Bill Whitaker

Birth Name:

William Whitaker

Birth Place:

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

Awarded an honorary doctorate degree from Hobart and William Smith Colleges in 1997
Attended Berkeley in the late '70s, where he was a student of the school's graduate journalism program
After earning a bachelor's degree from Hobart College in American history, he would go on to study African American studies at Boston University
Following his educational career, he would accept his first on-air position with San Francisco's KQED in 1979
Has done profiles of Barbra Streisand, Normal Lear and Gladys Knight
Was named a "60 Minutes" correspondent in March 2014
Following stints in North Carolina and Georgia, he would join CBS News in 1984
Named CBS News' chief Tokyo correspondent from 1989 until relocating to Los Angeles in 1992
Covered the funeral of Nelson Mandela in South Africa
Reported from Japan after the Fukushima nuclear disaster

2000Emmy - Outstanding Instant Coverage of a News Story - Programs:Nominated
2016Emmy - Outstanding Business and Economic Reporting in a News Magazine:Winner
2017Emmy - Outstanding Investigative Report in a News Magazine:Nominated
2017Emmy - Outstanding Business, Consumer and Economic Report:Nominated
2017Emmy - Best Story in a Newsmagazine:Nominated
2018Emmy - Outstanding Continuing Coverage of a News Story in a News Magazine:Nominated
2018Emmy - Outstanding Investigative Report in a News Magazine:Winner
2018Emmy - Outstanding Investigative Report in a News Magazine:Nominated
2018Emmy - Outstanding Coverage of a Breaking News Story in a News Magazine:Nominated
2018Emmy - Outstanding Science, Medical, and Environmental Report:Nominated
2018Emmy - Best Story in a Newsmagazine:Nominated
2019Emmy - Outstanding Feature Story in a News Magazine:Nominated
2019Emmy - Outstanding Investigative Report in a News Magazine:Nominated
2019Emmy - Outstanding Continuing Coverage of a News Story in a News Magazine:Nominated
2020Silver Gavel Award - Television:Nominated

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