ABA Announces 2020 Silver Gavel Award Winners<\/p>\n
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The American Bar Association today announced its selections for the 2020 Silver Gavel Awards for Media and the Arts<\/a>, which recognize outstanding work that fosters the American public\u2019s understanding of law and the legal system. This is the ABA\u2019s highest honor in recognition of this purpose.<\/p>\n The Gavel Awards are highly selective \u2014 this year the ABA is presenting only six Silver Gavels and five Honorable Mentions among 23 finalists identified from 188 entries received in all eligible categories, which include books, commentary, documentaries, drama and literature, magazines, multimedia, newspapers, radio and television.<\/p>\n No more than one Silver Gavel is presented in each category.<\/p>\n The work being recognized focuses on such matters as, court secrecy and open justice, racial justice, criminal justice system reforms, and women\u2019s rights.<\/p>\n The 2020 Silver Gavel award winners are:<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Due to the coronavirus pandemic and resulting social distancing, the 2020 ABA Silver Gavel Awards will not be presented in-person at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C., as originally scheduled. Instead, ABA President Judy Perry Martinez<\/a> will present the Gavel Awards as a virtual event to premiere on Tuesday, July 21 at 5 p.m. ET\/4 p.m. CT\/3 p.m. MT\/2 p.m. PT.<\/p>\n Selection criteria include: how the entry addresses the Silver Gavel Awards\u2019 purpose and objectives; educational value of legal information; impact on, or outreach to, the public; thoroughness and accuracy in presentation of issues; creativity and originality in approach to subject matter and effectiveness of presentation; and demonstrated technical skill in the entry\u2019s production.<\/p>\n \u201cThe American Bar Association engages in a deliberative and thorough judging process to select winners of the Silver Gavel Awards,\u201d said Sharon Stern Gerstman, chair of the ABA Standing Committee on Gavel Awards. \u201cWe congratulate all of our 2020 awardees for their exceptional efforts to advance the American public\u2019s understanding of law.\u201d<\/p>\n The association has presented these awards each year since 1958. The 18-member ABA Standing Committee on Gavel Awards makes the final award decisions. To learn more about the Silver Gavel Awards, go to www.ambar.org\/gavelawards<\/a>.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n The following is a complete list of Silver Gavel winners, honorable mentions and other finalists with a link to their work:<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n SILVER GAVEL AWARDS<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n Books<\/strong> Commentary<\/strong> Documentaries<\/strong> Drama & Literature<\/strong> Newspapers<\/strong> Radio<\/strong> HONORABLE MENTION<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n Books<\/strong> Documentaries<\/strong> Documentaries<\/strong> Radio<\/strong> Television<\/strong> OTHER FINALISTS<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n Books<\/strong> \u201cGrace Will Lead Us Home: The Charleston Church Massacre and the Hard, Inspiring Journey to Forgiveness\u201d \u201cOutbreak: Foodborne Illness and the Struggle for Food Safety\u201d \u201cThe Trials of Allegiance: Treason, Juries, and the American Revolution\u201d Magazines<\/strong> Multimedia<\/strong> Newspapers<\/strong> Radio<\/strong> \u201cUnprecedented Season 1 \u2013 A Thousand Ways to Kill You\u201d Television<\/strong> \u201c60 Minutes: “This is No Ordinary Lawsuit\u201d \u201c60 Minutes: Know My Name\u201d <\/p>\n The ABA is the largest voluntary association of lawyers in the world.<\/strong> As the national voice of the legal profession, the ABA works to improve the administration of justice, promotes programs that assist lawyers and judges in their work, accredits law schools, provides continuing legal education, and works to build public understanding around the world of the importance of the rule of law. View our <\/strong>privacy statement<\/strong><\/a> online. Follow the latest ABA news at <\/strong>www.americanbar.org\/news<\/strong><\/a> and on Twitter <\/strong>@ABANews<\/strong><\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Read more about this year’s Silver Gavel Award winners here.\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n\n\n
\n\u201cCharged: The New Movement to Transform American Prosecution and End Mass Incarceration\u201d
\nEmily Bazelon, author
\nPenguin Random House
\nhttps:\/\/www.penguinrandomhouse.com\/books\/548313\/charged-by-emily-bazelon\/<\/a><\/p>\n
\n\u201cDebtors Prison\u201d
\nSt. Louis Post-Dispatch
\nMarcia Koenig, metro editor
\nTony Messenger, metro columnist
\nhttps:\/\/www.stltoday.com\/online\/a-collection-of-tony-messenger-s-columns\/collection_7669a490-870b-5495-93b6-f6dfe676754e.html<\/a><\/p>\n
\n\u201cPersonhood\u201d
\nPersonhood Documentary, LLC
\nTandybrook Films and Wanderhouse
\nJo Ardinger, director, producer, writer, editor
\nRosalie Miller, producer
\nMarc Pingry, director of photography
\nStefan Hajek, consulting producer
\nhttp:\/\/personhoodmovie.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n
\n\u201cJust Mercy\u201d
\nWarner Bros. Pictures with Endeavor Content, One Community, Participant, Macro, Netter Productions, and Outlier Society
\nDestin Daniel Cretton, director and writer
\nGil Netter, producer
\nAsher Goldstein, producer
\nhttps:\/\/www.warnerbros.com\/movies\/just-mercy<\/a><\/p>\n
\n\u201cHidden Injustice\u201d
\nReuters
\nDan Levine, Lisa Girion, Benjamin Lesser
\nJaimi Dowdell, and Michelle Conlin
\nCorrespondents
\nhttps:\/\/www.reuters.com\/investigates\/section\/usa-courts-secrecy\/<\/a><\/p>\n
\n\u201cIn the Dark: Season Two-The Path Home\u201d
\nAmerican Public Media
\nMadeleine Baran, host and lead reporter
\nSamara Freemark, senior reporter
\nNatalie Jablonski, producer
\nParker Yesko, reporter
\nRehman Tungekar, associate producer
\nWill Craft, data reporter
\nhttps:\/\/www.apmreports.org\/in-the-dark\/season-two<\/a>\u00a0<\/u>
\nhttps:\/\/www.apmreports.org\/in-the-dark\/season-two<\/a><\/p>\n
\n\u201cNo Visible Bruises: What We Don\u2019t Know About Domestic Violence Can Kill Us\u201d
\nRachel Louise Snyder, author
\nBloomsbury Publishing
\nhttps:\/\/www.bloomsbury.com\/us\/no-visible-bruises-9781635570977\/<\/a><\/p>\n
\n\u201cAlternative Facts: The Lies of Executive Order 9066\u201d
\nJJML Productions LLC
\nJon Osaki, director, producer, and editor
\nLauren Kawana, consulting producer
\nhttps:\/\/www.alternativefacts9066.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n
\n\u201cTrue Justice: Bryan Stevenson\u2019s Fight for Equality\u201d
\nHBO and Kunhardt Films
\nGeorge Kunhardt, Peter Kunhardt, and Teddy Kunhardt, directors and producers
\nMaya Mumma, editor and producer
\nhttps:\/\/www.kunhardtfilms.com\/our-films\/true-justice<\/a><\/p>\n
\n\u201cBroken Justice\u201d
\nPBS NewsHour
\nAmna Nawaz, host
\nFrank Carlson, reporter
\nVika Aronson, podcast producer
\nErica R. Hendry and Emily Carpeaux, editors
\nhttps:\/\/www.pbs.org\/newshour\/podcasts\/broken-justice<\/a><\/p>\n
\n\u201cThe Feeling of Being Watched\u201d
\nPOV | American Documentary and Multitude Films
\nAssia Boundaoui, director and producer
\nJessica Devaney, producer
\nRabab Haj Yahya, editor
\nShuling Yong, director of photography
\nJustine Nagan and Chris White, executive producers
\nhttp:\/\/www.pbs.org\/pov\/watch\/thefeelingofbeingwatched\/<\/a><\/p>\n
\n\u201cA Place Outside the Law: Forgotten Voices from Guantanamo\u201d
\nPeter Jan Honigsberg, author
\nBeacon Press
\nhttp:\/\/www.beacon.org\/A-Place-Outside-the-Law-P1522.aspx<\/a>\u00a0<\/u><\/p>\n
\nJennifer Berry Hawes, author
\nSt. Martin\u2019s Publishing Group
\nhttps:\/\/us.macmillan.com\/books\/9781250117762<\/a><\/p>\n
\nTimothy D. Lytton, author
\nThe University of Chicago Press
\nhttps:\/\/www.press.uchicago.edu\/ucp\/books\/book\/chicago\/O\/bo35855002.html<\/a><\/p>\n
\nCarlton F.W. Larson, author
\nOxford University Press
\nhttps:\/\/global.oup.com\/academic\/product\/the-trials-of-allegiance-9780190932749?cc=us&lang=en&<\/a><\/p>\n
\n\u201cAn American Black Site\u201d
\nType Media Center and The Nation
\nAviva Stahl, freelance journalist
\nhttps:\/\/www.typeinvestigations.org\/investigation\/2019\/06\/04\/force-feeding-american-prison-supermax-mohammad-salameh\/<\/a><\/p>\n
\n\u201cAlabama Justice: The Cases and Faces That Changed a Nation\u201d
\nAuburn University and Backstory Educational Media
\nSteven Brown, professor of political science
\nPhillip Ratliff, founder and principal
\nhttps:\/\/alabama200.org\/AlabamaJustice\/<\/a><\/p>\n
\n\u201cCrack vs. Heroin: An unfair system arrested millions of blacks, urged compassion for whites\u201d
\nAsbury Park Press
\nPaul D\u2019Ambrosio, executive editor
\nShannon Mullen, Austin Bogues, and Andrew Goudsward, staff writers
\nLisa Kruse, breaking news editor
\nhttps:\/\/www.app.com\/in-depth\/news\/local\/public-safety\/2019\/12\/02\/crack-heroin-race-arrests-blacks-whites\/2524961002\/<\/a><\/p>\n
\n\u201cPardon Me\u201d
\nReveal from the Center for Investigative Reporting
\nMichael Schiller, creative director
\nTaki Telonidis, senior supervising editor
\nAl Letson, radio show host
\nAnna Hamilton, segment producer
\nKevin Sullivan, executive producer
\nhttps:\/\/revealnews.org\/episodes\/pardon-me\/<\/a><\/p>\n
\nWAMU
\nMichael Vuolo and Matthew Schwartz, hosts and writers
\nPoncie Rutsch, senior producer, podcasts
\nAndi McDaniel, senior director, content & news
\nBen Privot, audio engineer & sound designer
\nhttps:\/\/wamu.org\/story\/19\/12\/18\/a-thousand-ways-to-kill-you\/<\/a><\/p>\n
\n\u201cBlowin\u2019 Up\u201d
\nPOV | American Documentary and Once in a Blue Films
\nStephanie Wang-Breal, director
\nCarrie Weprin, producer
\nJonathan Oppenheim, editor
\nErik Shirai, director of photography
\nJustine Nagan and Chris White, executive producers
\nhttp:\/\/www.pbs.org\/pov\/watch\/blowinup\/<\/a><\/p>\n
\nCBS News
\nSteve Kroft, correspondent
\nDraggan Mihailovich, producer
\nKatie Brennan and Chrissy Jones, associate producers
\nWarren Lustig, editor
\nhttps:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/juliana-versus-united-states-climate-change-lawsuit-60-minutes-2019-06-23\/<\/a><\/p>\n
\nCBS News
\nBill Whitaker, correspondent
\nGraham Messick and Jack Weingart, producers
\nMatthew Lev, editor
\nhttps:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/video\/chanel-miller-the-full-60-minutes-report-on-the-know-my-name-author-and-brock-turner-sexual-assault-survivor-2019-09-22\/<\/a><\/p>\n