Awards & Winners

Soledad O'Brien

Date of Birth 19-September-1966
Place of Birth St. James
(Suffolk County, New York)
Nationality United States of America
Also know as Maria de la Soledad Teresa O'Brien
Profession Journalist, Actor, Television Producer
María de la Soledad Teresa O'Brien is an American broadcast journalist, executive producer, and philanthropist. She is the chairman of Starfish Media Group, a 360-media production company and distributor. O'Brien continues to be a television anchor and correspondent and lists CNN, HBO and their sports news program Real Sports and the Al Jazeera America news program America Tonight, among a growing list of networks she is working with through her Starfish Media Group. She also serves as executive producer and moderator of the National Geography Bee, replacing Alex Trebek who moderated for 25+ years. In addition to her production and journalism pedigree, O’Brien was recently named a Distinguished Visiting Fellow by Harvard Graduate School of Education and was appointed to the board of directors for the Foundation for The National Archives in Washington, DC. She also chairs the Board of The After School Corp. She was the anchor of CNN's morning news program Starting Point, which premiered on January 2, 2012, until it was announced on February 21, 2013, that she would end that post to start the Starfish Media Group production company. Along with Early Start, Starting Point replaced American Morning, which aired from 2001 to 2011. O'Brien co-anchored American Morning from July 2003 to April 2007, with Miles O'Brien.

Awards by Soledad O'Brien

Check all the awards nominated and won by Soledad O'Brien.

2013


News & Documentary Emmy Award for Outstanding News Discussion and Analysis
Honored for : Anderson Cooper 360°
(Kids on Race: The Hidden Picture)

Nominations 2013 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
News & Documentary Emmy Award for Outstanding News Discussion and Analysis Anderson Cooper 360°
Kids on Race: The Hidden Picture

2002


Nominations 2002 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
ALMA Award for Outstanding Host in a National Information Program Weekend Today
For the weekend edition.

2000


Nominations 2000 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
ALMA Award for Outstanding Host in a National Information Program The Today Show
Outstanding Correspondent or Anchor of National News Program

1999


Nominations 1999 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
ALMA Award for Outstanding Host in a National Information Program MSNBC Morning Blend