84th Annual Peabody Award Winners Announced

Winners for the 84th annual Peabody Awards have been announced, representing the most compelling and empowering stories released in broadcasting and streaming media during 2023. Per a press release, the winners were chosen by a unanimous vote of 32 jurors from over 1,100 entries from television, podcasts/radio, and the web/digital in entertainment, news, documentary, arts, children’s/youth, public service, and interactive programming.

In a statement, Peabody executive director Jeffrey Jones highlighted the breadth the winners cover, stating, “Whether courageously documenting wars across the globe or cleverly bringing much-needed smiles to our faces, the winners of the 84th Peabody Awards each crafted compelling and imaginative stories. Spanning a wide range of mediums and genres, they delivered enthralling projects that are worthy of our highest recognition.”

The full list of winners can be found below:

• The Institutional Award: Star Trek
• The Global Impact Award: WITNESS

ARTS

• “Can You Bring It: Bill T. Jones and D-Man in the Waters” (World Channel and APT)

• “Judy Blume Forever” (Prime Video)

CHILDREN’S/YOUTH

• “Bluey” (Disney+)

DOCUMENTARY

• “20 Days in Mariupol” (PBS)
• “All That Breathes” (HBO | Max)
• “All the Beauty and the Bloodshed” (HBO | Max)
• “Bobi Wine: The People’s President” (National Geographic)
• “POV: While We Watched” (PBS)
• “The Stroll” (HBO | Max)

ENTERTAINMENT

• “The Bear” (FX)
• “Dead Ringers” (Prime Video)
• “Fellow Travelers” (Showtime)
• “Jury Duty” (Amazon Freevee)
• “The Last of Us” (HBO | Max)
• “Last Week Tonight with John Oliver: Israel-Hamas War” (HBO | Max)
• “Reality” (HBO | Max)
• “Reservation Dogs” (FX)
• “Somebody Somewhere” (HBO | Max)

INTERACTIVE & IMMERSIVE

• “The Hidden History of Racism in New York City” (Instagram)
• “Pentiment” (Xbox, PC, PlayStation 4|5, and Nintendo Switch)
• “We Are OFK” (PlayStation, Nintendo Switch, Steam)
• “You Destroy. We Create | The war on Ukraine’s culture” (Meta Quest)

NEWS

• “Against All Enemies” (NBC 5 / KXAS-TV Dallas-Fort Worth)
• “Clarence and Ginni Thomas: Politics, Power and the Supreme Court” (PBS)
• “Hate Comes to Main Street” (WTVF-TV, NewsChannel 5)
• “It’s Bisan from Gaza and I’m Still Alive” (Al Jazeera Media Network)
• “War in the Holy Land” (PBS NewsHour)

PUBLIC SERVICE

• “America and the Taliban” (PBS)
• “The Post Roe Baby Boom: Inside Mississippi’s Maternal Health Crisis” (USA TODAY streaming channels)

RADIO/PODCAST

• “The Big Dig” (GBH-News)
• “The Empty Grave of Comrade Bishop” (The Washington Post)
• “Post Reports: Surviving to graduation” (The Washington Post)
• “The Retrievals” (Serial Productions and The New York Times)
• “You Didn’t See Nothin” (Invisible Institute and USG Audio)

Source: Peabody Awards