: Trump and the Political Press,” which we produced in collaboration with Vice TV, has been nominated for two News & Documentary Emmy® Awards in the categories of Outstanding News Special and Best Story in a Newsmagazine. Learn more about the Emmys here.

We’re honored to have [_The Burning_](https://www.retroreport.org/video/the-case-that-changed-how-the-country-thought-about-domestic-violence/) _Bed_ chosen as an official selection of the LA Shorts International Film Festival. It premieres on July 17th and can be watched via the film festival [here](https://www.lashortsfest.com/watch).

We’re thrilled to have three Telly Award winning stories! [_The Burning Bed_](https://www.retroreport.org/video/the-case-that-changed-how-the-country-thought-about-domestic-violence/) won in the Social Issues category, while Enemies of the People: Trump and the Political Press won for Political/Commentary and News/News Feature.

The Mirror Awards recognize the reporters, editors and teams of writers who hold a mirror to their own industry for the public’s benefit. It’s an honor to have _Enemies of the People: Trump and the Political Press_ nominated for this prestigious award.

[Racial Inequality Was Tearing the U.S. Apart, a 1968 Report Warned. It Was Ignored.](https://www.retroreport.org/video/racial-inequality-was-tearing-the-u.s.apart-a-1968-report-warned.it-was-ignored/) is nominated for best shortform documentary, [_American Samoa Dodged a Pandemic in 1918. Here’s What We Learned_](https://www.retroreport.org/video/american-samoa-dodged-a-pandemic-in-1918-here-s-what-we-learned/) for best news and politics video and [The Lessons of H.I.V.](https://www.retroreport.org/video/what-the-bungled-response-to-hiv-can-teach-us-about-dealing-with-covid-19/) for best science and education video.

​We’re thrilled to announce that _​_[_The Burning Bed_](https://www.retroreport.org/video/the-case-that-changed-how-the-country-thought-about-domestic-violence/), a short documentary we released in partnership with The New Yorker, has been chosen as an official selection of​ the ​American Documentary and​ ​Animation Film Festival​. ​