Awards & Winners

Elizabeth Palmer

Profession Journalist
Elizabeth Palmer is a Canadian television journalist who reports for the United States based CBS Evening News channel. Born in London, England, she was raised in Canada. Palmer graduated with honours in 1976 from the University of British Columbia in English linguistics, and in 1979 from the University of Cardiff, Wales, with an Master of Arts in journalism. After working in regional Canadian journalism, Palmer was a business reporter and then science reporter for the Canadian Broadcasting Company in Toronto. Palmer also presented CBC Radio’s Olympic coverage from the 1988 Winter and Summer Olympic Games. In 1994 she was appointed CBC's bureau chief and senior correspondent for Latin American bureau, based in Mexico City. In 1997, she was appointed CBC's bureau chief and senior correspondent in Moscow, reporting in both English and French. She joined CBS as Moscow bureau chief and senior correspondent in 2000, before moving to London in 2003, where she has been based since. Since the September 11 attacks, Palmer's assignments are typically reports from locations in the Middle East for the CBS Evening News.

Awards by Elizabeth Palmer

Check all the awards nominated and won by Elizabeth Palmer.

2014


News & Documentary Emmy Award for Outstanding Coverage of a Breaking News Story in a News Magazine
Honored for : 48 Hours
(Caught)
News & Documentary Emmy Award for Outstanding Interview
Honored for : CBS This Morning
(One-on-One with Assad)

Nominations 2014 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
News & Documentary Emmy Award for Outstanding Interview CBS This Morning
One-on-One with Assad

2013


Nominations 2013 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
News & Documentary Emmy Award for Outstanding Continuing Coverage of a News Story in a Regularly Scheduled Newscast CBS Evening News
Inside Syria
News & Documentary Emmy Award for Outstanding Feature Story in a Regularly Scheduled Newscast CBS News Sunday Morning
Walking on Air

1998


Nominations 1998 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Gemini Award for Best Reportage The National
Russia's Collapse