Peabody Awards

Nancy Buirski, Award-Winning Documentary Filmmaker, Dies at 78

She won Emmy and Peabody Awards for “The Loving Story,” about a Virginia couple’s successful challenge to a ban on interracial marriage.

By Sam Roberts

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Drew Griffin, CNN Investigative Journalist, Dies at 60

His reporting on delayed care for military veterans at Veterans Affairs hospitals led to the resignation of the secretary of the department.

By Jesus Jimenez

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Lloyd Newman, Teenage Chronicler of ‘Ghetto Life,’ Dies at 43

He and LeAlan Jones recorded stories of life and death in a Chicago housing project for NPR, winning a Peabody Award and inspiring the birth of StoryCorps.

By Sam Roberts