Retro Report

Retro Report is an Emmy-winning non-profit news organization that produces mini documentaries looking back on the biggest stories from the past to see how they affect today's news. The organization describes itself as a counterweight to the 24-hour news cycle.[1] They have covered topics including the Population Bomb theory, the Tawana Brawley rape allegations, the 1993 Jack in the Box E. coli outbreak, the creation of Napster, the MMR vaccine controversy, the Ruby Ridge standoff, the Columbine High School massacre and the McDonald's hot coffee lawsuit.[2]

Retro Report's stories are distributed through their own website and also by The New York Times, where they are featured with an article written by longtime journalist Clyde Haberman. In a Poynter Institute for Media Studies article, Executive Producer Kyra Darnton, describes Retro Report's mission as providing, "context and perspective by going back and re-reporting and reanalyzing older stories, or stories that we think of as not relevant anymore.”[3] In a 2014 Nieman Foundation for Journalism article, Ann Derry, The New York Times’ editorial director for video and television partnerships, said Retro Report's stories are "consistently among the most-watched pieces of video content at the Times."[4] Since the series premiered on 6 May 2013, Retro Report has produced more than 60 documentaries.[5]

Background

Retro Report was created by entrepreneur and philanthropist Christopher Buck[6] and is run by Executive Producer Kyra Darnton and a team of producers, reporters and editors, who come mostly from news organizations 60 Minutes and Frontline.[1] It is organized under the umbrella of Mirror/Mirror Productions, Inc., a New York not-for-profit corporation.[7]

Awards

Nominated - Outstanding Continuing Coverage of a News Story in a News Magazine: “The Shadow of Thalidomide" (2014)[8]
Winner - Outstanding Editing: News for "Go or No Go: The Challenger Legacy" (2015)[9]
Winner of Overall Excellence (2014)[10]
Winner of Best Regional Video News Documentary for “The Sleeper Cell That Wasn’t” (2014)[10]
Winner of Best National Continuing Coverage for "A Search for Justice" (2015)[11]
Winner - Outstanding Original Online Programming: “The Shadow of Thalidomide” (2014)[12]
Nominated - Best Single Story: “Taking the Lid Off the McDonald’s Coffee Case” (2014)[13][14]
Honoree - Best Editing: "Go or No Go: the Challenger Legacy" (2015)[15]
Winner - FOCAL International Award for use of innovative archival footage: "Go or No Go: The Challenger Legacy" (2015)[16]

References

  1. 1 2 Klein, Jessica. "NY Times and 'Retro Report' Provide 'Slow Journalism' in New Assisted Suicide Doc". VideoInk. Retrieved 18 May 2015.
  2. ↑ "U.S. & Politics". The New York Times. Retrieved 19 June 2015.
  3. ↑ "Media missed questionable science in ‘Nanny Murder Trial,’ new doc shows | Poynter.". www.poynter.org. Retrieved 2015-09-28.
  4. ↑ O’Donovan, Caroline. "The third draft of history: Retro Report looks back at media-hyped stories of the recent past". Nieman Lab. Retrieved 9 June 2015.
  5. ↑ "Retro Report Archive". Retro Report. Retrieved 18 May 2015.
  6. ↑ "Retro Report: Our Origin". Retro Report. Retrieved 18 May 2015.
  7. ↑ "About Retro Report". Retro Report. Retrieved 2015-09-30.
  8. ↑ "Nominees for the 35th Annual News & Documentary Emmy Awards Announced by the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences". TVWeek. 15 July 2014. Retrieved 18 May 2015.
  9. ↑ Wilson, Sianne. "NOMINEES FOR THE 36th ANNUAL NEWS & DOCUMENTARY EMMY® AWARDS ANNOUNCED". The National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. Retrieved 30 July 2015.
  10. 1 2 "2014 Region 11 Murrow Winners". Radio Television Digital News Association. Retrieved 18 May 2015.
  11. ↑ "RTDNA - Radio Television Digital News Association". rtdna.org. Retrieved 2015-10-22.
  12. ↑ "2014 Gracies Award Winners". Alliance For Women In Media. Retrieved 18 May 2015.
  13. ↑ O'Shea, Chris (1 April 2014). "2014 Mirror Awards Finalists Announced". Adweek. Retrieved 18 May 2015.
  14. ↑ "» Winners announced in 2014 Mirror Awards competition". Retrieved 2015-09-30.
  15. ↑ "Honoring the Best of the Web". International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences. Retrieved 18 May 2015.
  16. ↑ "FOCAL announces shortlist for 2015 footage awards". FOCAL International. 10 March 2015. Retrieved 18 May 2015.

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