Editing Peabody Awards (section)

==Peabody judging==
[[File:George Foster Peabody Awards.jpg|thumb|left|200px|Close-up view of the medallion]]
The Peabody Awards judging process changed in 2014. Previously, more than 1,000 entries were evaluated by some 30 committees composed of a number of faculty, staff, and students from the [[University of Georgia]] and other higher education institutions across the country.<ref name="thecitizen">{{cite web |first=Lance |last=Cummins |url=http://www.thecitizen.com/archive/main/archive-040317/weekend/w-07.html |title=Local student to judge Peabodys |publisher=TheCitizen |date=2004-03-17 |access-date=2013-04-23 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131105155611/http://www.thecitizen.com/archive/main/archive-040317/weekend/w-07.html |archive-date=2013-11-05 }}</ref> Each committee was charged with screening or listening to a small number of entries and delivering written recommendations to the [[The George Foster Peabody Awards Board of Jurors|Peabody Board of Jurors]], a ~17-member panel of scholars, critics, and media-industry professionals.<ref name="thecitizen"/> Beginning in 2015, the preliminary round of judging is done by faculty members at major research universities across the United States, most of which are not at UGA. The 18-member Board of Jurors selects the nominees and winners each year.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://peabodyawards.com/our-story/ | title=Our Story }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://peabodyawards.com/judging/ | title=Judging }}</ref> [[The George Foster Peabody Awards Board of Jurors|Board members]] discuss recommended entries as well as their own selections at three intensive preliminary meetings. The Board convenes at the [[University of Georgia]] in early April for final screenings and deliberations. Each entrant is judged on its own merit, and only unanimously selected programs receive a Peabody Award.<ref name="variety"/> For many years, there was no set number of awards issued. However, in 2016 the program instituted the Peabody 30, representing the best programs out of a field of 60 nominees.