Writers Guild Awards Winners: CODA, Don’t Look Up, Succession, Hacks
“CODA” and “Don’t Look Up” added momentum to their hopes for Oscar gold by nabbing the highest movie honors Sunday on the 74th annual Writers Guild Awards. The wins for the Apple TV Plus and Netflix titles come as movie award season heads into its remaining seven-day countdown main into the 94th Academy Awards on…
“CODA” and “Don’t Look Up” added momentum to their hopes for Oscar gold by nabbing the highest movie honors Sunday on the 74th annual Writers Guild Awards.
The wins for the Apple TV Plus and Netflix titles come as movie award season heads into its remaining seven-day countdown main into the 94th Academy Awards on March 27. The Writers Guild of America West and East joined forces this 12 months to current Sunday’s kudos in a digital format, hosted by actor-writer Ashley Nicole Black, out of pandemic-related warning.
The leaders of each guilds, WGA West president Meredith Stiehm and WGA East president Michael Winship — made a quick side-by-side video look to guarantee members that the Writers Guild Awards will probably be again in particular person subsequent 12 months.
“Get pleasure from your sweat pants and slippers now. Subsequent 12 months you’ll be again in heels and ties and Spanx once more,” mentioned Stiehm.
On the TV aspect, the HBO/HBO Max platform stood tall. HBO’s “Succession” scooped up extra {hardware}, taking the trophies for drama sequence and episodic drama, the latter snared by the memorable shareholders assembly romp “Retired Janitors of Idaho.” HBO Max’s “Hacks” continued its freshman-year streak with wins for comedy sequence and new sequence.
Episodic comedy honors went to Hulu’s offbeat interval car “The Nice,” for creator/showrunner Tony McNamara’s “Alone At Final” episode.
“CODA” screenwriter Sian Heder made some extent of thanking “individuals from the deaf neighborhood” who gave her “a very unimaginable schooling” to know the tradition depicted within the movie. She additionally thanked her ASL consultants Anne Tomasetti and Alexandria Wailes.
McKay singled out journalist David Sirota, who helped spark the thought of the local weather change-themed comedy/thriller with an all-star forged. “If that is airing, that is actual, reliable pleasure,” McKay quipped in his acceptance remarks, additionally winking on the pre-taped format compelled by the occasion’s digital presentation.
“Succession” made historical past Sunday, ending its 2022 sweep of the foremost guild awards with two large WGA wins. The present has already collected the SAG Award for drama ensemble, the DGA Award for drama sequence (for director Mark Mylod) and the PGA honor as properly. That provides the white-hot HBO ensembler fairly a little bit of momentum heading to Emmy season, the place it faces off with a troublesome crop of rivals, together with Netflix’s “Squid Sport.”
“After a few robust years working by COVID, it’s significantly welcome,” “Succession” creator/showrunner Jesse Armstrong mentioned in his pre-taped remarks.
Armstrong tantalized followers of the twisty HBO drama a few media mogul and his grownup youngsters by standing in entrance of a bulletin board with index playing cards organized as if to counsel a narrative define. “Anodyne intro” learn the primary card. “third Act low level” learn one other, adopted by “Joke?” with a diagonal slash throughout the phrase.
“Succession’s” episodic drama winners, Tony Roche and Susan Quickly He Stanton of “Retired Janitors of Idaho,” famous that the pre-taped acceptance movies typically come off extra like hostage movies.
“Now we have made it of our personal volition, I promise,” Roche mentioned.
“Succession’s” win streak places it within the firm of solely two different sequence — AMC’s “Mad Males” and “Breaking Unhealthy” — which have pulled off an identical feat of guild sweeps.
Conan O’Brien received a hat-tip from the scribe tribe by touchdown the comedy/selection speak sequence honor for the ultimate 12 months of his TBS late-night mainstay “Conan.”
One other shock win got here within the comedy/selection sketch sequence class when Netflix’s “I Suppose You Ought to Go away With Tim Robinson” topped much more excessive profile exhibits reminiscent of “Saturday Evening Reside” and HBO’s “ With John Wilson.” WGA Awards host Black accepted on behalf of Robinson, “who couldn’t be bothered to make a video,” she quipped.
HBO’s “Mare of Easttown,” penned by government producer Brad Ingelsby, notched one other main win, for authentic longform. In tailored longform, Netflix’s “Maid,” now within the hunt for Emmy consideration, acquired a significant enhance by the WGA recognition.
“Hacks,” written by Lucia Aniello, Joanna Calo, Jessica Chaffin, Paul W. Downs, Cole Escola, Janis E. Hirsch, Ariel Karlin, Katherine Kearns, Andrew Regulation, Joe Mande, Pat Regan, Samantha Riley, Michael Schur and Jen Statsky, beat out final 12 months’s winner, “Ted Lasso,” within the comedy sequence class. It provides to a current tally that additionally embody DGA, ACE Eddie, Golden Globe (musical or comedy) and SAG (feminine actor Jean Sensible) wins, along with final fall’s comedy writing Emmy win for Aniello, Downs and Statsky.
On the episodic comedy aspect, the WGA membership undoubtedly enjoys its episodes of “The Nice.” The Hulu sequence received the episodic comedy award for the second 12 months in a row, with McNamara touchdown the victory for the episode “Alone at Final,” a 12 months after he received the identical award for the present’s pilot. “The Nice” beat out the pilots for “Solely Murders within the Constructing,” “Reservation Canine” and “The Marvel Years,” along with an episode of “Dave.”
McNamara thanked a protracted listing of “The Nice” manufacturing staffers, writers and eventually “the actors for making it sound good,” he mentioned.
In animated sequence, the “Tuca & Bertie” episode “Planteau,” written by creator Lisa Hanawalt, beat out episodes from Fox’s “The Simpsons,” “Household Man” and “Bob’s Burgers.” The win for “Tuca & Bertie” was additional validation for the animated sequence, which was resurrected for Season 2 by Grownup Swim after Netflix canceled the present. The present can be from a few of the similar crew behind “BoJack Horseman,” which received final 12 months.
Along with the WGA classes, Seth Meyers introduced late-night host and comic Dick Cavett with WGAE’s 2022 Evelyn F. Burkey Award, bestowed upon “somebody who has introduced honor and dignity to writers.” And Colman Domingo introduced filmmaker Barry Jenkins with WGAW’s 2022 Paul Selvin Award, given to “to the member or members whose script greatest embodies the spirit of the constitutional and civil rights and liberties which are indispensable to the survival of free writers in all places,” for Jenkins’ script for “The Underground Railroad” episode “Chapter 9: Indiana Winter.”
Awards presenters included Ariana DeBose, Pamela Adlon, Diedrich Bader, Vanessa Bayer, Nicholas Braun, Chris Hayes, Alanna Ubach, Kel Mitchell and Paul Reiser.
Hugh Fink served as government producer for the 2022 Writers Guild Awards. The ceremony was co-produced by Joselyn Allen and Kelly Brock. Head writers had been Ann Cohen and Joe O’Brien — with further writers together with Timothy Cooper, Bonnie Datt, Hugh Fink, Don Hooper, Danielle Koenig, Ed Lee and Invoice Scheft. Kristen Bartlett and Mike Drucker had been the host writers.
See the total listing of winners beneath.
Characteristic Movie Awards
Unique Screenplay
- “Being the Ricardos” (Amazon Studios) – Screenplay by Aaron Sorkin
- WINNER: “Don’t Look Up” (Netflix) – Screenplay by Adam McKay, Story by David Sirota
- “The French Dispatch of the Liberty, Kansas Night Solar” (Searchlight Footage) – Screenplay by Wes Anderson, Story by Wes Anderson & Roman Coppola & Hugo Guinness & Jason Schwartzman
- “King Richard” (Warner Bros) – Screenplay by Zach Baylin
- “Licorice Pizza” (MGM/United Artists Releasing) – Screenplay by Paul Thomas Anderson
Tailored Screenplay
- WINNER: “CODA” (Apple Unique Movies) – Siân Heder
- “Dune” (Warner Bros) – Jon Spaihts, Denis Villeneuve, Eric Roth
- “Nightmare Alley” (Searchlight Footage) – Guillermo del Toro, Kim Morgan
- “Tick, Tick … Growth!” (Netflix) – Steven Levenson
- “West Facet Story” (twentieth Century Studios) – Screenplay by Tony Kushner
Documentary Screenplay
- “Turning into Cousteau” (Nationwide Geographic) – Written by Mark Monroe & Pax Wasserman; Nationwide Geographic
- WINNER: “Exposing Muybridge” (Inside Out Media) – Written by Marc Shaffer; Inside Out Media
- “Like a Rolling Stone: The Life & Instances of Ben Fong-Torres” (StudioLA.TV) – Written by Suzanne Joe Kai; StudioLA.TV
Tv Awards
Drama Sequence
- “The Handmaid’s Story,” written by Yahlin Chang, Nina Fiore, Dorothy Fortenberry, Jacey Heldrich, John Herrera, Bruce Miller, Aly Monroe, Kira Snyder, Eric Tuchman; Hulu
- “Loki,” written by Bisha Ok. Ali, Elissa Karasik, Eric Martin, Michael Waldron; Disney Plus
- “The Morning Present,” written by Jeff Augustin, Brian Chamberlayne, Kerry Ehrin, Kristen Layden, Erica Lipez, Justin Matthews, Adam Milch, Stacy Osei-Kuffour, Torrey Speer, Scott Troy, Ali Vingiano; Apple TV Plus
- WINNER: “Succession,” written by Jesse Armstrong, Jon Brown, Jamie Carragher, Ted Cohen, Francesca Gardiner, Lucy Prebble, Georgia Pritchett, Tony Roche, Susan Quickly He Stanton, Will Tracy; HBO
- “Yellowjackets,” written by Cameron Brent Johnson, Katherine Kearns, Jonathan Lisco, Ashley Lyle, Bart Nickerson, Liz Phang, Ameni Rozsa, Sarah L. Thompson, Chantelle M. Wells; Showtime
Comedy Sequence
- “Curb Your Enthusiasm,” written by Larry David, Steve Leff, Carol Leifer, Jeff Schaffer, Nathaniel Stein; HBO
- WINNER: “Hacks,” written by Lucia Aniello, Joanna Calo, Jessica Chaffin, Paul W. Downs, Cole Escola, Janis E. Hirsch, Ariel Karlin, Katherine Kearns, Andrew Regulation, Joe Mande, Pat Regan, Samantha Riley, Michael Schur, Jen Statsky; HBO Max
- “Solely Murders within the Constructing,” written by Thembi Banks, Matteo Borghese, Rachel Burger, Kirker Butler, Madeleine George, John Hoffman, Stephen Markley, Steve Martin, Kristin Newman, Ben Philippe, Kim Rosenstock, Ben Smith, Rob Turbovsky; Hulu
- “Ted Lasso,” written by Jane Becker, Ashley Nicole Black, Leann Bowen, Sasha Garron, Brett Goldstein, Brendan Hunt, Joe Kelly, Invoice Lawrence, Jamie Lee, Michael Orton-Toliver, Jason Sudeikis, Phoebe Walsh, Invoice Wrubel; Apple TV Plus
- “What We Do within the Shadows,” written by Jake Bender, Jemaine Clement, Zach Dunn, Shana Gohd, Sam Johnson, Chris Marcil, William Meny, Sarah Naftalis, Stefani Robinson, Marika Sawyer, Paul Simms, Lauren Wells; FX Networks
New Sequence
- WINNER: “Hacks,” written by Lucia Aniello, Joanna Calo, Jessica Chaffin, Paul W. Downs, Cole Escola, Janis E. Hirsch, Ariel Karlin, Katherine Kearns, Andrew Regulation, Joe Mande, Pat Regan, Samantha Riley, Michael H. Schur, Jen Statsky; HBO Max
- “Loki,” written by Bisha Ok. Ali, Elissa Karasik, Eric Martin, Michael Waldron; Disney Plus
- “Solely Murders within the Constructing,” written by Thembi Banks, Matteo Borghese, Rachel Burger, Kirker Butler, Madeleine George, John Hoffman, Stephen Markley, Steve Martin, Kristin Newman, Ben Philippe, Kim Rosenstock, Ben Smith, Rob Turbovsky; Hulu
- “Reservation Canine,” written by Tazbah Rose Chavez, Sydney Freeland, Sterlin Harjo, Migizi Pensoneau, Tommy Pico, Taika Waititi, Bobby Wilson; FX Networks
- “Yellowjackets,” written by Cameron Brent Johnson, Katherine Kearns, Jonathan Lisco, Ashley Lyle, Bart Nickerson, Liz Phang, Ameni Rozsa, Sarah L. Thompson, Chantelle M. Wells; Showtime
Unique Lengthy Type
- “American Horror Story: Double Characteristic,” written by Brad Falchuk, Manny Coto, Ryan Murphy, Kristen Reidel, Reilly Smith; FX Networks
- WINNER: “Mare of Easttown,” written by Brad Ingelsby; HBO
- “Midnight Mass,” written by James Flanagan, Mike Flanagan, Elan Gale, Jeff Howard, Dani Parker; Netflix
- “Them: Covenant,” written by Christina Ham, Little Marvin, David Matthews, Dominic Orlando, Seth Zvi Rosenfeld, Francine Volpe; Prime Video
- “The White Lotus,” written by Mike White; HBO
Tailored Lengthy Type
- “Halston,” written by Ian Brennan, Ted Malawer, Ryan Murphy, Tim Pinckney, Sharr White, Kristina Woo, Primarily based on the e-book Merely Halston by Steven Gaines; Netflix
- “Impeachment: American Crime Story,” written by Flora Birnbaum, Sarah Burgess, Halley Feiffer, Daniel Pearle, Primarily based on the e-book A Huge Conspiracy by Jeffrey Toobin; FX Networks
- WINNER: “Maid,” written by Bekah Brunstetter, Marcus Gardley, Michelle Denise Jackson, Colin McKenna, Molly Smith Metzler, Impressed by the e-book by Stephanie Land; Netflix
- “The Underground Railroad,” written by Jihan Crowther, Allison Davis, Jacqueline Hoyt, Barry Jenkins, Nathan C. Parker, Adrienne Rush, Primarily based on the novel by Colson Whitehead; Prime Video
- “WandaVision,” written by Peter Cameron, Mackenzie Dohr, Laura Donney, Bobak Esfarjani, Chuck Hayward, Megan McDonnell, Jac Schaeffer, Cameron Squires, Primarily based on the Marvel Comics; Disney Plus
Tailored Brief Type New Media
- “Calls,” written by Fede Alvarez, Nick Cuse, Aidan Fitzgerald, Noah Gardner, Rodo Sayagues; Apple TV Plus
- WINNER: “Debunking Borat,” written by Robyn Adams, Paul Hogan, Jack Youngelson; Prime Video
- “The Expanse: One Ship,” written by Wes Chatham, Julianna Damewood, Mark Fergus, Hawk Ostby, Glenton Richards; Prime Video
Animation
- “An Incon-Wheelie-ent Fact” (Bob’s Burgers), written by Dan Fybel; Fox
- “Loft in Bedslation” (Bob’s Burgers), written by Jameel Saleem, Fox
- “Should Love Canine” (Household Man), written by Daniel Peck; Fox
- WINNER: “Planteau” (Tuca & Bertie), written by Lisa Hanawalt; Cartoon Community
- “Portrait of a Lackey on Hearth” (The Simpsons), written by Rob LaZebnik & Johnny LaZebnik; Fox
- “The Star of the Backstage” (The Simpsons), written by Elisabeth Kiernen Averick; Fox
Episodic Drama
- “1883” (1883), written by Taylor Sheridan; Paramount Plus
- “Beginning Mom” (This Is Us), written by Eboni Freeman & Kay Oyegun; NBC
- “La Amara Vita” (The Morning Present), written by Kerry Ehrin & Scott Troy; Apple TV Plus
- “The New Regular” (New Amsterdam), written by David Schulner; NBC
- WINNER: “Retired Janitors of Idaho” (Succession), written by Tony Roche & Susan Quickly He Stanton; HBO
- “Testimony” (The Handmaid’s Story), written by Kira Snyder; Hulu
Episodic Comedy
- “All Gross sales Last” (Superstore), teleplay by Jonathan Inexperienced & Gabe Miller, story by Justin Spitzer; NBC
- WINNER: “Alone At Final” (The Nice), written by Tony McNamara; Hulu
- “Enlightened Dave” (Dave), written by Luvh Rakhe & Lee Sung Jin; FX Networks
- “Episode One: True Crime” (Solely Murders within the Constructing), written by Steve Martin & John Hoffman; Hulu
- “F*ckin’ Rez Canine” (Pilot) (Reservation Canine), written by Sterlin Harjo & Taika Waititi; FX Networks
- “Pilot” (The Marvel Years), written by Saladin Ok. Patterson; ABC
Comedy/Selection Discuss Sequence
- WINNER: “Conan,” Head Author: Matt O’Brien; Writers: Jose Arroyo, Glenn Boozan, Daniel Cronin, Andres du Bouchet, Jessie Gaskell, Skyler Higley, Brian Kiley, Laurie Kilmartin, Todd Levin, Levi MacDougall, Conan O’Brien, Andy Richter, Frank Smiley, Mike Sweeney; TBS
- “Desus & Mero,” Writers: Daniel “Desus Good” Baker, Josh Gondelman, Robert Kornhauser, Joel “The Child Mero” Martinez, Robert A. McRae, Heben Nigatu, Mike Pielocik, Julia Younger; Showtime
- “Final Week Tonight with John Oliver,” Writers: Johnathan Appel, Ali Barthwell, Tim Carvell, Liz Hynes, Greg Iwinski, Mark Kramer, Daniel O’Brien, John Oliver, Owen Parsons, Charlie Redd, Joanna Rothkopf, Chrissy Shackelford, Ben Silva, Seena Vali; HBO
- “The Downside with Jon Stewart,” Head Author: Chelsea Devantez; Writers: Kristen Acimovic, Henrik Blix, Rob Christensen, Jay Jurden, Alexa Loftus, Tocarra Mallard, Robby Slowik, Jon Stewart, Kasaun Wilson; Apple TV Plus
Comedy/Selection Sketch Sequence
- “How To with John Wilson,” written by: Alice Gregory, Michael Koman, Conner O’Malley, Susan Orlean, John Wilson; HBO
- WINNER: “I Suppose You Ought to Go away with Tim Robinson,” Writers: Zach Kanin, Tim Robinson, John Solomon; Netflix
- “Pause with Sam Jay,” Writers: Emmy Blotnick, Ryan Donahue, Zack Fox, Megan Gailey, Robin M. Henry, Sam Jay, Langston Kerman, Jak Knight; HBO
- “Saturday Evening Reside,” Head Author: Michael Che, Anna Drezen, Colin Jost, Kent Sublette; Senior Author: Bryan Tucker; Weekend Replace Head Author: Pete Schultz; Weekend Replace Writers: Megan Callahan-Shah, Dennis McNicholas, Josh Patten, Mark Steinbach; Supervising Writers: Alison Gates, Fran Gillespie, Sudi Inexperienced, Streeter Seidell; Writers: James Anderson, Dan Bulla, Steven Castillo, Mike DiCenzo, Billy Domineau, Alex English, John Higgins, Steve Higgins, Martin Herlihy, Vannessa Jackson, Sam Jay, Erik Kenward, Tesha Kondrat, Dan Licata, Lorne Michaels, Ben Marshall, Jake Nordwind, Jasmine Pierce, Gary Richardson, Ben Silva, Emily Spivey, Will Stephen, Celeste Yim; NBC
- “That Rattling Michael Che,” Head Author: Michael Che; Writing Supervised by: Gary Richardson; Writers: Rosebud Baker, Reggie Conquest, Godfrey Danchimah Jr., Calise Hawkins, Kevin Iso, Sam Jay, Matt Richards, Wil Sylvince; HBO Max
Comedy/Selection Specials
- “forty third Annual Kennedy Middle Honors,” written by Dave Boone; CBS
- “Drew Michael: Pink Blue Inexperienced,” written by Drew Michael; HBO
- WINNER: “Full Frontal Desires to Take Your Weapons,” Head Writers: Kristen Bartlett, Mike Drucker; Writers: Samantha Bee, Pat Cassels, Sean Crespo, Mike Drucker, Miles Kahn, Chris Thompson, Holly Walker, Alison Zeidman; Writing Supervised by Joe Grossman, Sahar Rizvi Particular Materials by Michael Rhoa; TBS
- “The Tony Awards Presents: Broadway’s Again!,” written by Dave Boone; Particular Materials by Amber Ruffin, Marc Shaiman, Daniel J. Watts, Scott Wittman; Opening Quantity by Amber Ruffin, Marc Shaiman, Scott Wittman; CBS
- “Yearly Departed,” Head Author: Bess Kalb; Writers: Karen Chee, Akilah Inexperienced, Franchesca Ramsey, Jocelyn Richard; Prime Video
Quiz and Viewers Participation
- WINNER: “Baking It,” Writers: Neil Casey, Jessica McKenna, Zach Reino, Niccole Thurman; Peacock
- “Capital One School Bowl,” Head Author: Scott Saltzburg; Writers: Rosemarie DiSalvo, Ryan Hopak, Jon Macks, Karissa Noel, Todd Sachs, Doug Shaffer, Grant Taylor, Bennett Webber; NBC
- “The Chase,” Head Author: David Levinson Wilk; Writers: Erik Agard, Eliza Bayne, Kyle Beakley, Megan Broussard, Robert King, Amy Ozols, Bobby Patton, Ellen Teitel, Ari Yolkut; ABC
- “Jeopardy!,” Writers: Michael Davies, John Duarte, Mark Gaberman, Debbie Griffin, Michele Loud, Robert McClenaghan, Jim Rhine, Mike Richards, Billy Wisse; Syndicated
Daytime Drama
- “Normal Hospital,” Head Writers: Chris Van Etten, Dan O’Connor; Affiliate Head Author: Anna T. Cascio; Writers: Barbara Bloom, Suzanne Flynn, Charlotte Gibson, Fortunate Gold, Kate Corridor, Elizabeth Korte, Shannon Peace, David Rupel, Lisa Seidman, Scott Sickles; ABC
- “The Younger and the Stressed,” Head Author: Amanda L. Beall; Writers: Susan Banks, Jeff Beldner, Sara A. Bibel, Brent Boyd, Susan Dansby, Christopher Dunn, Sara Endsley, Janice Ferri Esser, Marin Gazzaniga, Lynn Martin, Natalie Minardi Slater, Teresa Zimmerman; CBS
- WINNER: “Days of Our Lives,” Head Author: Ron Carlivati; Writers: Lorraine Broderick, Joanna Cohen, Carolyn Culliton, Richard Culliton, Jamey Giddens, David Kreizman, Rebecca McCarty, Ryan Quan, Dave Ryan, Katherine D. Schock, Elizabeth Snyder; NBC
Kids’s Episodic, Lengthy Type and Specials
- “A Massive Favor for Grampy/A Honest Solution to Bounce” (Donkey Hodie), written by Adam Rudman & David Rudman, Joey Mazzarino; PBS KIDS/pbskids.org
- “Park Ranger Percy / Lizard Lizzy” (Helpsters) written by Annabeth Bondor-Stone, Connor White, Liz Hara; Apple TV Plus
- “Rice” (Waffles + Mochi), written by Lyric Lewis; Netflix
- WINNER: “The Story of the Midnight Magic” (Are You Afraid of the Darkish?), written by JT Billings, Alex Ebel; Nickelodeon
- “Which Witch?” (Simply Past), written by Mitali Jahagirdar; Disney Plus
Documentary
Documentary Script — Present Occasions
- WINNER: “The Healthcare Divide” (Frontline), written by Rick Younger; PBS
- “The Jihadist” (Frontline), written by Martin Smith & Marcela Gaviria; PBS
Documentary Script — Different Than Present Occasions
- “A Author” (Hemingway), Written by Geoffrey C. Ward; PBS
- “Citizen” (Amend: The Combat for America), written by Sasha Stewart and Gown Imbriano; Netflix
- WINNER: “Citizen Hearst, Half One” (American Expertise), written by Gene Tempest; PBS
- “Spherical One” (Muhammad Ali), written by David McMahon & Sarah Burns; PBS
Information
Information Script — Frequently Scheduled, Bulletin, or Breaking Report
- “Towards All Enemies” (60 Minutes), written by Katie Kerbstat Jacobson, Scott Pelley, Nicole Younger; CBS Information
- “Democracy Misplaced” (60 Minutes), written by Oriana Zill de Granados, Sharyn Alfonsi; CBS Information
- WINNER: “The Unequal Recession” (60 Minutes), written by Katie Kerbstat Jacobson, Scott Pelley, Nicole Younger; CBS Information
Information Script – Evaluation, Characteristic or Commentary
- “The Fall of Kandahar” (Vice Information Tonight), written by Amel Guettatfi, Ben C. Solomon; Vice Information
- WINNER: “Handcuffed to the Fact” (60 Minutes) Written by Katie Kerbstat Jacobson, Scott Pelley, Nicole Younger; CBS Information
- “Unpacking How Baby Welfare and Foster Care Fails Black Kids” (Unpack That), written by Joel Kahn, Felice León; The Root
- “The Unstudied Hyperlink Between the COVID Vaccine and Durations” (Vice Information Tonight), written by Caitlin Bladt; Vice Information
- “Lady in Movement: Star Trek’s Nichelle Nichols and The Transformation of NASA” (CBS Sunday Morning), written by Daniel Elias, Michelle Miller; CBS
Digital Information
- “An Oral Historical past of the Longest-Ever Broadway Shutdown,” written by Madeline Ducharme; Slate.com
- “Knives Out: Why ‘Hacks’ Works,” Written by Katie Baker; TheRinger.com
- WINNER: “Males’s Rights Asians” Suppose This Is Their Second,” written by Aaron Mak; Slate.com
- “We Get to Hear Them Coaching to Kill Us,” written by Christina Cauterucci; Slate.com
- “What if the Unorthodox Arizona Audit Declares Trump Gained?” written by Jeremy Stahl; Slate.com
Radio
Radio/Audio Documentary
- WINNER: “One 12 months: 1977 ‘The Miracle Treatment’” written by Evan Chung; Slate Podcast
- “Our 12 months” (What Subsequent), written by Mary Harris; Slate Podcast
- “That Seattle Muzak Sound” (Decoder Ring), written by Benjamin Frisch; Slate Podcast
- “Who Killed the Segway?” (Decoder Ring), written by Dan Kois, Slate Podcast
Radio/Audio Information Script — Frequently Scheduled, Bulletin or Breaking Report
- “Silence the Mics: Tributes to Some Well-known Broadcasters,” written by Gail Lee; CBS Radio
- WINNER: “Surfside Apartment Collapse” (CBS World Information Roundup Late Version), written by Kathleen M. Biggins; CBS Information Radio
- “World Information This Week – Week of August 16, 2021,” written by Robert Hawley; ABC Audio
- “World Information This Week – Week of January 8, 2021,” written by Pleasure Piazza; ABC Audio
- “World Information This Week – Week of September 3, 2021,” written by Joan B. Harris; ABC Audio
Radio/Audio Information Script — Evaluation, Characteristic or Commentary
- WINNER: “The Tasmanian Satan Tattoo” (Decoder Ring), written by Benjamin Frisch; Slate Podcast
- “When the Tradition Battle Comes for Your Job” (What Subsequent), written by Mary Harris; Slate Podcast
Promotional Writing
On-Air Promotion
- WINNER: “Celebrating Highly effective Feminine Leads: Trailers for The Equalizer & Why Girls Kill,” Written by Molly Neylan; CBS
- “CSI: Vegas Trailers,” written by Erial Tompkins; CBS
(Pictured prime from left, “CODA,” “Don’t Look Up” and “Succession”)
