Best TV spot news reporting from abroad
AWARD YEAR: 1998
AWARD NAME: The David Kaplan Award 1998
RECIPIENT: The CNN Team
AFFILIATION: CNN
HONORED WORK: “Strikes Against Iraq and the Impeachment Hearings”
This was a crowning achievement for a news organization. CNN offered just the right mix of commentary from seasoned correspondents and on-the-scene reporting during four days of U.S. bombing of Iraq and the impeachment proceedings in Washington. With major stories on two fronts, CNN covered every conceivable element of those remarkable events. The list of contributors consisted of 11 single-column pages.
Citations for Excellence:
John Miller, Sheila MacVicar, John McWethy
ABC World News Tonight with Peter Jennings
“Embassy Bombings”
Allen Pizzey, Jos Mason, Massimo Mariani, Massimo Casseriani
CBS News
“Kosovo”