2015 Single-Topic News or Feature for Broadcast Winner
Nikole Hannah-Jones | This American Life/The New York Times Magazine
“The Problem We All Live With”
Nikole Hannah-Jones looks at a district that, not long ago, accidentally launched a desegregation program.
Comments from the Judges:
“Totally haunting. I saw the impact of this story when it was first released because of the way people outside of education circles were talking about it. I saw the impact again when member stations aired her story months later. Nikole Hannah-Jones made us all understand and feel the issues around school integration.”
Photo credit: Norman Rockwell’s “The Problem We All Live With,” depicting Ruby Bridges, the first Black child to attend an all white elementary school in the South. Artwork approved by The Norman Rockwell Family Agency.
