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March 16, 2022

2022 Award Finalists

BOOKS

Believing: Our Thirty-Year Journey to End Gender Violence
Viking Books
Anita Hill, author
https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/671557/believing-by-anita-hill/

Better, Not Bitter: Living in the Pursuit of Racial Justice
Grand Central Publishing
Yusef Salaam, author
https://www.grandcentralpublishing.com/titles/yusef-salaam/better-not-bitter/9781538704981/

Citadels of Pride
W.W. Norton & Company
Martha C. Nussbaum, author
https://wwnorton.com/books/9781324004110

Desperate
Scribner
Kris Maher, author
https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Desperate/Kris-Maher/9781501187346

The Accidental History of the U.S. Immigration Courts: War, Fear, and the Roots of Dysfunction
University of California Press
Alison Peck, author
https://www.ucpress.edu/book/9780520389663/the-accidental-history-of-the-us-immigration-courts

The Behavioral Code: The Hidden Ways the Law Makes Us Better or Worse
Beacon Press
Benjamin van Rooij and Adam Fine, authors
https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/676270/the-behavioral-code-by-benjamin-van-rooij/

COMMENTARY

“Punitive Excess”
Brennan Center for Justice
Lauren-Brooke Eisen, director, justice program
Daniel Okrent, senior fellow
https://www.brennancenter.org/series/punitive-excess

DOCUMENTARIES

“A Crime on the Bayou”
Augusta Films LLC
Nancy Buirski, director/producer
Claire Chandler and Susan Margolin, producers
Anthony Ripoli, editor
https://www.augustafilms.com/a-crime-on-the-bayou-1

“Amend: The Fight for America”
Netflix/Westbrook Studios/The Documentary Group/Wilmore Films/Make Make
Robe Imbriano, co-creator/executive producer/story by
Tom Yellin, co-creator/executive producer
Will Smith, host/executive producer
Terrence Carter and Jana Babatunde-Bay, Jamal Watson, Angus Wall, Jamila Farwell, Adam Del Deo, executive producers
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-E4TUQ4THIE

“My Name is Pauli Murray”
Amazon
Betty West and Julie Cohen, directors
Talleah Bridges McMahon, producer
Claudia Raschke, DP
Cinque Northern, editor
https://www.amazon.com/My-Name-Pauli-Murray/dp/B09DMPMWCP

“The People v. The Klan”
CNN/Blumhouse Television
Donnie Eichar, director/executive producer
Cornell William Brooks, Jason Blum, Jeremy Gold, Mary Lisio, Amy Entelis, Lyle Gamm, executive producers
https://cnncreativemarketing.com/project/the-people-v-the-klan/

DRAMA & LITERATURE

The Sporting House Killing
Gerald Powell, author/publisher
https://www.amazon.com/Sporting-House-Killing-Gilded-Thriller/dp/057884642X

MAGAZINES

“Black Legal History in Oklahoma: May 2021 Oklahoma Bar Journal”
Oklahoma Bar Association/Oklahoma Bar Journal
John Morris Williams, executive director/editor in chief
Lori Rasmussen, communications director
Melissa DeLacerda, chairperson
Lauren Rimmer, communications specialist
Carol Manning, communications director
https://www.okbar.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/May-2021.pdf

“Legal Roadblocks to Police Accountability”
Gateway Journalism Review/Pulitzer Center
William Freivogel, publisher/grantee
Kallie Cox and Orli Sheffey, reporters
Steve Edwards, illustrator
Abbey La Tour, design chief/photographer
Jackie Spinner, editor
https://gatewayjr.org/latest-print-issue/

MULTIMEDIA

“Incarceration Transparency”
Loyola University New Orleans, College of Law/ Technology and Legal Innovation Clinic at Loyola Law School
Andrea Armstrong and Judson Mitchell, professors
https://www.incarcerationtransparency.org/

“Mental Competency Consequences: The Hidden and Unreliable Data Texas Tracks... or Doesn't”
KXAN
Josh Hinkle, director of investigations & innovation
David Barer, senior investigative producer
Ben Friberg, investigative reporter
Eric Henrikson, creative producer
Rachel Gale, graphic artist
Robert Sims, digital specialist projects developer
Kate Winkle, digital director
https://media.psg.nexstardigital.net/kxan/story/mental_competency_consequences/index.html

“Un(re)solved”
Frontline
Tamara Shogaolu, creative director
https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontline/unresolved/interactive/

NEWSPAPERS

“Hidden Interests”
The Wall Street Journal
Michael Siconolfi, investigations editor
James Grimaldi, investigative reporter
Coulter Jones and Joe Palazzolo, reporters
https://www.wsj.com/articles/hidden-interests-11641937177

“Outgunned”
CalMatters
Robert Lewis, reporter
Marji Lundstrom, deputy editor
Jeremia Kimelman, data producer
Joel Sappell, contributing editor
https://calmatters.org/series/outgunned/

“The Real Damage”
The Washington Post
Hannah Dreier, national enterprise reporter
Andrew Ba Tran, investigative data reporter
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2021/07/11/fema-black-owned-property/

“Unsettled: Cashing in on Accident Victims”
Star Tribune
Jeffrey Meitrodt, investigative reporter
Nicole Norfleet and Adam Belz, reporters
Jeff wheeler, photojournalist
CJ Sinner, director of graphics & data visuals
Thomas Oide, digital designer
www.startribune.com/unsettled

 “Waiting for Justice”
CalMatters
Robert Lewis, reporter
Marla Cone, deputy editor
Jeremia Kimelman, data reporter
https://calmatters.org/justice/2021/03/waiting-for-justice/

RADIO

“Civics 101: Supreme Court Series”
Civics 101
Nick Capodice, host
Hannah McCarthy, host/producer
Jacqui Fulton, producer
Erika Janik, executive producer
https://www.civics101podcast.org/scotus

“On Our Watch”
National Public Radio/KQED
Liana Simstrom, supervising producer/project manager
Sukey Lewis, host/reporter
Sandhya Dirks, producer/reporter
Nicole Beemsterboer, Alex Emslie and Leila Day, editors
Huo Jingnan, data editor
Adelina Lancianese, producer
Nina Sparling and Cynthia Betubiza, assistant producers
https://www.npr.org/podcasts/510360/on-our-watch

“The Trials of Frank Carson”
Los Angeles Times
Christopher Goffard, staff writer
Steve Clow, deputy metro editor
Abbie Fentress Swanson and Ben Adair, executive producers
Alex McInnis, composer/sound designer
https://www.latimes.com/podcast/trials-of-frank-carson-podcast

TELEVISION

“48 Hours “A Promise to Ahmaud”
48 Hours
Omar Villafranca, correspondent
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/ahmaud-arbery-verdict-promise-48-hours/

“60 Minutes: Attack on the Judiciary”
CBS News 60 Minutes
Bill Owens, executive producer
Tanya Simon, executive editor
Bill Whitaker, correspondent
Heather Abbott, producer
LaCrai Mitchell, associate producer
Craig Crawford, editor
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/icymi-60-minutes-attack-on-the-judiciary-handcuffed-to-the-truth-qanon-2021-02-22/

“Crisis in Corrections”
WFTS/ABC Action News
Adam Walser and Kyle McGiven, investigative reporters
Melanie Payne, executive producer
Matt McGlashen, photographer/editor
https://www.abcactionnews.com/prison

“Probate Problems: Reforming Michigan's Guardianship Laws”
WXYZ-TV
Heather Catallo, investigative reporter
Kimberly Craig, reporter
Johnny Sartin, Jr. and John Ciolino videographers
Randy Lundquist, video editor
https://www.wxyz.com/