List of Peabody Award winners (2020–2029)

The following is a list of George Foster Peabody Award winners during the decade of the 2020s.

2020

Recipient	Area of excellence
Institutional honors
ARRAY	Honored for "amplifying film and TV projects by people of color and women filmmakers"
Career achievement honors
Sam Pollard	Honored for "chronicling the Black experience and illuminating complicated historical figures across film and television" over a more than 30-year career
Journalistic Integrity Award honors
Judy Woodruff	Honored for being a "trailblazer for women journalists and a role model committed to illuminating the truth at any cost"
Special commendation
Journalism crews	Honored for their work in 2020 amidst such events as the COVID-19 pandemic and the George Floyd protests
Entertainment honorees
HBO in association with BBC, Various Artists Limited and FALKNA	I May Destroy You
La Casa de Producción	La Llorona
BBC Studios Americas, Inc. and Amazon Studios	Small Axe
Apple/Doozer Productions in association with Warner Bros. Television and Universal Television	Ted Lasso
Showtime Presents Blumhouse Television, Mark 924 Entertainment, Under the Influence Productions	The Good Lord Bird
CBS Studios	The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Studio Airlift and Real Film for Netflix	Unorthodox
Children's & Youth honorees
Apple/Scholastic Entertainment/Gaumont	Stillwater
Disney Television Animation	The Owl House
Documentary honorees
76 Days LLC/MTV Documentary Films	76 Days
CAAM, WETA, Flash Cuts, LLC., Tajima-Peña Productions, ITVS	Asian Americans
Alexander Nanau Production, Samsa Film, HBO Europe	Collective
A Higher Ground and Rusted Spoke Production in association with Little Punk/Just Films/Ford Foundation for Netflix	Crip Camp
A Reel Peak Films Production for Netflix	Immigration Nation
A Danish Documentary Production, in co-production with Ma.Ja.De, Hecat Studio Paris, Madam Films for National Geographic Documentary Films	The Cave
Concordia Studio, GB Feature, LLC and Amazon Studios	Time
Public Square Films, Ninety Thousand Words, Maylo Films, BBC Storyville and HBO Documentary Films	Welcome to Chechnya
News honorees
ABC News 20/20 and The Courier-Journal (Louisville, KY)	"Say Her Name: Breonna Taylor," a documentary that explored Taylor's life, her killing at the hands of police, and the protests that followed (Michael Strahan, Deborah Roberts, and Byron Pitts, correspondents)
Frontline	China Undercover, a documentary directed by Robin Barnwell detailing China's human rights abuses of Muslims, mostly Uyghurs, and its implications around the world
Frontline, Columbia Journalism Investigations, USA Today Network	"Whose Votes Counts," which examines the legal battles over absentee ballots during the 2020 Wisconsin elections and its ramifications for modern-day voting rights (produced by Tom Jennings, directed by June Cross, and narrated by Jelani Cobb)
KNXV-TV/Phoenix, AZ	"Full Disclosure," a documentary that detailed the "Brady list" system that tracks Arizona cops' history of lying and committing crimes, and how it is broken in terms of transparency and accountability (Dave Biscobing, reporter/correspondent)
Fuuse Films for ITV	Exposure, for Muslim in Trump's America
PBS NewsHour	Award for its coverage of the COVID-19 pandemic, in particular for the reports "Global Pandemic" (reported by Nick Schifrin, Jane Ferguson, Malcolm Brabant, Marcia Biggs, Bruce Harrison, Michael Baleke, and Max Duncan) and "Making Sense: The Victims of the COVID Economy" (reported by Paul Solman)
	"Desperate Journey," a report by Nadja Drost which covers migrants and refugees traveling the Darién Gap along the Colombia-Panama border
Vice News	Vice on Showtime, for "Losing Ground," a report by Alzo Slade which examines heir properties and its effects on African-American land owners
Podcast & Radio honorees
The Atlantic	Floodlines
Nashville Public Radio	Season two of The Promise (reported by Meribah Knight), which explores Nashville's fight against desegregation in terms of inequalities between Black and white schools
The Washington Post	Post Reports for "The Life of George Floyd," which chronicles Floyd's life, his family, and how systemic racism played a role in his death (Martine Powers, Ted Muldoon, Arelis Hernández, Toluse Olorunnipa, Robert Samuels, reporters/correspondents)
Public Service honorees
Chemical Soup, Lawrence Bender Productions, Netflix	Cops and Robbers, a live-action/animated short film created in response to the murder of Ahmaud Arbery and police brutality in general
KING-TV/Seattle, WA	Facing Race, a series that tackles issues of racism, racial inequality and racial privilege and its effects on residents of Seattle and its surrounding communities

2021

Recipient	Area of excellence
Career achievement honors
Dan Rather	Award for Rather's six-decade career as a journalist, "a textbook example not just of what quality reporting looks like, but how journalists serve democracy well"
Journalistic Integrity Award honors
TV Rain (Dozhd)	Award for "Russia's last independent television channel"
Special commendation
Journalists and filmmakers in dangerous locales	Commendation for "courageous storytellers" who have risked their lives or died "in their line of duty to bring the truth to the world"
Institutional honors
Fresh Air	Award for "being recognized for its rich conversation for over 35 years, becoming the indispensable place for listeners to engage with many of the most beloved artists who have shaped society over the last century"
Entertainment honorees
Netflix	Bo Burnham: Inside
Hulu, Danny Strong Productions, John Goldwyn Productions, The Littlefield Company, 20th Television	Dopesick
Universal Television, a division of Universal Studio Group, in association with Paulilu, First Thought Productions, Fremulon Productions, 3 Arts Entertainment	Hacks
FX Productions	Reservation Dogs
Sphere Media	Sort Of
Plan B, PASTEL, Big Indie with Amazon Studios	The Underground Railroad
Working Title Television, a part of Universal International Television, a division of Universal Studio Group	We Are Lady Parts
20th Television	The Wonder Years
Children's and Youth honoree
Netflix	City of Ghosts
Documentary honorees
Frontline with CineDiaz, Motto Pictures and Concordia Studio	A Thousand Cuts
HBO Presents a Velvet Film Production	Exterminate All the Brutes
A One Story Up Production and Pilgrim Media Group for Netflix	High on the Hog: How African American Cuisine Transformed America
HBO Documentary Films Presents a Motto Pictures/Little Horse Crossing the River/Little Lantern Company Production	In the Same Breath
American Documentary: POV	Mayor
Shoes in the Bed Productions, ITVS, Black Public Media (BPM)	Mr. SOUL!
Drexler Films, Storyville Films	My Name Is Pauli Murray
All Ages Productions, Department of Motion Pictures, PBS, ITVS, Topic	Philly D.A.
News honorees
ABC News Nightline	"The Appointment," a report on a Texas woman's journey to seek an abortion outside the state and her case on the right to choose
Frontline, Channel 4	Escaping Eritrea
KNTV/San Jose, CA	Award for two reports involving family housing insecurities in San Francisco: "The Moms of Magnolia Street" and "No Man's Land: Fighting for Fatherhood in a Broken System"
KNXV-TV/Phoenix, AZ	"Politically Charged," which investigates how the Phoenix Police Department and Maricopa County Attorney's Office made false accusations towards Black Lives Matter protesters in a bid to prosecute them
KUSA/Denver, CO	"PRONE," a two-year investigation into deaths caused by the police usage of the prone restraining technique
The New York Times	Day of Rage: How Trump Supporters Took the U.S. Capitol
	"So They Know We Existed": Palestinians Film War in Gaza, which shows refugees filming the turmoil of their homeland during the Israeli–Palestinian conflict
PBS NewsHour	Award for Lisa Desjardins's live on-the-scene reporting of the 2021 United States Capitol attack
Vice News	Award for the Transnational series (reported by Gazal Dhaliwal, Alyza Enriquez, Freddy McConnell, Eva Reign, and Rana Thamrin), which showcases transgender communities around the world
Podcast & Radio honorees
NBC News Audio	Southlake, a podcast reported by Mike Hixenbaugh and Antonia Hylton which explores the debates of race and education in the eponymous Texas suburb and the growing rise of the controversial critical race theory
NPR	Throughline for "Afghanistan: The Center of the World," which examines the history of the country, its culture and its attempt to bring unity to the world prior to the Taliban
Rumble Strip	"Finn and the Bell," which explores the life of Finn Rooney, his suicide and how it impacted the small Vermont community that he lived in
Arts honoree
A Vulcan Productions Inc. Production, in association with Concordia Studio, Play/Action Pictures, LarryBilly Productions, Produced by Mass Distraction Media and RadicalMedia	Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)

2022

Recipient	Area of excellence
Institutional honor
Today	Award for 70 years of being "a morning staple for millions of Americans and a consistent cultural touchstone for deeply moving human stories, groundbreaking news and daily joy"
Visionary Award honor
Shari Frilot	Award for 20 years of having "been a curator and a programmer of emerging media, film and art through the Sundance Institute and external programming platforms"
Trailblazer Award honor
Issa Rae	Award for the creator of Insecure representing "a generation of storytellers who used the Internet to cultivate their craft in service of community"
Career Achievement Award honor
Lily Tomlin	Award for being "a groundbreaking force for women in comedy, as well as LGBTQ+ representation, as well as older women in television, all while being just plain smart and funny"
Arts honoree
National Geographic Documentary Films presents A Sandbox Films Production/An Intuitive Pictures & Cottage M Production	Fire of Love
Entertainment honorees
Delicious Non-Sequitur Productions in association with Warner Bros. Television and 20th Television, a part of Disney Television Studios	Abbott Elementary
Lucasfilm	Andor
FX Productions	Atlanta (the show's second win, a rare feat for a Peabody Award winner)
Merman/ABC Signature in association with Apple	Bad Sisters
High Bridge, Crystal Diner, Gran Via Productions and Sony Pictures Television	Better Call Saul (the show's second win, a rare feat for a Peabody Award winner)
HBO in association with Broadway Video, Antigravico and Más Mejor	Los Espookys
A24 for Netflix	Mo
Media Res/Blue Marble Pictures in association with Apple	Pachinko
Fifth Season/Red Hour Productions in association with Apple	Severance
HBO in association with House of Opus 20 and IPC	We're Here
Documentary honorees
Impact Partners Presents a Malka Films and Maidstone Company, Inc. Production in Association with Good Gravy Films and Just Films/Ford Foundation (aired on Hulu)	Aftershock
Saaren Films Inc., Six Island Productions Inc., Musa Dagh Productions	Batata
ITVS, Fork Films, Engel Entertainment (Airing on PBS's Independent Lens)	Missing in Brooks County
Black Ticket Films (Airing on PBS's Independent Lens)	Writing with Fire
Top Hat Productions/Hayloft Productions (aired on BBC Select)	Mariupol: The People's Story, a documentary about the Siege of Mariupol directed by Robin Barnwell
SO'B Productions (aired on Peacock)	The Rebellious Life of Mrs. Rosa Parks
National Geographic Documentary Films Presents A Documist and Associaçāo Jupaú Film in association with Time Studios, XTR, Doc Society Climate Story Fund/A Production of Protozoa Pictures, Passion Pictures, Real Lava	The Territory
Showtime Documentary Films Presents, A Boardwalk Films Production, in Association with WKB Industries	We Need to Talk About Cosby
News honorees
CNN	Award for Shimon Prokupecz's reporting on how police inaction contributed to the Robb Elementary School shooting in Uvalde, TX
PBS NewsHour	Award for Guns in America, which included on-the-ground updates from mass shootings in Buffalo and Uvalde, as well as impact stories from survivors and the implications for change on gun control (William Brangham, Amna Nawaz, Paul Solman, and Cat Wise, correspondents)
KARE/Minneapolis, MN	"The Gap: Failure to Treat, Failure to Protect," a six-part report from a year-long investigation that probes a mass shooting in a medical clinic, but broadens out into how the mentally ill can obtain guns, commit other crimes, and not be mandated into receiving treatment
AJ+	"One Day in Hebron," which follows AJ+ presenter Dena Takruri as she returns to her hometown of Hebron in Palestine and comes to grips with the reality of the destruction caused by Israeli forces
Frontline with the Associated Press	Michael Flynn's Holy War, a documentary directed by Richard Rowley profiling Flynn's rise from an elite soldier overseas to a leader of a Christianity-rooted far-right movement in America
Frontline with Channel 4	Ukraine: Life Under Russia's Attack, directed by Mani Benchelah and Patrick Tombola, which follows the lives of the Ukrainian people during the Russian invasion of Kharkiv and their struggles for survival, hope and rescue
Vice News	No Justice for Women in the Taliban's Afghanistan, which explores the decline of the rights of women in the country under the extremist group's control, with reporting by Isobel Yeung
Podcast/radio honorees
Spotify and Gimlet Media	Season two of Stolen, titled Surviving St. Michael's, which explores journalist Connie Walker's investigation into Canada's "Indian residential school system", and how her own father was abused by his priest while a system resident
On the Media/New York Public Radio	The Divided Dial, Katie Thornton's five-part look into the rise of Salem Media Group and the Christian radio network's influence on talk radio, politics, conservatism, and "the uneasy conflict over truth in American civic life"
This American Life	"The Pink House at the Center of the World," by Maisie Crow and Zoe Chace, which explores the Jackson Women's Health Clinic's fight for survival in Mississippi following the overturning of Roe v. Wade and the future of abortion in America
Immersive and Interactive honorees
Natalie Wynn	ContraPoints
Deck Nine and Square Enix	Life Is Strange: True Colors
Fable Studio, Third Rail Projects, Sound+Design, Story Studio & Experiences	Lucy and the Wolves in the Walls
The New Yorker	"Reeducated," a VR documentary which involves the lives of Uyghurs in Chinese prisons and the atrocities that they have suffered through
Media.Monks, Reporters Without Borders, Berlin DDB	The Uncensored Library
Public service honoree
Frontline	The Power of Big Oil

2023

Recipient	Area of excellence
Career Achievement Award honor
Mel Brooks	Award for being a pioneer of spoof comedy and using his body of work as "a form of resistance"
Trailblazer Award honor
Quinta Brunson	Award for the creator of Abbott Elementary for not only "reflecting Peabody's mission of stories that matter", but also "opening the door for the next generation of Black leaders in television"
Institutional honor
Star Trek	Award for the franchise's "enduring dedication to storytelling that projects the best of humanity into the distant future" and "helping to invent a model of fandom that has since taken over the world" since its 1966 debut
Global Impact Award honor
WITNESS	Award for using the power of video to keep "protecting human rights around the world" since its founding in 1993
Arts honorees
Black Public Media and World Channel	Can You Bring It: Bill T. Jones and D-Man in the Waters
Amazon MGM Studios, Imagine Documentaries	Judy Blume Forever
Children's/Youth honoree
Ludo Studio, Australian Broadcasting Corporation, BBC Studios, Disney+	Bluey
Documentary honorees
Frontline, The Associated Press	20 Days in Mariupol
HBO Documentary Films presents ALL THAT BREATHES in association with Submarine Deluxe and Sideshow; a Kiterabbit Films and Rise Films production in collaboration with HHMI Tangled Bank Studios	All That Breathes
HBO Documentary Films presents a Participant and Neon presentation	All the Beauty and the Bloodshed
Southern Films/Ventureland/National Geographic Documentary Films	Bobi Wine: The People's President
BRITDOC Films, American Documentary|POV (Airing on PBS's POV)	While We Watched
HBO Documentary Films	The Stroll
Entertainment honorees
FX Productions	The Bear
Amazon MGM Studios, Annapurna Television	Dead Ringers
Showtime presents a Fremantle and Showtime Studios Production	Fellow Travelers
Amazon MGM Studios, Picrow, The District, Piece of Work Entertainment	Jury Duty
HBO in association with Sony Pictures Television Studios, PlayStation Productions, Word Games, The Mighty Mint and Naughty Dog	The Last of Us
HBO in association with Peyance Productions and Avalon Television	Last Week Tonight with John Oliver for its segment about the Israel-Hamas war
HBO Films presents a Seaview and 2 Sq Ft production in association with Burn These Words, In the Cut Productions, Fit Via Vi, Cinereach, Tanbark Pictures	Reality
FX Productions	Reservation Dogs (the show's second win, a rare feat for a Peabody winner)
HBO in association with Duplass Brothers Productions and The Mighty Mint	Somebody Somewhere
Interactive and Immersive honorees
Gen Z Historian, Urbanist Live	The Hidden History of Racism in New York City on Instagram
Obsidian Entertainment	Pentiment
OFK	We Are OFK
NowHere Media	You Destroy. We Create|The War on Ukraine's culture
News honorees
KXAS-TV/Fort Worth, TX	"Against All Enemies," a series of reports about the Constitutional Sheriffs and Peace Officers Association, their ties to the Oath Keepers, and how their ideas have slowly crept into the training regiments of Texas sheriffs
Frontline	Clarence and Ginni Thomas: Politics, Power and the Supreme Court, a report by Michael Kirk which chronicles the rise of the controversial Supreme Court justice, his marriage to his wife, their actions in the realm of right-wing politics and the dangerous connotations surrounding them
WTVF/Nashville, TN	"Hate Come to Main Street," a report by Phil Williams which profiles Republican mayoral candidate Gabrielle Hanson's campaign of Christian nationalism and anti-LGBTQ rights, and "hypocrisy and deceit" surrounding it ranging from carpetbagging to lying to police
AJ+	"It's Bisan from Gaza and I'm Still Alive," which chronicles Palestinian journalist Bisan Owda's reporting from the Gaza Strip during the Israel-Hamas war, her family's escape to safety and her will to survive while bringing the world updates from the frontlines
PBS NewsHour	"War in the Holy Land," an hour-long report which chronicles both sides of the Israel-Hamas war through interviews
Public Service honorees
Frontline	America and the Taliban, a three-part documentary which chronicles the 20 year war in Afghanistan and its examination of the failures and missteps which led to how the Taliban took over the country
USA Today and The Tennessean	"The Post Roe Baby Boom: Inside Mississippi's Maternal Health Crisis," an episode of States of America, with reporting by Danielle Dreilinger, which chronicles the straining of the state's maternal healthcare system after the overturning of Roe v. Wade amidst high birth rates in the Mississippi Delta
Podcast/Radio honorees
GBH News and PRX	The Big Dig, a nine-part podcast that explores the titular project's development ranging from its groundbreaking in 1991 to its eventual completion in 2007 and how it made Boston livable despite its delays and shortcomings
The Washington Post	The Empty Grave of Comrade Bishop, which explores the search for the remains of executed Grenadian prime minister Maurice Bishop and the people who were affected by his death
	Post Reports for "Surviving to graduation," a three part series by Hannah Natanson, Sabby Robinson and Moriah Balingit which investigates two separate shootings at Huguenot High School in Richmond, Virginia and the efforts by students for ways to cope during those tumultuous times
Serial Productions and The New York Times	The Retrievals
Invisible Institute and USG Audio	You Didn't See Nothin, a podcast hosted by Yohance Lacour which sees him explore the 1997 hate crime of the death of Leonard Clark by white teenagers in Chicago through the eyes of the modern day