Chapters by Thomas W. Benson, Ronald V. Bettig, Jennifer L. Borda, Jeanne Lynne Hall, Susan Mackey-Kallis, Martin J. Medhurst, Shawn Parry-Giles, Trevor Parry-Giles, Brian J. Snee, Roger Stahl, Robert E. Terrill. The Rhetoric of the New Political Documentary was awarded the Bruce E. Gronbeck Political Communication Research Award, Political Communication Division, National Communication Association, 2008