Facebook Teams Up With the Peabody Awards

The five winners for 2015 were also named:

• Ebola Outbreak: A 360 Virtual Journey, Frontline, PBS
• Halal in the Family, Sweet 180 Productions
• Inheritance, Frontline, PBS
• Life Is Strange, Dontnod Entertainment
• One Year in Ferguson, St. Louis Public Radio

The Peabody Awards and Facebook said in a press release revealing the 2015 recipients:

This year’s award recipients represent a variety of approaches to digital storytelling, including a parody sitcom web series challenging anti-Muslim bias; the immersive experience provided by virtual reality technology for understanding the Ebola crisis; an interactive web documentary centered on memory, grieving and loss; a curated radio/audio-photography retelling of the complex story of Michael Brown and Ferguson, Mo.;