Bob Abernethy
Birth Name:
Bob Abernethy
Birth Place:
United States
Profession
Writer, Producer
Fast Facts
- Won a special Wilbur Award from the Religion Communicators Council in 2010 for his "dedication to religion coverage and efforts to bring faith news to public television
- Won the Distinction in Ministry Award from the Yale Divinity School Alumni Association in 2003
- Earned his Bachelor's and Master's degrees from Princeton University's School of Public and International Affairs and studied Theology and Social Ethics at the Yale Divinity School in 1984
- Has received honorary doctorates from Knox College, San Diego University, and Westminster College
- Best known as a former NBC News correspondent and as the host of "Religion & Ethics Newsweekly․"
- As an NBC correspondent, he covered several prominent news events, including the end of the Cold War and the collapse of communism and the Soviet Union
- He created and developed "Religion & Ethics Newsweekly" for PBS in 1997 and serves as the show's host and executive editor
- He co-edited a collection of excerpts from "Religion & Ethics Newsweekly" interviewees called "The Life of Meaning" with William Bole in 2007