Best television interpretation or documentary on foreign affairs
AWARD YEAR: 1989
AWARD NAME: The Edward R. Murrow Award 1989
RECIPIENT: Ted Koppel
AFFILIATION: ABC News
HONORED WORK: “Tragedy at Tiananmen — The Untold Story”
For the second consecutive year, Ted Koppel of ABC News was singled out, this time for “Tragedy at Tiananmen — The Untold Story.” This program was produced and aired within a few weeks of the end of the student uprising, covering not only the drama but the far-reaching implications for China and the world.
Citation for Excellence:
ABC News’s “Prime Time Live”
Series on the Peruvian drug trade and the “Secrets of the Secret Police” in Czechoslovakia