ABA Announces 2015 Silver Gavel Awards Finalists

The ABA has released the list of finalists for the 2015 Silver Gavel Awards for Media and the Arts. Here are the names in all categories. The winners of the Silver Gavel in each category will be announced on May 13th.

BOOKS

“Burning Down the House: The End of Juvenile Prison”
Nell Bernstein, Author
The New Press
“The Case Against the Supreme Court” Erwin Chemerinsky, Author
Viking/Penguin Books
“Uncertain Justice: The Roberts Court and the Constitution” Laurence Tribe and Joshua Matz, Authors
Henry Holt and Company

MAGAZINES
“The Murders at the Lake”
Michael Hall, Executive Editor
Texas Monthly

NEWSPAPERS
“No Relief”
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Cary Spivak, Reporter
“Till Death Do Us Part”
The Post and Courier Glenn Smith, Projects Editor
Doug Pardue, Projects Reporter
Jennifer Berry Hawes, Faith and Values Reporter
Natalie Caula Hauff, Reporter

DOCUMENTARIES
“Stop” Stop Productions
Spencer Wolff, Director/Producer
“The Case Against 8” Tripod Media
Ben Cotner and Ryan White, Directors/Producers
Jessica Lawson, Co-Producer

TELEVISION
“15 to Life: Kenneth’s Story”
American Documentary/POV
Nadine Pequeneza, Director/Producer
Chris White, Vice President, Programming and Production
Simon Kilmurry, Executive Producer
Cynthia Lopez, Co-Executive Producer
“The New Black”
Promised Land Film
Yoruba Richen, Producer/Director
Yvonne Welbon, Producer
Angela Tucker, Co-Producer

RADIO
“Serial: Season One”
Serial
Julie Snyder, Executive Producer
Sarah Koenig, Host and Executive Producer
Dana Chivvis, Producer
“60 Words”
Radiolab WNYC
Jad Adumrad, Host/Editor
Robert Krulwich, Host
Kelsey Padgett, Producer

OTHER MEDIA
“Segregation Now: Investigating America’s Racial Divide”
ProPublica
Nikole Hannah-Jones, Investigative Reporter
Minhee Cho, Communications Manager
Jeff Larson, Data Editor
Maisie Crow, Independent Documentary Filmmaker
“Profiting from Prisoners: Time is Money”
The Center for Public Integrity
Eleanor Bell, Multimedia Editor
Daniel Wagner, Reporter