Awards & Winners

David Brinkley

Date of Birth 10-July-1920
Place of Birth Wilmington
(New Hanover County, North Carolina, Cape Fear, Area code 910)
Nationality United States of America
Also know as David McClure Brinkley, David M. Brinkley
Profession Screenwriter, Journalist
David McClure Brinkley was an American newscaster for NBC and ABC in a career lasting from 1943 to 1997. From 1956 through 1970, he co-anchored NBC's top-rated nightly news program, The Huntley–Brinkley Report, with Chet Huntley and thereafter appeared as co-anchor or commentator on its successor, NBC Nightly News, through the 1970s. In the 1980s and 1990s, Brinkley was host of the popular Sunday This Week with David Brinkley program and a top commentator on election-night coverage for ABC News. Over the course of his career, Brinkley received ten Emmy Awards, three George Foster Peabody Awards, and the Presidential Medal of Freedom. He wrote three books, including the critically acclaimed 1988 bestseller Washington Goes to War, about how World War II transformed the nation's capital. This social history was largely based on his own observations as a young reporter in the city.

Awards by David Brinkley

Check all the awards nominated and won by David Brinkley.

1989


Peabody Award
(Personal Award)

1988


TCA Career Achievement Award

Nominations 1988 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
TCA Career Achievement Award

1958


Nominations 1958 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Primetime Emmy Award for Best News Commentary