DOE Grantee Bari Scott, Executive Producer of SoundVision Productions, accepted the prestigious Alfred I. Du Pont Columbia University Award for the public radio series The DNA Files at the ceremony in New York. This 9-hour in-depth program was aired last fall on National Public Radio with John Hockenberry as narrator. The series covers all aspects of genetic science, including gene therapy, biotechnology, prenatal and predictive genetic testing, ethical and legal issues, evolution, transgenic plants and animals, DNA and behavior, and the Human Genome Project. The description in the press release states "The series ranges from interviews with scientists to humorous dramatizations of gene behavior . . . the programs inform on many levels without preaching or oversimplifying for a general audience. The series not only digests what science has proven about genetics, but it also confronts what is not yet known. The producers have drawn together scientific and ethical issues that are in the forefront of human inquiry."

The DNA Files was one of 13 Silver Baton winners chosen from a field of 650 television and radio programs. Other winners included Diane Sawyer of ABC News and Bob Simon of CBS News. The Du Pont Columbia Awards, which honor overall excellence in broadcast journalism, were established in 1942 by the late Jessie Ball Du Pont in memory of her husband, Alfred I. Du Pont. The Graduate School of Journalism at Columbia University has administered the awards since 1968.

To access The DNA Files visit www.dnafiles.org/about/series.html. To obtain tapes and transcripts of the series go to www.dnafiles.org/about/tapes.html or contact Public Broadcast Audience Service, P.O. Box 1600, Lyons, CO, 80540, phone: 303-823-8000 and fax -0332.

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