Filmmakers Elizabeth Farnsworth (at podium) and Patricio Lanfranco (left) accept the 2010 duPont-Columbia University Award. Also on stage include: Gwen Ifill, host of the ceremony; Rob Weiss, Blair Gershkow, and Andreas Cediel, members of the production team.

Last night, the 2010 Alfred I. duPont-Columbia University Awards were presented. Among the winners of this prestigious broadcast journalism award was the ITVS film The Judge and the General, by Elizabeth Farnsworth and Patricio Lanfranco, which aired on P.O.V. on PBS.

The Judge and the General reveals the transformation of Judge Juan Guzmán in Chile as he is assigned by judicial lottery to investigate the first criminal cases filed against former Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet. An international detective story, the film follows the judge as he uncovers the truth about the regime he had supported.

Other winners honored last night include:

- American Public Media, American RadioWorks, Michael Montgomery & Joshua E. S. Phillips: What Killed Sergeant Gray
- CBS News & Katie Couric: The Sarah Palin Interviews
- CBS News: CBS Reports: Children of the Recession
- HBO & Edet Belzberg: The Recruiter
- KHOU-TV, Houston & Mark Greenblatt: Under Fire: Discrimination and Corruption in the Texas National Guard
- KMGH-TV, Denver & Tony Kovaleski: 33 Minutes to 34 Right
- MediaStorm & Jonathan Torgovnik: Intended Consequences
- NPR, Michele Norris & Steve Inskeep: The York Project: Race and the 2008 Vote
- WCAX-TV, Burlington & Kristin Carlson: Foreigners on the Farm
- WGBH, Boston, Frontline/World, Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy & Dan Edge: Pakistan: Children of the Taliban, on PBS
- WSVN-TV, Miami, Carmel Cafiero & Anthony Pineda: Pill Mills
- WTVF-TV, Nashville & Phil Williams: General Sessions Court
- WWL-TV, New Orleans: NOAH Housing Program Investigation

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ABDUCTION is the true story of a 13-year-old Japanese girl kidnapped by North Korean spies in 1977, and her parents’ 30-year battle to bring her home. Told through the eyes of Megumi’s parents, ABDUCTION follows their incredible journey full of bizarre twists, and a life they never imagined.

This year’s other winners included:

- Chicago Public Radio, PRI, NPR, Alex Blumberg & Adam Davidson: This American Life: The Giant Pool of Money
- NPR, All Things Considered, Melissa Block & Robert Siegel: Coverage of the Chengdu Earthquake
- NPR and Laura Sullivan: All Things Considered: Sexual Abuse of Native American Women
- Oregon Public Broadcasting: The Silent Invasion
- California Newsreel, San Francisco & Vital Pictures, Boston: Unnatural Causes: Is Inequality Making Us Sick? on PBS
- Current TV and Christof Putzel: From Russia with Hate
- WFAA-TV, Dallas, Byron Harris & Brett Shipp: Money for Nothing, A Passing Offense, The Buried and the Dead
- CNN and Christiane Amanpour: God’s Warriors
- ABC News, Tim Hetherington & Sebastian Junger: Nightline, The Other War: Afghanistan
- HBO, Thomas Lennon & Ruby Yang: Cinemax’s Reel Life: The Blood of Yingzhou District
- WJLA-TV, Washington, DC & Roberta Baskin: Drilling for Dollars: Children’s Dentistry Investigation
- WTVT-TV, Tampa, & Doug Smith: Small Town Justice

Check out the clip of ABDUCTION: The Megumi Yokota Story: