‘cbs evening news’ among polk winners

‘CBS Evening News’ Among Polk Winners You will be redirected back to your article in seconds Skip to main content February 19, 2013 2:38pm SERVICES TO SHARE THIS PAGE. The 2012 George Polk

Award for Television News Reporting was bestowed today on_ CBS Evening News With Scott Pelley_ for its coverage of Chinese dissident Chen Guangcheng. CBS News correspondent Holly Williams,

who is fluent in Mandarin, reported in May on Chen’s escape to the U.S. Embassy in Beijing following years of being under house arrest after exposing forced abortions in China. Pelley was

credited on the story as anchor and managing editor, Patricia Shevlin was executive producer, Heather Abbott was senior producer, and Marsha Cooke was producer. Winners of the 64th annual

Polk awards, unveiled today in 14 categories by Long Island University to honor special achievement in journalism, include PBS’ _Frontline_ correspondent Martin Smith and producer Michael

Kirk, whose four-part series “Money, Power And Wall Street” won for Documentary Television Reporting. Also a winner was _Mother Jones_ Washington Bureau Chief and MSNBC analyst David Corn,

who secured and unveiled the now-infamous Mitt Romney “47 percent” video that dented the GOP presidential candidate’s chances last year. Comments JavaScript is required to load the comments.

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