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Ed Bradley
Ed Bradley.jpg
Bradley in 2001
Born
Edward Rudolph Bradley, Jr.

(1941-06-22)June 22, 1941
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
DiedNovember 9, 2006(2006-11-09) (aged 65)
Manhattan, New York City, U.S.
EducationCheyney State College (B.S.)
OccupationJournalist
Years active1967–2006
Notable credit(s)
CBS News
CBS Reports
CBS Sunday Night News with Ed Bradley
60 Minutes
Spouse(s)
  • Patricia Blanchet (2004–06)
  • Priscilla Coolidge (1981–84) (divorced)
  • Diane Jefferson (1964–67) (divorced)
Awards

Edward Rudolph "Ed" Bradley, Jr. (June 22, 1941 – November 9, 2006) was an American journalist, well known for his quarter-century career reporting for 60 Minutes with CBS News. Bradley was recognized for his work in the field of investigative journalism with 20 Emmy Awards, the Radio Television Digital News Association Paul White Award, the National Association of Black Journalists Lifetime Achievement Award, and multiple Peabody Awards. Prior to his time with 60 Minutes, he reported on the fall of Saigon, Vietnam, and subsequently became the first African American TV reporter assigned as a member of the White House press corps. He served as news anchor of the broadcast that carried his name, CBS Sunday Night News with Ed Bradley.

Bradley's parents divorced when he was young, and his mother took on two jobs to support him. He attended Holy Providence School in Cornwells Heights, Pennsylvania, followed by Mount Saint Charles Academy in Rhode Island, before graduating from Saint Thomas More Catholic Boys High School in West Philadelphia in 1959. Bradley obtained his Bachelor of Science degree in education from Cheyney University in 1964. While there, he was inspired by a talk from Philadelphia broadcaster Georgie Woods to work in radio. He worked as a mathematics teacher in Philadelphia, and simultaneously took a job with WDAS-AM-FM. Bradley covered the Philadelphia race riots and was motivated to pursue investigative journalism as a career.

He moved to New York City and was hired by WCBS radio as a full-time reporter in 1967. He moved to France in 1971, and reported for CBS on the Paris Peace Talks before covering the Vietnam War and Cambodian Civil War. He was injured by mortar fire in Cambodia and earned the Alfred I. duPont–Columbia University Award and a George Polk Award. CBS promoted Bradley to cover the Jimmy Carter 1976 presidential campaign in 1974, and he subsequently became the first African American White House correspondent. His 1979 reporting on Vietnamese refugees, "The Boat People", earned him numerous awards and led to his role at 60 Minutes in 1981.

Bradley was most proud of his 60 Minutes interview with singer Lena Horne. His career as a 60 Minutes correspondent led to a breadth and depth of over 500 stories, from interviews with performers including Laurence Olivier, Bob Dylan, and Michael Jackson, to investigative journalism pieces into the Catholic Church sexual abuse cases and the murder of Emmett Till. Bradley suffered from lymphocytic leukemia, and friends and colleagues tried to convince him to slow down his journalism work to no avail. He was working on an interview of the defendants in the Duke lacrosse case in the weeks before his death, and was wheeled from the hospital to the recording booth for his voice-over work on the piece. After his death, Bradley was recognized by the city of Philadelphia with "Ed Bradley Way", a mural in his honor in West Philadelphia, and a historical marker at Fairmount Park.

Early life and education[edit]

Bradley was born on June 22, 1941, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, with the full name Edward Rudolph Bradley, Jr.[6][7][2] After his parents' divorce, Bradley was raised by his mother Gladys Gaston Bradley, who took on two occupations to support the family.[8][1][9] Bradley was referred to by the childhood name of "Butch Bradley."[10] During the summers in his youth he spent time visiting his father in Detroit.[11] His father was a businessman with a series of vending machines and a restaurant in Detroit.[10] Bradley recalled awkward experiences visiting his father, with long periods of unspoken silence on the drive from Philadelphia to Detroit broken by listening to the radio together.[10]

During his elementary education, Bradley attended the Sisters of the Blessed Sacrament-run Holy Providence School in Cornwells Heights, Pennsylvania.[12] Bradley disliked this boarding school experience.[10] These studies were followed by further education at Mount Saint Charles Academy, in Woonsocket, Rhode Island.[13] Bradley graduated from Saint Thomas More Catholic Boys High School in West Philadelphia in 1959.[14][15]

Bradley subsequently attended Cheyney State College (now Cheyney University of Pennsylvania) in Cheyney, Pennsylvania, and graduated in 1964 with a Bachelor of Science degree in education.[16][17][13] While studying at Cheyney State College, he was a member of the school's football team.[7] He served in positions offensive tackle and defensive end on the football team.[18] Bradley attended a talk at the college given by Philadelphia broadcaster Georgie Woods, that inspired him to work in radio.[8]

Bradley was hired by William B. Mann Elementary School in Philadelphia's Wynnefield neighborhood, to teach sixth-grade students.[6][8][19] He worked as a mathematics teacher in the elementary school system in Philadelphia for three years.[6][16] In addition to his teaching duties, he briefly served as a school vice principal.[8]

During this period of time working as a teacher, Bradley worked additional hours at radio stations on Edgley Drive in Philadelphia's Fairmount Park for WDAS-AM-FM.[19][7][2] His job duties on the radio stations included selecting music, covering sports, and reporting on the news.[20][7][2] Initially a volunteer at WDAS, his pay was later increased to US$1.50 per hour.[21] He worked at WDAS from 1963 to 1967.[16]

Journalism career[edit]

WCBS radio and CBS News[edit]

Bradley covered news of the Philadelphia race riots while working for WDAS-AM-FM.[8][2] This news assignment piqued Bradley's interest in the field of journalism.[6] WCBS 880 in New York City, a CBS station, gave Bradley a full-time reporter role in 1967.[8][17][2] Initially at WCBS, Bradley was primarily assigned news pieces relevant to African Americans.[21] This prompted Bradley to confront his editor and ask for equal treatment in news assignments.[21] Bradley threatened to go above his editor to the station news director if the pattern continued.[21] After this confrontation by Bradley, he noticed he was given news assignments on a broader array of topics.[21] While at WCBS he honed his journalism skills and had access to CBS network news resources at the company's flagship news station.[22]

Fluent in French, Bradley moved to Paris, France, in 1971.[23][7][8] CBS News employed him as a stringer, and he reported on the Paris Peace Talks.[7][8][2] Bradley chose to transfer to Saigon in order to report on the Vietnam War in 1972; he additionally reported from Phnom Penh on the Cambodian Civil War.[7][8][2] While there, he was wounded by a mortar round, and received shrapnel injuries in the course of his reporting duties.[7][8][2] Bradley was one of the final U.S. citizens evacuated in 1975 when the Khmer Rouge took over Phnom Penh.[16] His reporting on these events garnered him a Alfred I. duPont–Columbia University Award and a George Polk Award.[16]

White House correspondent and CBS Reports[edit]

U.S. President Jimmy Carter with Bradley (1978)

Bradley was promoted to covering the Jimmy Carter 1976 presidential campaign in 1974, and he moved to Washington, D.C.[17][2] CBS News made him their White House correspondent; and he became the first African American journalist tasked with this title.[3][17][24] He held the role of CBS News White House correspondent from 1976 to 1978.[23][6] During this period, Bradley covered the Republican and Democratic National Conventions from 1976 through 1992.[25] Compared to his time working as a foreign correspondent during wartime, Bradley found the role of White House reporter to be limiting in scope.[10] CBS made Bradley principal correspondent for CBS Reports from 1978 to 1981.[26][7][17] Simultaneously from 1976 until 1981, Bradley served as anchor of CBS Sunday Night News.[26][17]

Bradley's documentary for CBS Reports, "The Boat People", earned him recognition and multiple awards.[16] The piece first aired on January 19, 1979, and showed Bradley wade into Malaysia's South China Sea to assist in the rescue of Vietnamese refugees who were endangered while on a boat.[16] "The Boat People" garnered Bradley multiple awards including the Edward R. Murrow Award, an Alfred I. duPont–Columbia University Award, an Emmy Award, and a commendation at the International Festival of the British Academy of Film and Television Arts.[16]

His investigation into civil rights for CBS Reports titled, "Blacks in America: With All Deliberate Speed" aired in 1979.[16] In the two-hour program, Bradley examined the treatment of African Americans in the U.S. in the wake of the 1954 Supreme Court case Brown v. Board of Education outlawing segregation in the public school system.[16] "Blacks in America" brought increased attention to Bradley's reporting, and he was rewarded for his work on the subject with his second Alfred I. duPont–Columbia University Award and Emmy Award.[16]

In 1981, CBS Evening News host Walter Cronkite ended his time in the anchor role, and 60 Minutes journalist Dan Rather took over.[26][2] This created an open spot on 60 Minutes, and CBS added Bradley to the program that year.[26][2] 60 Minutes producer Don Hewitt recounted in his book, Tell Me a Story: Fifty Years and 60 Minutes in Television, that he hired Bradley for the program, due to his reputation and his skills in the field of investigative journalism.[6]

60 Minutes[edit]

American civil rights activist Fred Korematsu during interview with Bradley on 60 Minutes (1984)

Bradley's first year at 60 Minutes saw him travel approximately 100,000 miles to over 45 cities while reporting on assignment for the news program.[16] During Bradley's quarter-century tenure at 60 Minutes, he reported on over 500 stories, and covered numerous subjects including serious reporting on political corruption, poverty, war, and conflict; in addition to food and cuisine, music, sports, and biographical segments.[3][27][28] Noteworthy interviews by Bradley included: Michael Jordan, Bill Bradley, Mick Jagger, Michael Jackson, Neil Armstrong, Timothy McVeigh, Subcomandante Marcos, Howard Stern, and Laurence Olivier.[27][29]

Bradley humanized himself to his interview subjects and became an everyman to the audience; including an interview of Muhammad Ali where the boxer performed a practical joke on the reporter.[27] Bradley stated his favorite interview piece was of singer, Lena Horne.[5] He later recalled, "If I arrived at the pearly gates and Saint Peter said, 'What have you done to deserve entry?' I'd just say, 'Did you see my Lena Horne story?'"[3][30][31] The segment garnered Bradley an Emmy Award.[5] He would go on to receive Emmy Awards for "In the Belly of the Beast", where he interviewed writer and criminal Jack Henry Abbott, and his 1985 investigation "Schizophrenia" into the mental disorder and psychosis of the brain.[16]

Bradley became known for his stylistic sense with regards to his choice of attire on 60 Minutes.[32][33][34] He was the first male correspondent to regularly wear an earring on the air.[32][35] He had his left ear pierced in 1986 and says he was inspired to do it after receiving encouragement from Liza Minnelli following an interview with the actress.[32][33][34]

Beginning in the late 1980s, the CBS network made multiple attempts to convince Bradley to accept a promotion to anchor of the CBS Evening News.[36] Bradley repeatedly turned the offers down, and remained in his post at 60 Minutes.[36] CBS producer and Dan Rather biography author Alan Weisman noted it was rare within the news industry for Bradley to turn down the anchor role in favor of continuing his investigative journalism at 60 Minutes.[36]

In addition to 60 Minutes, Bradley also anchored the news magazine program Street Stories on CBS from 1992 to 1993.[37][26][23] He drew attention on the program for his prison interview of boxer Mike Tyson in 1992.[25]

His March 2000 interview with Oklahoma City bombing culprit Timothy McVeigh was the only TV interview allowed by the convict.[21][38] Bradley's McVeigh interview garnered him an Emmy Award.[21] The reporter's June 2000 hour-investigation, "Death by Denial", discussed people in Africa dying from HIV/AIDS.[21] The piece had a positive impact on society and convinced pharmaceutical companies to give medications both free-of-charge and at reduced prices to the continent.[21] Bradley's efforts on "Death by Denial" were recognized with a Peabody Award.[21]

Catholic Church sexual abuse cases held the focus of Bradley's Emmy Award-winning investigation, "The Church on Trial", in June 2002.[21] Bradley interviewed Bob Dylan after the singer had not allowed a reporter to query him for 20 years.[27][29] "The Murder of Emmett Till", Bradley's reporting on the investigation into Emmett Till's murder 50 years after the fact, won him an Emmy Award in 2005.[24][39] Bradley's investigation found that there may have been 14 individuals involved in Till's murder.[40] Bradley's reporting garnered him the Lifetime Achievement Award from the National Association of Black Journalists in 2005.[38][41] At his acceptance speech, Bradley stated his desire to report on more topics: "I should tell you I'm not finished yet. There are many more rivers to cross and, many more stories to cover and, I hope, a lot left in this lifetime."[41]

Personal life[edit]

Bradley and journalist Jessica Savitch had a brief romantic relationship in the 1970s, during which time she was employed by CBS News and subsequently worked as an anchor for NBC News. The two remained friends and professional colleagues until her 1983 death.[42][43] Bradley married Diane Jefferson and they later divorced.[18] He subsequently married Priscilla Coolidge in 1981 and they divorced in 1984.[24]

Bradley met Museum for African Art Director of Development Patricia Blanchet, and the two subsequently began a relationship.[44] Bradley and Blanchet later married in 2004 in Woody Creek, Colorado, where they maintained a residence.[45][46] Bradley additionally had houses in New York City, and in East Hampton, New York.[47][31]

Bradley was fond of multiple types of music, and particularly preferred jazz.[48][49][50] He served as host of the program Jazz at Lincoln Center on National Public Radio for more than ten years.[51][52][53] Bradley avidly followed the musical group, the Neville Brothers, often performing together with them, and became known as "the fifth Neville brother".[54][55] Jimmy Buffett and Bradley maintained a friendship; Bradley performed onstage together with Buffett under the moniker, "Teddy".[56][57] Bradley drew appreciation from his musical audience when he would perform the 1951 song by Billy Ward and the Dominoes, "Sixty Minute Man".[58][59]

Illness and death[edit]

Bradley recovered from quintuple coronary artery bypass surgery in May 2003.[18][60][38] Bradley suffered from lymphocytic leukemia, which worsened after his heart surgery.[8][61][58] On November 9, 2006, Bradley died at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York City, after a decline from the leukemia.[8][61][58] He had kept his illness private except from close friends and family.[11] The severe illness produced a rapid degradation in Bradley's health, which shocked his colleagues.[23][62] He was 65 years old.[8][61][58] Bradley was outlived by his wife, Patricia Blanchet.[7][63]

Prior to his death, Bradley was ill with an infection for a period of time — and yet continued to work at 60 Minutes.[18][36] 60 Minutes editors gave Bradley input to slow down his work due to his illness.[62] When personal friend Dick Butera exhorted Bradley to reduce his reporting duties due to his illness, Bradley replied, "I want to die with my boots on."[64] In the year prior to his death, Bradley continued prodigious output for 60 Minutes while suffering from his illness, completing over 20 news pieces for the program.[36] Shortly prior to his death in October 2006, he interviewed the three defendants in the Duke lacrosse case for a 60 Minutes investigation.[36] His wife helped wheel Bradley from the hospital to the recording booth to tape his voiceover for what would be his last news segment.[64] While working on the Duke case, Bradley was simultaneously suffering from pneumonia.[18] The piece would posthumously garner Bradley with an Emmy Award and Peabody Award.[65][66]

Bradley had been a season ticket holder to the New York Knicks, and on November 13, 2006, the team honored him with a moment of silence.[67] On 60 Minutes after Bradley's death, his longtime friend Wynton Marsalis closed the show with a solo trumpet performance, and selected Bradley's favorite musical pieces.[68]

Bradley's funeral was held in November 2006 at the Riverside Church on the Upper West Side of New York City.[69][70] Attendees of the memorial service included Paul Simon, Vernon Jordan, Chris Rock, Spike Lee, Katie Couric, Dan Rather, Walter Cronkite, and reverends Al Sharpton and Jesse Jackson.[69][70] Musicians Allen Toussaint and Jimmy Buffett paid tribute to Bradley with a performance of the song, "Do You Know What It Means to Miss New Orleans".[70] Clarinetist Victor Goines and pianist Cyrus Chestnut accompanied Wynton Marsalis in a rendition of "Black and Tan Fantasy" by Duke Ellington.[70] Howard Stringer, chairman and CEO of Sony recounted an early friendship with Bradley during his time as a radio journalist in 1967 with WCBS-AM.[70] Former U.S. President Bill Clinton gave a speech at the ceremony, and said he felt he had arrived at the forefront of American politics when he found out Bradley was requesting an interview.[70] Civil rights activist and journalist Charlayne Hunter-Gault spoke to the audience, and encouraged young reporters to not be satisfied with simply anchoring TV news, and instead engage in the efforts of investigative journalism.[70] Marsalis played the mourners out of the church to a performance of, "When the Saints Go Marching In".[69]

Bradley was honored in April 2007 with a traditional jazz funeral procession at the New Orleans Jazzfest, of which he was an enthusiastic supporter.[19][63][71] A jazz Mass service was held, at St. Augustine Church.[72] New Orleans City Councilman Oliver Thomas read a proclamation declaring that day,"Ed Bradley Day".[72] Arthel Neville served as master of ceremonies, and New Orleans mayor Ray Nagin gave the featured speech at the memorial service.[72] The memorial parade included two brass bands, and went in a loop around the fairgrounds.[73][74][75]

Legacy[edit]

In 1994, Bradley worked with the Radio Television Digital News Association's Foundation (RTDNF) to found the annual "Ed Bradley Scholarsihp".[6][76] RTDNF gives the award each year to recognize journalists early in their career who represent Bradley's legacy in the field.[6][76] Annual awardees receive a US$10,000 prize.[6][8]

Walter Cronkite commented upon Bradley's ability to ask tough questions and yet retain a professional demeanor with his interviewees: "When the interview was over and the subject had taken a pretty heavy lashing, they left as friends. He was that kind of guy."[77] Columnist Clarence Page wrote: "Even before the doors of opportunity were fully opened to black Americans, Mr. Bradley challenged the system. He worked hard and prepared himself. He opened himself to the world and dared the world to turn him away. He wanted to be a lot, and he succeeded. Thanks to him, the rest of us know that we can too."[78]

In March 2012, the faculty at the Arthur L. Carter Journalism Institute at New York University selected Ed Bradley to be included among, "100 Outstanding American Journalists in the Last 100 Years."[79]

In November 2015, Bradley's fellow alumnus of Cheyney University, LeRoy McCarthy, took charge of the initiative to dedicate Philadelphia's City Avenue as "Ed Bradley Way".[80][81] McCarthy had graduated from Cheyney University in 1992, and he was inspired by Bradley who was the featured keynote speaker at his commencement ceremonies.[82][83] Located between Presidential Boulevard and Monument Road in Philadelphia, "Ed Bradley Way" was dedicated in a formal ceremony on November 14, 2015, at the radio station WDAS studios, hosted by WDAS 105.3 FM and CBS 3.[81] McCarthy came up with the idea in 2014, and approached the office of Pennsylvania State Senate member Vincent Hughes.[81] Hughes successfully helped get "Ed Bradley Way" passed through Pennsylvania state legislation.[81] Bradley's widow Patricia Blanchet gave the closing remarks at the dedication ceremony, and said the sign for "Ed Bradley Way" symbolized his home.[81]

On June 16, 2018, a mural honoring Bradley was dedicated in Philadelphia, where he spent his early professional years.[84][85] The mural was designed by artist Ernel Martinez.[85][86] The mural took two years of planning in the making, and is located in West Philadelphia at Wyalusing Avenue and Belmont — at 949 Belmont Ave.[85][86] LeRoy McCarthy led the effort to get the mural completed.[80] Patricia Blanchet helped organize the initiative.[85] Funding was provided by the Ed Bradley Family Foundation, along with the CBS Corporation, with help from Bradley's former school Cheyney University as well as the Philadelphia Association of Black Journalists.[85] The project received input from 100 local students; 50 of whom traveled to CBS studios in New York to learn more about Bradley's journalism career.[86] The dedication ceremony included attendees 60 Minutes reporter Steve Kroft, Philadelphia news anchor Ukee Washington, and journalist Charlayne Hunter-Gault.[80]

In September 2021, Bradley was honored in Philadelphia with a historical marker, at West Fairmount Park at Edgley Street and Belmont Avenue.[87][82][88] The location was selected as it was nearby the WDAS radio station offices where Bradley got his start in the news business.[87][82][88] A fresh grove of nine redbud and whitebud trees were planted in the park at the same time as the commemorative plaque's dedication, to recognize Bradley's love of nature and the outdoors.[87][82] LeRoy McCarthy, the same local Philadelphia resident and Cheyney University alumnus who had organized "Ed Bradley Way" in 2015 and the memorial mural of Bradley in 2018, spearheaded the installment and dedication of the historical marker honoring Bradley.[87][82][83] Patricia Blanchet attended the dedication ceremony, along with Pennsylvania State Senator Vincent Hughes, Mayor of Philadelphia Jim Kenney, Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission chair Nancy Moses, television host Arthel Neville, and President of Cheyney University Aaron A. Walton.[82][83]

Awards and honors[edit]

Selected awards and honors received by Bradley include:

Year Recognized work Award / honor Organization Result Ref.
1979 Reporting on CBS News Sunday Morning and CBS Evening News with Walter Cronkite, news coverage of conflict in Vietnam and Cambodia, and Cambodian refugees George Polk Award for Foreign Television Long Island University Won [16][89][4]
Magazine program on CBS News, coverage of Cambodian conflict Alfred I. duPont–Columbia University Award Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism Won [4]
CBS Reports documentary, "The Boat People" Overseas Press Club Award Overseas Press Club Won [4]
Commendation International Festival of the British Academy of Film and Television Arts Won [16]
Emmy Award Academy of Television Arts & Sciences Won [16]
Alfred I. duPont–Columbia University Award Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism Won [16][4]
Edward R. Murrow Award Overseas Press Club Won [16]
CBS Reports, "Blacks in America: With All Deliberate Speed" Emmy Award Academy of Television Arts & Sciences Won [16][4]
Alfred I. duPont–Columbia University Award Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism Won [16][4]
CBS Reports, "The Boston Goes to China" Emmy Award Academy of Television Arts & Sciences Won [4]
Peabody Award National Association of Broadcasters Won [4]
Ohio State Award Ohio State University Broadcasting Commission Won [4]
1983 60 Minutes report, "Lena", about Lena Horne Emmy Award Academy of Television Arts & Sciences Won [4][16][90]
60 Minutes report, "In the Belly of the Beast" Emmy Award Academy of Television Arts & Sciences Won [4][16][90]
1985 60 Minutes report, "Schizophrenia" Emmy Award Academy of Television Arts & Sciences Won [16]
1987 60 Minutes report, "Michele" Emmy Award Academy of Television Arts & Sciences Won [90]
1991 60 Minutes, "Made in China" Emmy Award Academy of Television Arts & Sciences Won [4]
Alfred I. duPont–Columbia University Award Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism Won [4]
1993 60 Minutes, "Caitlin's Story" Emmy Award Academy of Television Arts & Sciences Won [4]
Street Stories, "Withholding Information" Emmy Award Academy of Television Arts & Sciences Nominated [91]
1994 60 Minutes, "Semipalatinsk", on impact of nuclear testing in Semipalatinsk Test Site, Kazakhstan Alfred I. duPont–Columbia University Award Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism Won [4][89]
60 Minutes, Investigation into U.S. and Russian army facilities Overseas Press Club Award Overseas Press Club Won [4]
1995 CBS Reports: In the Killing Fields of America Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Awards Grand Prize Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights Won [4][17][5]
60 Minutes, "Semipalatinsk" Emmy Award Academy of Television Arts & Sciences Won [4]
1997 60 Minutes, "Big Man, Big Voice" Peabody Award National Association of Broadcasters Won [4]
CBS Reports, "Enter the Jury Room" Alfred I. duPont–Columbia University Award Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism Won [4]
Body of journalism work Black History Maker Award Associated Black Charities, New York Won [92]
1998 Ed Bradley on Assignment, "Town Under Siege" Emmy Award Academy of Television Arts & Sciences Nominated [93]
2000 60 Minutes II African AIDS report, "Death by Denial" Peabody Award National Association of Broadcasters Won [4][7][5][94]
Noteworthy work in field of electronic reporting Paul White Award Radio and Television Digital News Association Won [4][7][95][5]
2001 60 Minutes report, "Timothy McVeigh" Emmy Award Academy of Television Arts & Sciences Won [90][4]
60 Minutes II, "Death by Denial" Emmy Award Academy of Television Arts & Sciences Nominated [96]
60 Minutes II, "Ten Extraordinary Women" Emmy Award Academy of Television Arts & Sciences Nominated [96]
2002 60 Minutes, "An American Town" Emmy Award Academy of Television Arts & Sciences Nominated [97]
60 Minutes II, "Columbine" Emmy Award Academy of Television Arts & Sciences Nominated [97]
2003 Lifetime Achievement Award Emmy Award Academy of Television Arts & Sciences Won [4]
60 Minutes, "Unhealthy Diagnosis", reports on unnecessary heart surgeries by a hospital corporation Emmy Award Academy of Television Arts & Sciences Won [98]
60 Minutes II, "A New Lease on Life", reports on those suffering from brain cancer Emmy Award Academy of Television Arts & Sciences Won [4]
60 Minutes II, "The Catholic Church on Trial", report on Catholic Church sexual abuse cases Emmy Award Academy of Television Arts & Sciences Won [4][99]
Body of journalism work Damon Runyon Award for Career Journalistic Excellence Denver Press Club Won [2][100]
2004 60 Minutes, "Alice Coles of Bayview" Emmy Award Academy of Television Arts & Sciences Nominated [101][102]
2005 Body of work, being one of the first African Americans to break into network television news Lifetime Achievement Award National Association of Black Journalists Won [7][8][58]
60 Minutes, "The Murder of Emmett Till" Emmy Award Academy of Television Arts & Sciences Won [39][103][24]
Body of journalism work Leonard Zeidenberg First Amendment Award Radio Television Digital News Association Won [104][105]
2006 60 Minutes, "First Man" Emmy Award Academy of Television Arts & Sciences Won [106][107]
Body of journalism work Lew Klein Excellence in the Media Award Klein College of Media and Communication Won [2][100]
2007 60 Minutes, "The Duke Rape case" Peabody Award National Association of Broadcasters Won [65][108]
Emmy Award Academy of Television Arts & Sciences Won [109][66]
60 Minutes, "Hunting the Homeless" Emmy Award Academy of Television Arts & Sciences Nominated [110]
Body of work over journalism career Broadcast Pioneers Hall of Fame Broadcast Pioneers of Philadelphia Inducted [111]
2017 48 Hours, ""Muhammad Ali: Remembering a Legend" Emmy Award Academy of Television Arts & Sciences Nominated [112][113]

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