MENU NEWS SPORTS CBS4 News 77° CBS4 Receives Prestigious DuPont-Columbia Award For ‘The Everglades: Where Politics, Money and Race Collide’ January 22, 2019 at 10:07 pm Filed Under:Alfred I. duPont-Columbia University Award, Everglades, Jim DeFede, Local TV Follow CBSMIAMI.COM: Facebook | Twitter MIAMI (CBSMiami) – The talented CBS4 News journalists behind the Alfred I. duPont-Columbia University Award winning documentary ‘The Everglades: Where Politics, Money and Race Collide’ received the prestigious award Tuesday night in New York City. READ MORE: Miami Weather: Warming Trend Continues, Muggier By Monday CBS4 News Director Liz Roldan, Photojournalist Tony Jerez, Investigative Reporter Jim DeFede, Photojournalist Manny Diaz, Executive Producer Cari Hernandez and Editor Alex Bombard on stage to accept the Alfred I. duPont Columbia Journalism Award for the documentary ‘The Everglades: Where Politics, Money and Race Collide’ on Jan. 22, 2019. (Source: The duPont-Columbia Awards) The team involved in the documentary include Jim DeFede, Reporter/Writer/Producer; Cari Hernandez Executive Producer; Tony Jerez, Photojournalist/Video Editor; Alex Bombard, Special Projects Editor, David Agudelo, Photojournalist; Mitch Cuba, Photojournalist; Manny Garcia, Photojournalist; Angie Travieso, Project Designer; Joaquin Garcia, Photojournalist; Judy Flook, Design Director; Arturo Wong, Graphics; Liz Roldan, News Director; and Adam Levy, Vice President & General Manager. WATCH CBS4 JOURNALISTS RECEIVE AWARD HERE The batons were handed out Tuesday Jan. 22 at the Low Memorial Library of Columbia University in New York at a ceremony hosted by CBS News 60 Minutes Correspondent Lesley Stahl and NPR’s Ailsa Chang, host of All Things Considered. WATCH THE ENTIRE SPECIAL HERE ‘The Everglades: Where Politics, Money and Race Collide’ is an engaging and thought-provoking documentary that seamlessly explores the deeper environmental, political and social roots of Florida’s contaminated Everglades. Here is the complete list of winners: CBS Miami (WFOR) The Everglades: Where Politics, Money and Race Collide A thought provoking documentary about Florida’s water crises. READ MORE: Bicyclist Struck, Killed By Vehicle In Fort Lauderdale CBS News 60 Minutes / The Washington Post The Whistleblower & Too Big to Prosecute In this joint investigative series, 60 Minutes and The Washington Post exposed a war within the DEA over the pharmaceutical industry’s role in the opioid epidemic. CNN Films RBG The first theatrical documentary to present a comprehensive and intimate portrait of a sitting Supreme Court Justice, RBG is an engrossing, entertaining lesson in women’s rights and constitutional law. 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