March 28, 2009
The 23rd Genesis Awards Winners and Nominees
Congratulations to those whose work raised awareness of animal issues through the news and entertainment media
Feature Film
WIN! - BOLT—Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
MARLEY AND ME—20th Century Fox
RED—Magnolia Pictures
SAVING LUNA—Montainside Films
Sid Caesar Comedy Award
WIN! - THE SIMPSONS Apocalypse Cow - FOX
FAMILY GUY McStroke - FOX
Dramatic Series
WIN! - GREY'S ANATOMY Life During Wartime - ABC
BONES The Finger in the Nest - FOX
LAW & ORDER: SPECIAL VICTIMS UNIT Wildlife - NBC
Children's Programming
WIN! - HANDY MANNY Manny's Mouse Traps - Disney Channel
SPONGEBOB SQUAREPANTS Grooming Gary - Nickelodeon
TV Newsmagazine - National
WIN! - 20/20 Elephant PTSD - ABC
NIGHTLINE multiple segments - ABC
TV Newsmagazine - Cable
WIN! - REAL SPORTS WITH BRYANT GUMBEL Hidden Horses - HBO
ISSUES WITH JANE VELEZ-MITCHELL multiple segments-CNN
National News Feature
WIN! - [ABC] WORLD NEWS WITH CHARLES GIBSON - multiple segments
CBS EVENING NEWS WITH KATIE COURIC - multiple segments
NBC NIGHTLY NEWS WITH BRIAN WILLIAMS - multiple segments
Local News Series
WIN! (tie) - KGO-TV [Bay Area] I-Team Investigation: Battery Cages
WIN! (tie) - KLAS-TV [Las Vegas] Elephant Abuse: Life on the Road
WAGA-TV FOX 5 [Atlanta] Fulton County Animal Shelter
WKYC-TV [Cleveland] Sugarcreek Horse Slaughter
Local News Feature
WIN! - KHOU-TV [Houston] Slaughtergate
KABC-7 [Los Angeles] EYEWITNESS NEWS AT 11:00 puppy mills
WOIO-TV, 19 ACTION NEWS [Cleveland] Massillon's Mysterious Missing Tiger Cubs
TV Documentary
WIN! - BLINDERS - Documentary Channel
COMPANIONS TO NONE - PBS
NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC'S STRANGE DAYS ON PLANET EARTH - PBS
PLANET IN PERIL: BATTLE LINES - CNN
Unscripted Television Series
WIN! - 30 DAYS Animal Rights - FX
DOGTOWN Saving the Michael Vick Dogs - National Geographic Channel
ESCAPE TO CHIMP EDEN - Animal Planet
WHALE WARS Needle in a Haystack - Animal Planet
Talk Show
WIN! - THE OPRAH WINFREY SHOW multiple shows - ABC
THE ELLEN DEGENERES SHOW multiple shows - syndicated
MARTHA STEWART LIVING South African chimp sanctuary - syndicated
Brigitte Bardot International
WIN! - THE MONG LAH CONNECTION [Sweden/Worldwide]
50/50 Illegal Rhino Horn Trade [SABC 2 - South African Public Broadcaster]
60 MINUTES Lost Hope [Nine Network Australia]
TODAY TONIGHT Taiji's Bitter Harvest [Channel 7, Perth, Australia]
THE 23RD GENESIS AWARDS OUTSTANDING WRITTEN WORD
Series of Newspaper Articles
WIN! - USA TODAY multiple articles by Sharon L. Peters
ASSOCIATED PRESS multiple articles by Frederick J. Frommer
LOS ANGELES TIMES multiple articles by Carla Hall
RIVERSIDE PRESS-ENTERPRISE multiple articles by Janet Zimmerman and Ben Goad
News Magazine
WIN! - NEWSWEEK Extinction Trade by Sharon Begley
THE NEW YORK TIMES MAGAZINE The Barnyard Strategist by Maggie Jones
TIME Eden For Peaceful Apes by Alex Perry and Free Dumbo! Zoos Are Bad for Elephants by Jeffrey Kluger
Magazine
WIN! - SPORTS ILLUSTRATED The Good News Out of The Bad Newz Kennels by Jim Gorant
MEN'S JOURNAL Crackdown on The Dog Torturers by Mary A. Fischer
PEOPLE Horse Haven by Steve Helling, The Puppy Saver by Diane Herbst, A Happy Ending for Vick's Dogs and The Dog Rescuer by Champ Clark, and A Roaring Battle Over Sea Lions by Bill Hewitt
SOUTH WEST AIRLINES SPIRIT Back to Nurture by Mike Darling
Brigitte Bardot International - Print
WIN! - DAILY MAIL (UK) multiple articles by Danny Penman
SUNDAY TIMES (UK) multiple articles by Daniel Foggo
THE WEST AUSTRALIAN (Australia) Taiji's Bitter Harvest by Gary Adshead
Special Recognition
Santa Barbara News Press multiple editorials
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