Image of Sarah Holt holder her 2021 Alfred I. duPont–Columbia silver baton

Holt Productions is proud to announce that Sarah Holt was one of the fifteen recipients of the prestigious 2021 Alfred I. duPont–Columbia University Award given for excellence in broadcast and digital journalism in the public service. Sarah's film, Decoding COVID-19 (PBS NOVA) was one of four Silver Baton prizes in the 2021 Alfred I. duPont-Columbia Awards given to PBS. Other winners included Netflix, NBC News, Radiolab (WNYC) and Vice.

The award was presented to Sarah by special guest presenter Dr. Anthony Fauci in a virtual ceremony held on February 9, 2021, hosted by Anderson Cooper, CNN anchor, and Michele Norris, opinion columnist for The Washington Post. Other special guest presenters for the hour-long ceremony included Professor Jelani Cobb and 2019 duPont winner Mariska Hargitay.

Watch Sarah recieve her award from Dr. Anthony Fauci

 
Founded in 1942, the Alfred I. duPont-Columbia Awards ​uphold the highest standards in journalism by honoring winners annually, informing the public about those journalists' contributions and supporting journalism education and innovation. It is considered the most well-respected journalism-only award for broadcast journalism.

Image of the Alfred I. duPont–Columbia University Award silver baton

Congratulations Sarah!

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  • LD Harrar, Executive Producer of World in the Balance, NOVA, PBS

    "…one of the best and most versatile documentary film producers in the country"

  • Austin Hoyt, Executive Producer, WGBH-TV/PBS

    "Sarah Holt is that rare combination of a thorough and thoughtful journalist, and an artist… I was immediately struck by her ability to tell a story with images and to blend narrative with fact as if it was always meant to be."

  • REVIEW by Peter Keough, The Boston Globe, September 23, 2021

    [In reference to The Cannabis Question]

    "Holt investigates what has been learned about cannabis’s potential risks and medicinal benefits and how its legalization in 30 states after 80 years of prohibition has resulted in confusion and haphazard regulation."

  • Jim Kim, Partners in Health

    "Sarah Holt has a particularly fine ability to see the whole piece, to uncover the compelling picture frame and to present a human story."

  • LD Harrar, Executive Producer of World in the Balance, NOVA, PBS

    "…one of the best and most versatile documentary film producers in the country"

  • Austin Hoyt, Executive Producer, WGBH-TV/PBS

    "[Sarah] has an exquisite visual eye as well as a special gift to frame a story intellectually without draining it of emotion."

  • Jim Kim, Partners in Health

    "[Sarah] knew what she needed to make a great film, and she got it, time after time, sometimes overcoming huge obstacles."