The DNA Files bagged the prestigious Peabody/Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Award for Excellence in Health and Media Programming last weekend.

The DNA Files, a five-part radio series exploring the mystery of genetic science, hosted by Peabody Award winner, John Hockenberry and produced by SoundVision, was broadcast on National Public Radio in the US.

The Peabody Awards, considered the broadcast and cable industry's most sought after prize, entered into a partnership in 1998 with The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation of Princeton, with the goal of encouraging increased in-depth coverage of health-related issues by electronic media.

The producers of The DNA Files received a $10,000 cash award to produce additional programming in the areas of health and/or medicine. The DNA Files will also be repackaged with helpful information on producing health/medical-related programming,which will be distributed free of charge to television and radio newsrooms, broadcast professionals and medical communicators across the US to encourage more quality health related and medical programming.