Lisa R. Cohen

Director of Prizes - duPont Awards. Emmy winning net TV news producer, doc filmmaker, author. Dir SERVING LIFE. Adjunct @columbiajourn [email protected]

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🗞️ “There is no democracy without journalism.”

2026 duPont-Columbia Awards co-host @ScottPelley spoke to the values that sustain a free press at this year's ceremony: independence, integrity and the courage to record the truth.

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I worked at CBS News for almost 6 years. It was a place that frequently drove me crazy bc of how resistant it was to change. How difficult it was to get things done bc you had to fight so many people and their “Cronkite and Murrow would roll over in their graves if they saw” mentality.

For those who think Scott Pelley was part of the problem, you are wrong. Yes he could be rigid and a stickler for certain traditions. But I will tell you now the Gen Z people I worked w all loved him. Like me, they forgave a lot of his boomer ways bc we were in awe of investigations he did using hidden cameras exposing snake oil salesmen hurting Americans; showing us how Assad was using chemical weapons on his own people; the pain of rural Americans waiting for half a day to get affordable healthcare in a parking lot of a mobile clinic; his searing interviews w survivors of mass shootings.

Yeah he was old fashioned in some ways. I used to tease him bc he always had trouble pronouncing Beyoncé’s name.

But he was willing to be pushed. He was open to new ideas. The fact that someone like me and someone like him got along so well is proof of that. The guy made me a better thinker and a better journalist.

[Lisa R. Cohen @lisarcohen]

@columbiajourn Enter for the 2027 duPont-Columbia Awards at https://t.co/Tsz8wjbP9y and you could be at Columbia NEXT January!

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📰 Supporting journalism communities rely on starts with investing in the work itself. Columbia Journalism School's @LipmanCenterCJS has awarded $185,288 in total funding through its 2026 Arnold Grants to support investigations into inequities in the U.S. criminal justice system.

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🗞️ We are one week away from the 2026 duPont-Columbia Awards!

These awards have set the standard for audio and video reporting, in broadcast, documentary and online. Ahead of Jan. 28, don’t miss a special video featuring hosts @ScottPelley of @CBSNews and @NPR's @NPRMichel.

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🎉 Congratulations to @JeffreyGoldberg, editor-in-chief of @TheAtlantic, on receiving the 2025 John Chancellor Award for Excellence in Journalism!

[Lisa R. Cohen @lisarcohen]

So well deserved! Congratulations to @JeffreyGoldberg

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🎉 Congratulations to @JeffreyGoldberg, editor-in-chief of @TheAtlantic, on receiving the 2025 John Chancellor Award for Excellence in Journalism!

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For the past two years, author Gary Knight has been part of a team investigating the photograph's origins for a new independent documentary ‘The Stringer.’

Their conclusion: What we have been told for more than 50 years about who took the most indelible photograph of the war is unlikely to be true.

Story: https://t.co/tkiex0JTgx

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🎬 Now Playing in NYC: Heightened Scrutiny. This powerful new documentary features Dean Jelani Cobb, Lydia Polgreen ’00 M.S., and Gina Chua ’88 M.S., and offers sharp insight into how media coverage shapes public perception of trans rights.

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Learn more about their work and the John B. Oakes Award, celebrating journalism that advances public understanding of environmental issues: https://t.co/HCbFy0GzaK

📷: Andrés Alegría/Mongabay

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📚 The 1979 disappearance of Etan Patz reshaped how the U.S. views child safety and media.

CJS professor and "After Etan" author @lisarcohen spoke to The @nytimes after this week’s conviction reversal: https://t.co/4ygE8gdJV5

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RIP Bill Moyers, @PBS legend. Six time @columbiajourn #duPontAwards winner, twice for Gold Batons. A special guest at our #duPont2017 75th anniversary ceremony, he spoke these eloquent words. The world is a smaller place.

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Bill Moyers, a legend in the world of journalism and a longtime member of the extended PBS family, has died at the age of 91.

Moyers was perhaps best known for the long-running programs and documentaries he produced at PBS, including "Bill Moyers Journal" and "Joseph Campbell and the Power of Myth."

For more on Moyers' life and career, @GeoffRBennett speaks to @okapifilm and @WmBrangham.

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Plus: the program received a $125,000 grant from the Joan Ganz Cooney & Holly Peterson Fund to support five scholarships — strengthening access and opportunity for the next generation of visual storytellers.

Read the full announcement: https://t.co/n5t8owxpqk

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🏆 Could this be you?

There are just two weeks left to enter the 2026 duPont-Columbia Awards, honoring the best in audio and video reporting.

See how last year's winners found out — and submit your work by July 1: https://t.co/xxSPW9xbNP #duPont2026

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“There is a great and perhaps decisive battle to be fought against ignorance, intolerance and indifference.” Bravo to @CNN for airing “Good Night, and Good Luck” live from Broadway! #goodnightandgoodluck

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I hope you will take time to listen to the entire conversation!

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Thanks so much to ⁦@abiwrightny⁩, @lisarcohen⁩ and the team at ⁦@columbiajourn⁩ for giving me a chance to talk about our @NC5 “Hate Comes to Main Street” investigation. I hope you will check it out!
Cc: ⁦@EWScrippsCo⁩ https://t.co/gogcmNn90N

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Watch the full episode here: https://t.co/wCineogneQ