American Bar Association
2008 GAVEL AWARDS
Recognizing Outstanding Efforts
To
Foster Public Understanding of the Law
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Books |
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Silver Gavel The Nine: Inside the Secret World of the Supreme Court Doubleday New York, New York Jeffrey Toobin, Author Honorable Mention |
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Commentary |
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Honorable Mention "Death Penalty Editorials" The Dallas Morning News Dallas, Texas Michael Landauer and Mike Hashimoto, Assistant Editorial Page Editors Colleen McCain Nelson and Rodger Jones, Editorial Writers Rod Dreher, Editorial Columnist |
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Documentaries |
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Silver Gavel "The Supreme Court" HiddenHill Production for Thirteen/WNET New York New York, New York Jody Sheff, Executive Producer Mark Zwontizer, Series Producer/Writer Richard Ben Cramer, Writer Thomas Lennon, Director David Strathairn, Narrator Honorable Mention "Hitler's Courts: Betrayal of the Rule of Law in Nazi Germany" Joshua Greene and Shiva Kumar, Producers/Directors, Stories to Remember Lawrence Raful, Dean, Touro College Jacob D. Fuchsberg Law Center Sol Wachtler, Professor of Law Howard Glickstein, Dean Emeritus |
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Magazines |
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Honorable Mention "Thanks for Nothing: How Specialist Town Won a Purple Heart and Lost His Benefits" The Nation New York, New York Joshua Kors, Reporter Roane Carey, Managing Editor |
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Newspapers |
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Silver Gavel "Lawless Lands: The Crisis in Indian Country" The Denver Post Denver, Colorado Michael Riley, Staff Writer Gary Clark, Managing Editor/News Chuck Murphy, Editor Barbara Hudson, Research Librarian R.J. Sangosti, Photographer Honorable Mention "Trashing the Truth: The Hidden Story of Lost DNA" The Denver Post Denver, Colorado Miles Moffeit and Susan Greene, Staff Writers Gary Clark, Managing Editor/News Jeff Taylor, San Francisco Bureau Chief Monnie Nilsson, Projects Research |
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Television Programs |
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Silver Gavel Judgment Day: Intelligent Design on Trial Nova/WGBH and Vulcan Productions, Inc. in association with Big Table Film Company Boston, Massachusetts and London, United Kingdom Paula Apsell and Richard Hutton, Senior Executive Producers Joseph McMaster, Writer/Director/Producer Bonnie Benjamin-Phariss, Supervising Producer Melanie Wallace, Senior Series Producer Jonathan Sahula, Editor Honorable Mention "Mortgage Meltdown" WMAR-TV Elkridge, Maryland Tisha Thompson, Investigative Reporter John Anglim, Investigative Photojournalist |
