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Congratulations, Gray Television Exemplary public service by a local station. Thrilled to honor you last night!

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Our Gray Television stations serve their communities each and every day, and we're extremely proud of all of them. Today, we're especially proud of Atlanta News First and WJHG-TV, who will receive Service to America Awards at a gala tonight in Washington, DC. Atlanta News First won the Large Market category for its investigative series “In Plane Sight: an investigation into racial profiling at airports by TSA and DEA.” Atlanta News First Investigates exposed plainclothes drug agents seizing money from innocent passengers at Hartsfield-Jackson Airport, the busiest airport in the world. By employing special investigative techniques to uncover the drug agents and their methods -- and using a 360-degree camera, WANF Chief Investigator Brendan Keefe was able to hold local police and the federal government accountable for taking millions in cash from people who were never arrested or charged with crimes, most of whom were people of color. Congress is now poised to pass The FAIR Act, a proposed new law that would no longer force airline passengers to prove themselves innocent just to keep their own money. WJHG-TV won the Small Market category for its community service program “Chapter Chat,” a campaign to close the reading gap among children that was further widened after Hurricane Michael and the pandemic. Congratulations to both stations! #GrayProud

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