On May 23, 2018 The American Bar Association announced its selections for the 2018 Silver Gavel Awards for Media and the Arts.
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2018 Silver Gavel Award Winners
Books
SILVER GAVEL
Unwarranted: Policing Without Permission
Barry Friedman, Author Farrar, Straus and Giroux
HONORABLE MENTION
In Praise of Litigation
Alexandra Lahav, Author Oxford University Press
Documentaries
SILVER GAVEL
And Then They Came for Us
Ginzberg Productions
Abby Ginzberg, Producer and Co-Director
Ken Schneider, Editor and Co-Director
Tatsu Aoki, Composer
Richard Cahan, Associate Producer and Photo Historian
HONORABLE MENTION
They Call Us Monsters
BMP Films
Ben Lear, Director
Sasha Alpert, Producer
Drama and Literature
SILVER GAVEL
Marshall
Michael Koskoff and Jacob Koskoff, Writers
Reginald Hudlin, Director and Producer Paula Wagner and Jonathan Sanger, Producers
Chestnut Ridge Productions and Hudlin Entertainment
Open Road Films and Starlight Media
Newspapers
SILVER GAVEL
Death-Penalty Defense Drama at Guantanamo War Court Miami Herald Carol Rosenberg, Military Affairs Reporter Dave Wilson, Senior Editor
HONORABLE MENTION
Secrecy Rules
Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN) James Shiffer, Reporter
Radio
SILVER GAVEL
Breakdown Season 6: A Jury of His Peers
WNYC Studios The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Richard Halicks, Senior Editor Kevin Riley, Editor-in-Chief Bill Rankin, Legal Affairs Writer
Pete Corson, Audience Specialist
HONORABLE MENTION
Null and Void
Radiolab at WNYC
Maria Matasar-Padilla, Managing Director
Tracie Hunte, Reporter Matt Kielty, Producer
Soren Wheeler, Managing Editor
Television
SILVER GAVEL
Abacus: Small Enough to Jail
PBS Distribution, Frontline, and ITVS Mitten Media, Motto Pictures and Kartemquin Films Production
Steve James, Director
Mark Mitten, Producer
Julie Goldman, Producer