Peter Jennings

Profession

Writer, Producer, Editor

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News News: Emmy Wins and Ratings Winners

CBS, fueled by a trio of wins for 60 Minutes, and PBS led the pack at Monday night's News & Documentary Emmy Awards, taking home five statues each. Also of note: ABC's Iraq: Where Things Stand series, hosted by Peter Jennings just 71 days before he revealed that he had lung cancer, was honored with a pair of Emmys.... This weekend, Fox News Sunday enjoyed its highest ratings since the December 2003 capture of Saddam Hussein, thanks to the tense face-off between Chris Wallace and former president Clinton.... NBC Nightly News reclaimed its No. 1 title last week, ending Katie Couric's two-week streak.

Tue, Sep 26, 2006

PETER JENNINGS AN INSTITUTION. LITERALLY.

The National Constitution Center of Philadelphia has earmarked part of a $6.4 million grant to establish a journalism institute named after Peter Jennings. His widow, Kayce Freed Jennings, says in a statement that the late ABC News veteran had an "increasing admiration for the Constitution and a fascination with the men who created it" — and even carried a frayed copy of it in his back pocket.

Fri, Feb 24, 2006

A WAY TO BE REMEMBERED

The block of West 66th Street sandwiched between Columbus Avenue and Central Park was renamed Peter Jennings Way on Tuesday, in honor of the longtime World News Tonight anchor, who died of lung cancer in August. Jennings not only worked in the neighborhood during his ABC News career, he also lived nearby.

Wed, Feb 22, 2006

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