Melvin McCray III
Journalist, Filmmaker, Photographer & Educator
The 2015 Snowy Egret Award for Youth Engagement was presented to McCray by the Eastern Queens Alliance on October 3, 2015.
Melvin McCray wears his Class of 1974 reunions jacket while holding the Alumni Service Award presented to him by the Alumni Council of Princeton University.
McCray was the recipient of the Alfred I. DuPont Columbia University Award for Excellence in Broadcast Journalism 2004-2005/
ABC News editor Melvin McCray and producer Barbara Friedman screened hundreds of videotapes to create stories that celebrated the life of Pope John Paul II. One focused on the pontif's world travels while the other showed his affect on the young. The two features were part of the live coverage of the death of Pople John Paul II and the election of Pope Benedict XVI that won the 2004-2005 Alfred I. Dupont Columbia University Award for excellence in Broadcast Journalism.
Alfred I. DuPont Columbia University Award for Excellence in Broadcast Journalism 2001-2002 was presented to McCray for his ABC News coverage of 9/11 and Answering Children's Questions.
McCray received a Production Emmy Award for his ABC News coverage of the terror attacks on 9/11.
McCray was the recipient of the 2001 Peabody Award from the University of Georgia's College of Journalism and Mass Communication for his work covering the events of September 11, 2001.
McCray (center) is flanked by his father, mother, wife, son and daughter at the 10th anniversary of ABC's VIP Awards held at Broadway's New Amsterdam Theater in November of 1999. He is also joined by the heads of the organizations he helped, Joan Maynard (second from left) founder of the Weeksville Society, Dr. Robert Ellis (third from left) director of Inner Force, Mildred Boyce (second from right) principal of the Philipa Schuyler Middle School and Michael Johnson (first from right) director of the Science Skills Center.
The Alfred I. DuPont Columbia University Award was presented to McCray for his work on the ABC World News Tonight American Agenda feature: Medicine Man.
McCray was presented the Alfred I. DuPont Columbia University Award for his work on the ABC World News Tonight series: Women's Health Week.
McCray was presented the 1986 Monitor Award for his work on the ABC News feature: 1985 Yearender.
In 1980 McCray received a National Endowment for the Arts Video Artists’ Fellowship. Video Artists’ Fellowships, jointly funded by the Media Arts and Visual Arts Programs, enable artists to set aside time, purchase materials, and generally advance their careers as they see fit. By this time, McCray was supporting himself totally through grants and freelance video production. The NEA fellowship was a pivotal source of funding for his development in the field of documentary filmmaking.
McCray was a recipient of the American Film Institute's Independent Filmmaker Award in 1979.
This is the 1979 letter from American Film Institute Founder George Stevens, Jr. notifying McCray that he was the winner of the independent filmmaker competition.