Best TV spot news reporting from abroad
Award Year: 1995
Award Name: The David Kaplan Award 1995
Recipients: Dan Mogulof, Gaby Silon, Neville Harris, Bob Simon
Affiliation: CBS News
Honored Work: “The Assassination of Yitzhak Rabin”
Simon’s coverage could have been performed only by an experienced correspondent who has been a long-time observer of the Israeli scene. It offered depth on the historical and political background to the crime and its likely effect; looked at the issues involved across generations; and was produced in a way that held the viewer’s interest. CBS viewers got reporting that went far beyond the kind of international coverage that results when correspondents are parachuted into situations that they don’t know well.
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