2006 Gracie Awards® Winners

National Award Winners
(In Alphabetical Order)

Lia Knight for The Lia Show
Individual Achievement Award
Outstanding Program Host Radio
Jones Radio Networks

Life's Work with Lisa Belkin
Outstanding Talk Show Radio
XM Satellite Radio

Lisa Kudrow for The Comeback
Individual Achievement Award
Outstanding Female Lead - Comedy Series
Home Box Office

Literary Friendships with Garrison Keillor
Outstanding Magazine Program Radio
Prairie Home Productions

Making It Big - Tips with Linda Kaplan Thaler
Outstanding Commercial - Campaign
Oxygen Media

Marijana Wotton for Bearing Witness
Individual Achievement Award
Outstanding Director - News (Series or Special)

Monica Horan for Everybody Loves Raymond
Individual Achievement Award
Outstanding Supporting Actress - Comedy Series
Home Box Office

Movies 101: Jennifer Aniston
Outstanding Talk Show
AMC (American Movie Classics)
Multitasking Mindfully
Outstanding Documentary - Short Length Format
Radio
ABC Radio Network

Nancy Grace Investigates
Outstanding Talk Show
Court TV

No Place for a Woman
Outstanding Documentary - Long Length Format
Radio
American Radioworks and Minnesota Public Radio

Relentless
Outstanding Reality Show
Oxygen Media

S. Epatha Merkerson for Lackawanna Blues
Individual Achievement Award
Outstanding Female Lead - Mini Series
Home Box Office

Satellite Sisters
Outstanding Talk Show Radio
ABC Radio Networks

Subrata De for NBC Nightly News with Brian Williams
Individual Achievement Award
Outstanding Producer - News (Series or Special)
NBC Nightly News with Brian Williams

Suze Orman for the Suze Orman Show
Individual Achievement Award
Outstanding Program Host
CNBC

The Children of Leningradsky
Outstanding Documentary – Mid-Length Format
Cinemax

The Fifth Estate - Fasten Your Seatbelts
Outstanding Public Affairs
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation

The Passionate Eye - Sex Slaves
Outstanding Documentary - Long Length Format
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation

To Catch A Predator
Outstanding Documentary – Mid-Length Format
Dateline NBC

Top Story Rewind - Podcast
Outstanding Collaboration Between Broadcast
Interactive Web site
The Palm Beach Post

While the World Watched
Outstanding Public Affairs Program Radio
Lee Woodman Media, Inc.

Who's Your Daddy
Outstanding Feature – Soft News
CNN

Women Rock! Our Journey with Melissa Etheridge
Outstanding Special Program
Lifetime Television

Yesterday
Outstanding Drama
Home Box Office

60 Minutes - Jane Fonda
Outstanding Portrait/Biography
CBS News

60 Minutes - Plan B
Outstanding Investigative Program
CBS News

60 Minutes - Submission
Outstanding Feature – Hard News
CBS News

ABC News Radio - Perspective
Outstanding Feature – Hard News Radio
ABC News

ABC News.com - "New Title IX Debate: Will Women's Sports
Suffer or Men's Sports be Saved?"
Outstanding Interactive Web site
ABC News

ABC News: World News Tonight - Motherhood
on Madison Avenue: The Neil French Flap
Outstanding Feature – Hard News
ABC News

Angel of Burundi
Outstanding Feature – Soft News Radio
World Vision Report

Ann Curry for Tsunami and Katrina Coverage
Individual Achievement Award
Outstanding Anchor (News or News Magazine)
Dateline NBC

Anne Taylor Fleming for Anne Taylor Fleming Essays
Individual Achievement Award
Outstanding Reporter/Correspondent
MacNeil/Lehrer Productions

Asylum (Cinemax Reel Life)
Outstanding Documentary – Short Length Format
Cinemax

Born Into Brothels
Outstanding Feature – Soft News Radio
WNYC Radio – Studio 360

Classical Baby
Outstanding Children/Adolescent
Home Box Office

Death at Memorial Hospital in New Orleans
Outstanding Investigative Program
CNN

ESPN SportsCenter - Baseball Grannies
Outstanding Feature – Soft News
ESPN

ESPN's "Outside the Lines"
Outstanding Sports Program
ESPN

Gilmore Girls
Outstanding Comedy Series
Warner Brothers Television

Helen Hunt for Empire Falls
Individual Achievement Award
Outstanding Supporting Actress - Drama Special
HBO

Human Trafficking
Outstanding Drama Series
Lifetime Television
Hurricane Katrina Coverage
Outstanding Series
CBS News

Impossible Choices
Outstanding Magazine Program
PBS-TV-Thirteen/WNET New York

Interview with Melanie Bloom

Outstanding Interview Program
CNN/Larry King Live

Kyra Sedgwick for The Closer

Individual Achievement Award
Outstanding Female Lead - Series
Turner Network Television

Lai Ling Jew for Dateline NBC
Individual Achievement Award
Outstanding Producer - News (Series or Special)
Dateline NBC

Laurie David for Earth to America
Individual Achievement Award
Outstanding Producer – Entertainment
Turner Broadcasting System

Lesley Visser
Individual Achievement Award
Outstanding Reporter/Correspondent
CBS

Local, Public and Student Award Winners
(In Alphabetical Order)

Family Matters
Outstanding Public Affairs Program
California Connected
Market: Local 1-25
Los Angeles, CA

Friends Campaign
Outstanding PSA Campaign
KERA
Market: Public
Dallas, TX

Ghana Child Trafficking
Outstanding Feature – Hard News
World Vision Report
Market: Local 1-25
Federal Way, WA

Gifts of Life
Outstanding Children/Adolescent Program
KING-TV
Market: Local 1-25
Seattle, WA

Girl with the Apple
Outstanding Feature – Soft News
News 12 Long Island
Market: Local 1-25
Woodbury, NY

Gracias Papa
Outstanding PSA Campaign
Air Health
Market: Local 1-25
Silver Spring, MD

HAND: Arts and Humanities Partnering with
Medicine
Outstanding PSA - Single Entry
Health and Arts Network at Duke (HAND)
Market: Local 26+
Durham, NC

Hersday Montage, BLI in the Morning
Outstanding Comedy Program
106.1 WBLI Cox Radio Long Island
Market: Local 1-25
West Babylon, NY

Into The Light
Outstanding Portrait/Biography
Market: Public
Austin, TX

Janet's Planet
Outstanding Children/Adolescent Program
Janet's Planet, Inc.
Market: Local 26+
Hendersonville, TN

Jets Football for Women
Outstanding Sports Program
WFUV
Market: Public
Bronx, NY

Joy Wellington
Individual Achievement Award
Outstanding Producer - News
WOOD TV
Market: Local 26+
Grand Rapids, MI

Justice for Kelsey
Outstanding Investigative Program
KTUL-TV
Market: Local 26+
Tulsa, OK

Ladies of The Land
Outstanding Documentary – Mid-Length Format
Market: Student
New York, NY

Lauren Cardillo
Individual Achievement Award
Outstanding Producer - Entertainment
Running Down Dreams Productions
Market: Public
Alexandria, VA

Marcia Neville Burke
Individual Achievement Award
Outstanding Program Host
KCNC-TV, CBS 14
Market: Local 1-25
Denver, CO

Mary Rabago
Individual Achievement Award
Outstanding Anchor
KTVW 33
Market: Local 1-25
Phoenix, AZ

Maya & Miguel
Outstanding Children/Adolescent Program
Scholastic Media
Market: Public
New York, NY

Megan Blondel
Individual Achievement Award
Outstanding Anchor
90.7 FM WFUV
Market: Student
Bronx, NY

Melissa LaPointe
Individual Achievement Award
Outstanding Producer - News
News 12 Connecticut
Market: Local 1-25
Norwalk, CT

Motherhood Lost: Conversations
Outstanding Talk Show
George Mason University Television
Market: Student
Fairfax, VA

New Breast Cancer Risk Test
Outstanding Feature – Hard News
KFOR-TV
Market: Local 26+
Oklahoma City, OK

On The Scene: In Black and White
Outstanding Feature – Soft News
News 12 New Jersey
Market: Local 1-25
Edison, NJ

Oregon Territory
Outstanding Public Affairs Program
Oregon Public Broadcasting
Market: Public
Portland, OR

Sacred Sleep
Outstanding Feature – Hard News
KNTV
Market: Local 1-25
San Jose, CA

Shelley Irwin
Individual Achievement Award
Outstanding Program Host
WGVU
Market: Public
Grand Rapids, MI

Talking Volumes
Outstanding Special Program
Minnesota Public Radio
Market: Public
St.Paul, MN

The Bay Area Jefferson Awards
Outstanding Series
KPIX
Market: Local 1-25
San Francisco, CA

The Faces of Breast Cancer
Outstanding Series
KRDO-TV
Market: Local 26+
Colorado Springs, CO

the fifth estate: Failing Jeffrey
Outstanding Investigative Program
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Market: Public
Toronto, ON

The Pit: Women Commodities Traders
Outstanding Feature – Soft News
Marketplace
Market: Public
New York, NY

A Burden to be Well: Sisters and Brothers of the
Mentally Ill
Outstanding Documentary – Short Format
WFCR
Market: Public
Amherst, MA

A Crown for Kathrina
Outstanding Documentary – Mid-Length Format
KING-TV
Market: Local 1-25
Seattle, WA

Amy Goodman
Individual Achievement Award
Outstanding Program Host
Democracy Now! Productions, Inc.
Market: Public
New York, NY

Amy Nay
Individual Achievement Award
Outstanding Program Host
News 12 Westchester
Market: Local 1-25
Yonkers, NY

Ashley Eicher
Individual Achievement Award
Outstanding Program Host
Market: Student
Nashville, TN

Beauty Beneath the Skin
Outstanding Special Program
KTRK-TV
Market: Local 1-25
Houston, TX

Best Friends: The Power of Sisterhood
Outstanding Special Program
Creative Expansions, Inc.
Market: Public
New York, NY

Breast Self Exam: Kevyn & Colleen
Outstanding Talk Show
Hubbard Radio Network
Market: Local 1-25
St. Paul, MN

Broken Glass: The Crystal Meth Explosion
Outstanding Documentary – Short Format
Rowan University
Market: Student
Glassboro, NJ

CBC News at Six - Mixed Marriage
Outstanding Feature – Soft News
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Market: Public
Toronto, ON

CBC News: The National - Land, Gold and Women
Outstanding Documentary – Mid-Length Format
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Market: Public
Toronto, ON

Childhood Lost and Found
Outstanding Documentary - Mid-Length Format
WHYY
Market: Public
Philadelphia, PA

Claudette Colvin
Outstanding Feature – Soft News
North Carolina Public Radio - WUNC
Market: Public
Chapel Hill, NC

Command Mistake
Outstanding Investigative Program
WISH TV
Market: Local 1-25
Indianapolis, IN

Creative Block
Outstanding Magazine Show
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Market: Local 1-25
Toronto, ON

Credit Card Debt: A Student's Perspective
Outstanding Interview Program
Washington State University
Market: Student
Pullman, WA

Daily Lessons: Inside Western Guilford High School
Outstanding News Series
North Carolina Public Radio - WUNC
Market: Public
Chapel Hill, NC

Dina Babbitt: The Fight for her Lifesaving Artwork
Outstanding Feature – Hard News
Market: Student
Washington, DC