The Sunday evening CBS Television Network news magazine that was created in 1968 by Don Hewitt and first hosted by Mike Wallace and Harry Reasoner is being presented with the Library of American Broadcasting Foundation (LABF)’s second annual Insight Award.
Venerated television news magazine “60 Minutes” will be honored at a 2023 NAB Show session scheduled for the trade association’s Welcome Session on April 17, from 9am-10:30am Pacific.
The award recognizes the iconic program’s 55-year history of excellence in broadcast journalism.
The Insight Award recognizes an individual or organization for an outstanding artistic or journalistic work or body of work that enhances the public’s understanding of the role, operation, history or impact of media in our society. Actor, director and educator LeVar Burton was the inaugural recipient of the award during the 2022 NAB Show.
Over the years, “60 Minutes” has elevated a pantheon of broadcast journalists into household names, including Morley Safer, Lesley Stahl, Ed Bradley, Diane Sawyer, Steve Kroft, Christiane Amanpour, Scott Pelley, Bill Whitaker and Anderson Cooper.
“60 Minutes” is the recipient of more Emmy Awards than any other primetime program and was honored with a special Lifetime Achievement Emmy. The program has also been awarded almost every broadcast journalism honor, including 25 Peabody awards for excellence in television broadcasting.
Bill Owens, Executive Producer of “60 Minutes,” will accept the award at NAB Show on behalf of the program. Owens was named executive producer in February 2019 after previously serving as executive director and a senior producer of the program for 12 years.
“‘60 Minutes’ has set the standard for broadcast journalism during its historic run, enriching the lives of generations of Americans with its coverage of the events, people and stories that shape our lives,” said LABF Co-chairs Jack Goodman, former NAB general counsel and longtime DC-based Communications attorney and Heidi Raphael, Beasley Media Group’s Chief Communications Officer. “The Library of American Broadcasting Foundation is thrilled to honor ‘60 Minutes’ with the Insight Award in recognition of its seminal place in television history, trailblazing legacy of prestigious journalism and outstanding contributions to our society.”
