ATHENS, Ga., March 31, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — A record 39 recipients of the 70th Annual Peabody Awards were announced today by the University of Georgia Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication. The winners, chosen by the Peabody board as the best in electronic media for the year 2010, were named in a ceremony in the Peabody Gallery on the University of Georgia campus.

“For 70 years the Peabody Award has defined excellence in electronic media,” said Horace Newcomb, director of the Peabody Awards. “This list of Peabody recipients continues the commitment of the University of Georgia and the Henry W. Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication, the stewards of the award. With that commitment, we challenge media makers and distributors to reach higher, try harder and be ever mindful of their central role in public life.”

The latest Peabody winners reflect diversity in content, genre and sources of origination. The recipients included The Pacific, an epic HBO miniseries about American soldiers and sailors fighting in the Pacific theater of World War II; Men of a Certain Age, TNT’s world-wise comedy-drama about three middle-aged pals; Reel Injun: On the Trail of the Hollywood Indian, an Independent Lens documentary that entertained as it set the checkered cinematic record straight; and The Moth Radio Hour, where the ancient art of storytelling is honored and expanded weekly.

International recipients included Report on a New Generation of Migrant Workers in China, a report by Hong Kong‘s Phoenix InfoNews Channel about challenges facing the latest

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