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Radio documentary on Kosovo massacre wins Gold Baton
19 January 2001

(As a human rights oriented Web site—we’re here to raise funds for human rights as well as to expose cutting edge pop—Rockbites occasionally brings you non-music-related stories. Here’s one.)

Judges for the 2001 Alfred I. duPont-Columbia University award for investigative journalism gave top honors this week to Minnesota Public Radio/American RadioWorks producers Stephen Smith and Michael Montgomery for their exposé on Serbian attrocities titled Massacre At Cuska.
The piece aired on National Public Radio’s evening news show All Things Considered last February. It describes an organized, genocidal massacre of villagers by Serbian militia, who on 14 May 1999 killed 41 ethnic Albanians in western Kosovo.
Judges considered 600 submissions before awarding the Gold Baton to Smith and Montgomery. In conferring the award they wrote “The correspondents found Serbian soldiers who give detailed descriptions of their actions and their orders, tracing the chain of command back to the Milosevic regime. The soldiers speak frankly about their motivations—patriotism, an opportunity to steal, and a hatred for Albanian Kosovars. The victims tell of their fear, their grief and anger. Overlaying the first-person accounts are analysis, history and explanations of the International War Crimes Tribunal. This program reaffirms the effectiveness of radio in presenting complicated issues in a compelling way.” | Massacre At Cuska (RealAudio) | | info from NPR | | Rockbites human rights page | | top of page |

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