Peabody Award

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The George Foster Peabody Awards program (or simply Peabody Awards ), named after the American businessman and philanthropist George Foster Peabody , recognizes outstanding and commendable achievements in American radio and television stations ( National Association of Broadcasters ), networks, online Media, production organizations and individuals. The productions honored are divided into seven categories: news, documentaries, children's programs, education, interactive programs and public service.

Since the award tends to focus on excellent quality rather than popularity or commercial success, the Peabody is given annually to around 25–35 winners (with over 1,000 entries). Since submissions from several branches and types of production are accepted, the submitted productions are judged during deliberations of the jury according to "outstanding quality in and of themselves".

Each production is evaluated to see whether it achieves the required standards, which are presented within its own context. The producers themselves choose which of their productions meet these requirements and then submit them for a fee of US $ 350 (US $ 225 for radio).

history

In 1938, the National Association of Broadcasters formed a committee to recognize excellence in radio . Credit is given to committee member Lambdin Kay, then director of public services for WSB (AM) in Atlanta , Georgia , for creating the Peabody Award. It was named after the businessman and philanthropist George Foster Peabody, who donated the funds to make the awards possible. WSB staffer Lessie Smithgall introduced Lambdin to John E. Drewry of the University of Georgia’s Henry W. Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication , who supported the idea. The Peabody Award was founded in 1940 and the Grady College of Journalism is its permanent seat.

The Peabody Awards were originally intended for radio broadcast only, but were introduced for television awards in 1948 . In the late 1990s, additional categories were added for productions that were published on the World Wide Web . However, works created exclusively for film theater screenings will not be admitted.

Peabody assessment

The Peabody Award judging process is unusually rigorous. The evaluation of the more than 1,000 entries, which are usually received in early February, begins with around 30 committees consisting of several people from the college or staff of the University of Georgia and selected students. Each committee is tasked with viewing or listening to a small number of submissions and then making written recommendations to the Peabody judges . The Peabody jurors are a 17-person panel of scholars, critics and experts from the media industry. These jurors discuss their own selection and the recommendations of the committees in intensive preliminary discussions in Los Angeles and Washington, DC . Finally, in late March, the panel will meet at the Peabody offices on the University of Georgia grounds for final deliberations and demonstrations. Each production is judged according to its own quality of content. The only criterion is excellent quality. The judges ask themselves whether the submitted production matters, whether it should be told, whether it informs us as citizens or helps us to understand each other better. Only works selected unanimously will receive Peabody awards. There is no fixed number of awards to choose from; In 2013 there were the most Peabody winners with 46 awards.

Key people

George Foster Peabody , 1907
  • George Foster Peabody (1852–1938), namesake of the awards, was a successful investment banker who donated a large portion of his fortune to education and social enterprises.
  • Lambdin Kay was Chair of Awards for the National Association of Broadcasters when he was asked to create an award to honor the country's leading radio programs, as Pulitzer did for printed matter.
  • John E. Drewry (1902–1983) became the first dean of the University of Georgia’s Henry W. Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication when that position was established in 1940. In the same year he helped Lambdin Kay establish the Peabody Awards to recognize outstanding quality in broadcasting.
  • Dr. Worth McDougald (1926-2007) served as the director of the George Foster Peabody Awards program at the University of Georgia from 1963 until his retirement in 1991.
  • Barry Sherman (1952–2000) was director of the program from 1991 until his death in 2000.
  • Horace Newcomb was the Lambdin Kay Chair for the Peabodys from 2001 to 2013.
  • Jeffrey P. Jones succeeded Horace Newcomb in July 2013 and is currently the Lambdin-Kay Chair for the Peabodys at the Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication at the University of Georgia.

Awards, Announcements, and Ceremonies

Every spring, the Peabody organizers announce the winners for the previous year's work. Traditionally, the winners' announcements are made through a simple press release and / or a press conference. However, in recent years the organizers have also announced some Peabody recipients on television. In doing so, they wanted to expand their efforts to inform the public about the awards. The 2013 Peabody winners were announced in an April 2014 broadcast on CBS This Morning TV . In April 2015, the 2014 peabodies were announced over an 8-day period, with entertainment industry recipients being featured on Good Morning America 's ABCs television program .

The formal presentations of the Peabody Awards traditionally take place in late May or early June and are typically held over lunch in New York City . However, the 2014 Recipient Ceremony first took place during a nightly awards ceremony on May 31, 2015 hosted by Fred Armisen . Over the years, the Peabody ceremony has hosted well-known people such as Walter Cronkite , Lesley Stahl , Jackie Gleason , Jon Stewart , Morley Safer , Larry King , and Ira Glass . Since 2014, the Peabody ceremonies have been broadcast on a time-delayed tape on the cable / satellite channel Pivot, which broadcast the 74th ceremony on June 21, 2015. The 75th ceremony, which took place on May 21, 2016, was broadcast by Pivot on June 6, 2016.

Peabody Awards archive

The Peabody Awards collection is the flagship of the Walter J. Brown Media Archive & Peabody Awards collection. The archives are housed in the Richard B. Russell Specialty Libraries Building, located near the northern campus of the University of Georgia. The archive's mission is to preserve and protect the films and audio material that reflect the collective memory of the broadcasts and the history of the state of Georgia and its people, and to provide access to the archive. The collection includes almost every entry since the first award on every major broadcast in the United States . Radio entries began in 1940 and for television in 1948, and at least 1,000 new entries are submitted each year by local, national, and international producers. The collection offers a cultural cross-section of television from its beginnings to the present day, with news, documentaries, entertainment, education and children's programs. As soon as the assessments are completed, all entries are brought to the main library, where they are cataloged, classified and preserved over the long term.

Web links

Commons : Peabody Award  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

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