The Edward R. Murrow Award 2009

Marcela Gaviria and Martin Smith for Rain Media, David Fanning for Frontline

“Frontline: Obama’s War” flawlessly captures a special moment in the fog of the Afghan War. As the U.S. president’s deployment of additional troops took the conflict to a new level, the producers of Frontline show us, village by Afghan village, the challenges—and sometime hopelessness—of the process of nation-building. The production shows us not only that there is no quick fix, but offers a look at just what the consequences of failure might be.

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