2021 NPPA Best of Photojournalism

2021 Online Video Storytelling – News and Issue – Team

First Place
A Racist Attack Was Caught on Camera. Nearly 45 Years Later, It Still Stings.
Whitney Hurst, Senior Producer Christaan Triebert, Producer Sarah Maslin Nir, Producer Jonah M. Kessel, Cinematographer/Director of Cinematography Jeff Bernier, Editor Susan C. Beachy, Additional Reporting/Additional Research Meg Felling, Assistant Editor Dahlia Kozlowsky, Additional Research Solana Pyne, Executive Producer Nancy Donaldson Gauss, Executive Producer/The New York Times
First Place

In a year where the U.S. was forced to reckon with racial inequality, we examined the important historical context for this unprecedented moment in American history. We traced the effects and lasting impact racism can have on its victims decades later. After a 1970s video clip of a racist attack by white children on a group of Black children in New York City appeared on the internet, we found the victims nearly 45 years later. Using tireless traditional and open-source reporting methods, we tracked down the Black children and retraced their bike path on that day in 1975. Renée, Samantha and Mark shared their painful firsthand accounts with us. We also made more than 90 phone calls in an effort to find the white children who perpetrated the attack. And we spoke to the man who made the original film in 1976, the journalist Bill Moyers. The resulting video is a powerful examination of the legacy of racism in a city that prides itself on inclusivity.