 When the award was established, the committee determined that the writer was the source of the most humanizing values in any program and should therefore be the focus of the awards.Although lists of Humanitas Prize winners for television categories often tell only the name of the program, the award actually is made to the writers of specific episodes, and more than one episode of a given show may be among the finalists in any given year; similarly, reports on the film categories often give more prominence to the film's title, but the award goes to the writing staff.In 2005 Humanitas winners included "Hotel Rwanda" (feature film) and "The West Wing" (television).