BEST NEWS COMMENTARY - 1958
- Nominee
- David Brinkley
- News
- NBC
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David Brinkley
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David Brinkley
Date of Birth:
July 10, 1920
Date of Passing:
June 11, 2003
Birthplace:
Wilmington, North Carolina
David Brinkley was an American newscaster for NBC and ABC in a career lasting from 1943 to 1997.
From 1956 through 1970, he co-anchored NBC's top-rated nightly news program, The Huntley–Brinkley Report, with Chet Huntley and thereafter appeared as co-anchor or commentator on its successor, NBC Nightly News, through the 1970s.
In the 1980s and 1990s, Brinkley was host of the popular This Week with David Brinkley program and a top commentator on election-night coverage for ABC News.
David Brinkley was an American newscaster for NBC and ABC in a career lasting from 1943 to 1997.
From 1956 through 1970, he co-anchored NBC's top-rated nightly news program, The Huntley–Brinkley Report, with Chet Huntley and thereafter appeared as co-anchor or commentator on its successor, NBC Nightly News, through the 1970s.
In the 1980s and 1990s, Brinkley was host of the popular This Week with David Brinkley program and a top commentator on election-night coverage for ABC News.
Over the course of his career, Brinkley received ten Emmy Awards, three George Foster Peabody Awards, and the Presidential Medal of Freedom.
He wrote three books, including the critically acclaimed 1988 bestseller Washington Goes to War, about how World War II transformed the nation's capital.
David Brinkley was inducted into the Television Academy Hall of Fame with his broadcast partner Chet Huntley in 1988.
Awards & Nominations
1 Nomination
| 1 Honor
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