In June 1999, he was named an inductee into the Broadcasting & Cable Hall of Fame for having made “signal contributions to those media and industries.” In February 2001, the Anti-Defamation League bestowed upon him its Hubert H. In September 1997, he was the inaugural recipient of the Congressional Medal of Honor Society’s Tex McCrary Award for Journalism, which honors the distinguished achievements of those in the field of journalism. In April 1997, he was inducted into the Chicago Journalists Hall of Fame. One month later, he and his co-anchor JUDY WOODRUFF garnered the 1996 ACE for Best Newscaster of the Year for Inside Politics. In October 1996, Shaw received the 1996 Paul White Life Achievement Award from the Radio-Television News Directors’ Association-one of the industry’s most distinguished awards. In June 1995, he was inducted into the SPJ Hall of Fame. He has been elected a Fellow of the Society of Professional Journalists (SPJ)-the highest distinction the Society gives to journalists for public service. Shaw’s reporting/anchoring has taken him to 46 countries spanning five continents. Murrow Award for Best TV Interpretation or Documentary on Foreign Affairs by the Overseas Press Club of America for CNN Presents. In April 1997, Shaw and the CNN team were presented the 1996 Edward R. history, Shaw received the 1996 National Association of Television Arts and Sciences’ News and Documentary Emmy Award for Instant Coverage of a Single Breaking News Story. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City, OK-the second-worst act of terrorism in U.S. The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) presented him its 1991 Chairman’s Award for Outstanding Journalistic Excellence in January 1992.Īs part of CNN’s team covering the 1995 bombing of the Alfred P. Shaw personally received the ACE for Best Newscaster of the Year. In December, Shaw was the recipient of the coveted 1991 David Brinkley Award for Excellence in Communication from Barry University (Miami, FL).Īs part of CNN’s team to cover the outbreak of the Gulf War, Shaw also received the 1990 George Foster Peabody Broadcasting Award for distinguished service and the 1991 Golden Award for Cable Excellence (ACE)-the cable industry’s most prestigious award-from the National Academy of Cable Programming. Later that year-in October-the Italian government honored him with its President’s Award, presented to those leaders who have actively contributed to development, innovation, and cooperation. In July 1991, he received the Eduard Rhein Foundation’s Cultural Journalistic Award, marking the first time that the Foundation presented this award to a non-German. On January 16, 1991, Shaw was one of three CNN reporters who captivated a worldwide audience of more than one billion with continuous coverage of the first night of the Allied Forces’ bombing of Baghdad during “Operation Desert Storm.” Shaw was in the Iraqi capital to update his exclusive interview with President Saddam Hussein conducted in October 1990.Īs a result of that unprecedented coverage, Shaw received numerous international as well as national awards and honors. Shaw is stepping back to write books, including his autobiography to tend to his garden and, as he puts it, to “give back to my wifely friend LINDA, her husband, and to our adult daughter and son, their father.” His so doing brings to an end nearly four decades of an illustrious broadcast career. On February 28, 2001, Bernard Shaw stepped back from his daily routine as Cable News Network’s (CNN’s) Principal Anchor, ending his co-anchoring duties on Inside Politics-the nation’s only daily program devoted exclusively to political news, airing weekdays at 5:00PM (ET)-with Judy Woodruff. CNN Anchor Emeritus, 2009 Cable Hall of Fame
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |
AuthorWrite something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview. ArchivesCategories |