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AP Wins duPont-Columbia Award for Ukraine War Documentary

'20 Days in Mariupol', chronicling Russia's siege, also garners AP's first Oscar nomination.

  • The Associated Press has won a prestigious broadcast journalism award, the 2024 duPont-Columbia Award, for its documentary '20 Days in Mariupol' on the war in Ukraine.
  • The documentary was produced in collaboration with PBS' 'Frontline' and was among 15 winners announced at a ceremony at Columbia University in New York.
  • '20 Days in Mariupol' chronicles Russia's siege of the Ukrainian port city and the international journalists who remained, including AP's team that documented Russia's atrocities and captured enduring images of the war.
  • The film has also been nominated for best documentary at the Academy Awards, marking the AP's first Oscar nomination in the 178-year-old news organization’s history.
  • The documentary was shot during the first three weeks of the war in Ukraine in early 2022 by Mstyslav Chernov, a Ukrainian journalist and filmmaker, along with photographer Evgeniy Maloletka and field producer Vasilisa Stepanenko. Their work unflinchingly documented the grim, relentless realities of the unfolding siege.
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