Peabody Awards Go to BBC News, ‘S-Town’ and Al-Jazeera

BBC News, the podcast “S-Town” and Al-Jazeera were among the Peabody Award winners in the news, radio/podcast and public service categories, which were announced on Tuesday. The CBS television program “60 Minutes” was also honored, with the Institutional Award for its 50 years of news coverage.

Six news awards were bestowed, with BBC News winning for its reporting on Rohingya refugees in Myanmar and Bangladesh. Among the winners was a Vice News episode on HBO, “Charlottesville: Race and Terror.” Al-Jazeera won the sole public service award, for a documentary by Fatma Naib about female genital mutilation in Africa.

“S-Town,” created by the makers of “Serial” and “This American Life,” was one of five radio or podcast winners. “S-Town” tells the story of John B. McLemore and the reporter Brian Reed, who went to visit him in his small town in Bibb County, Alabama. The first season of “Serial” won a 2014 Peabody for its investigation of the case of a high school student convicted of murder.

Last week the Peabody Award winners were named for the documentary, entertainment and children’s and youth categories. Notable winners included the Oscar-nominated documentary “Last Men in Aleppo,” about volunteer emergency service providers in the city; the Hulu television show “The Handmaid’s Tale,” a dystopian tale of female oppression; and Netflix’s “A Series of Unfortunate Events,” a program based on the books by Lemony Snicket, aka Daniel Handler.

The Peabody Awards gala, hosted by Hasan Minhaj, will be held on May 19 at Cipriani Wall Street in New York. The awards are based at the Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication at the University of Georgia.

Visit peabodyawards.com for a full list of winners.