2025 Peabody Award Nominees Include 'Sugarcane,' 'Black Box Diaries'

The Peabody Awards have announced their first batch of nominees for 2025, recognizing impactful stories across documentary, news, public service, and radio/podcast categories. Notable nominees in the documentary category include Oscar contenders like 'Sugarcane' and 'Black Box Diaries', as well as other acclaimed films such as 'Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story' and 'Will & Harper'. The news and public service categories feature investigative reports from major outlets including PBS, NBC News, and Al Jazeera, addressing significant issues such as the Israel-Hamas conflict and historical race-related violence in the U.S. The nominees were chosen by a unanimous vote from 27 jurors out of over 1,000 entries, emphasizing the need for storytelling that illuminates both local and global concerns. Winners will be revealed on May 1, with the awards ceremony scheduled for June 1, hosted by Roy Wood Jr. Additionally, NBC's Andrea Mitchell and 'Saturday Night Live' will receive special awards during the event.