60 MINUTES won in the category of Reporting: Hard News for “Iraq’s Christians,” the Lara Logan story on the plight of Christians in northern Iraq, who were forced by ISIS to flee their ancestral lands. Faced with converting to Islam, paying a tax or execution, 125,000 were dispersed, jeopardizing the future of a religious sect that’s 2,000 years old.
The CBS EVENING NEWS WITH SCOTT PELLEY was named winner of the Writing award for network news for Steve Hartman’s weekly “On the Road” series. Every Friday, Hartman brings viewers moving stories from the unique people he encounters and the special places he visits on his travels around the country.
Steve Capus is the Executive Producer of the CBS EVENING NEWS WITH SCOTT PELLEY and Executive Editor of CBS News. Jeff Fager is the Executive Producer of 60 MINUTES. Harvey Nagler is the Vice President of CBS Radio News.