Silver Gavel Awards for Media and The Arts

American Bar Association
2000 Silver Gavel Award Winners

Read more details about the winners in the 2000 program guide. (.pdf)

	NEWSPAPERS
	*The Failure of the Death Penalty in Illinois* Chicago Tribune Chicago, IL Staff Writer/Legal Affairs Reporter: Ken Armstrong Staff Writer/Police Reporter: Steve Mills
	BOOKS
	Contempt of Court: The Turn-of-the-Century Lynching That Launched a Hundred Years of Federalism Faber & Faber, a division of Farrar, Straus & Giroux New York, New York Authors: Mark Curriden & Leroy Phillips, Jr.
	MAGAZINES
	No Silver Gavel Awards were presented in this category in 2000

	THEATRE
	No Silver Gavel Awards were presented in this category in 2000
	TELEVISION
	Women in Prison: Nowhere to Hide NBC News New York, New York Executive Producer: Susan Farkas Correspondent: Geraldo Rivera Producers: Bob Abeshouse and Jamie Paksima Field Producers: Subrata De, Miles Hankin and Linda Sachs Editors: Ed Buda, David Ketterling and Ina Smith *Law and Order: "Hate"* Wolf Films in association with Studios USA Television Universal City, California Executive Producer/Writer: Rene Balcer Director: Constantine Makris
	RADIO
	*Insanity Defense* Minnesota Public Radio/American RadioWorks St. Paul, Minnesota Producer/Reporter: John Biewen Editor: Deborah George Associate Producer: Stephanie Curtis
	FILMS AND VIDEOS
	*Teen Parents: Who’s Legally Responsible?* Louisiana Public Broadcasting Baton Rouge, Louisiana Project Director/Educational Services Coordinator: Ayan Rubin Scriptwriter/Editor/Producer: Randy LaBauve Program Host: Rudy Macklin Photographers: Rex Fortenberry and Virnado Woods
	NEW MEDIA
	No Silver Gavel Awards were presented in this category in 2000