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Diane Sawyer Biography

Birth Name:Lila Diana Sawyer

Birth Place:Glasgow, Kentucky, United States

Profession Writer, Producer

Fast Facts

Received a Robert F․ Kennedy award for her accomplishments in journalism
Recipient of two Peabody Awards for public service
Is a member of the Television Academy of Fame
Supports several charities, including Entertainment Industry Foundation and Stand Up to Cancer
For her reporting on the murder of Matthew Shepard, she received a GLAAD Excellence in Media Award in 2003
Married to acclaimed director Mike Nichols, whose credits include 'Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?" and "The Graduate․"
Began her broadcasting career in 1967 as a reporter in her hometown for WLKY-TV until 1970
Attended the University of Louisville with the intention of studying law, but turned to journalism and began her broadcasting career as a weather forecaster on Louisville's WLKY-TV news
Actually helped Richard Nixon put his memoirs together after he resigned as President of the United States
Began working as an aid for President Richard Nixon in 1970 until his forced resignation in 1974

Awards

2000Emmy-Outstanding Background/Analysis of a Single Current Story - Segments: nominated
2002Emmy-Outstanding Interview: winner
2003Emmy-Outstanding Interview: nominated
2003Emmy-Outstanding Feature Story in a News Magazine: nominated
2004Emmy-Outstanding Interview: nominated
2005Emmy-Outstanding Interview: nominated
2007Daytime Emmy-Excellence in Morning Programming: winner
2007Emmy-Outstanding Feature Story in a News Magazine: nominated
2007Emmy-Outstanding Continuing Coverage of a News Story in a News Magazine: nominated
2008Emmy-Best Report in a News Magazine: nominated
2008Emmy-Outstanding Feature Story in a News Magazine: winner
2010Emmy-Outstanding Coverage of a Breaking News Story in a Regularly Scheduled Newscast: nominated
2010Emmy-Best Report in a News Magazine: nominated
2012Emmy-Outstanding Continuing Coverage of a News Story in a Regularly Scheduled Newscast: winner
2012Emmy-Outstanding Coverage of a Breaking News Story in a Regularly Scheduled Newscast: nominated
2012Emmy-Outstanding Feature Story in a Regularly Scheduled Newscast: nominated
2012Emmy-Outstanding Coverage of a Breaking News Story in a Regularly Scheduled Newscast: winner
2012Emmy-Outstanding Interview: nominated
2012Emmy-Outstanding Business and Economic Reporting in a Regularly Scheduled Newscast: nominated
2012Emmy-Outstanding Feature Story in a News Magazine: nominated
2013Emmy-Outstanding Coverage of a Breaking News Story in a Regularly Scheduled Newscast: nominated
2014Emmy-Outstanding Interview: nominated
2014Emmy-Best Report in a News Magazine: nominated
2014Emmy-Outstanding Individual Achievement in a Craft: Writing: nominated
2014Emmy-Outstanding Feature Story in a News Magazine: nominated
2015WGA Award (TV)-News - Regularly Scheduled, Bulletin or Breaking Report: winner
2016Emmy-Outstanding Interview: nominated
2018Emmy-Outstanding Feature Story in a News Magazine: nominated
2022Emmy-Outstanding Edited Interview: winner