2017 Silver Gavel Award Winners

    On May 10, 2017 The American Bar Association announced its selections for the 2017 Silver Gavel Awards for Media and the Arts.

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    Books

    SILVER GAVEL
    Evicted: Poverty and Profit in theAmerican City
    Matthew Desmond, Author
    Penguin Random House/Crown Publishers

    Honorable Mention

    Blood in the Water: The Atticaprison Uprising of 1971 and Its Legacy
    Heather Ann Thompson, Author
    Penguin Random House/Pantheon Books

    Documentaries

    SILVER GAVEL
    Do Not Resist
    VANISH Films
    Craig Atkinson, Director
    Laura Hartrick, Producer

    Newspapers

    Honorable Mention

    Forsaken: Florida's Broken Mental Health System
    Sun Sentinel (Ft. Lauderdale, FL)
    Dana Banker, Managing Editor
    Megan O’Matz, Sally Kestin, and Stephen Hobbs, Reporters
    John Maines, Database Editor

    Radio

    SILVER GAVEL
    More Perfect
    WNYC Studios
    Jad Abumrad, Executive Producer, Host, Creator
    Suzie Lechtenberg, Executive Producer
    Kelsey Padgett, Producer, Reporter
    Sean Rameswaram, Correspondent
    Tobin Low, Producer

    Television

    SILVER GAVEL
    Trapped
    Trilogy Films
    Dawn Porter, Director
    Marilyn Ness, Producer