Biography
Thomas John Brokaw is an American television journalist and author. He was the anchor and managing editor of NBC Nightly News for twenty two years (1982–2004). Brokaw is the only person to have hosted all three major NBC News programs: The Today Show, NBC Nightly News, and, briefly, Meet the Press. He now serves as a special correspondent for NBC News and works on documentaries for other outlets
Awards & recognition
- Presidential Medal of Freedom · 2014
- Weintal Prize — Diplomatic Reporting · 2013
- Freedom Award · 2011
- Edward R. Murrow Lifetime Achievement Award · 2006
- Walter Cronkite Award — Excellence in Journalism · 2006
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- Four Freedoms Award – Freedom of Speech
- honorary doctor of the Hofstra University
- Horatio Alger Award
- Legion of Honour
- The Nichols-Chancellor's Medal
- White House Fellows
Filmography48 titles
Vertical Frontier
Joe Montana: Cool Under Pressure
America: The Story of the US
America: The Story of Us
Run for Your Life
Jackie Robinson
Cola Wars
LA 92
The Newspaperman: The Life and Times of Ben Bradlee
Explained
RBG
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Pretty Baby: Brooke Shields
Fantastic Machine
Eat That Question: Frank Zappa in His Own Words
Joan Didion: The Center Will Not Hold
American Masters
Bill Russell: Legend
Challenger: The Final Flight
Breslin and Hamill: Deadline Artists
The Mayo Clinic
Hamilton: Building America
Outfoxed: Rupert Murdoch's War on Journalism
Black Art: In the Absence of Light
The Nineties
Vito
The Colbert Report
Common Threads: Stories from the Quilt
We Are Columbine
Journeys with George
60 Minutes
Mike Wallace Is Here
Alan Pakula: Going for Truth
Untold: Caitlyn Jenner
The Daily Show
The 2000s
Endangered
The White House Effect
Oscar Arias: Without a Shot Fired
The Front Runner
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
The View
Buccaneers & Bones
Biden's Decision
Hey, Boo: Harper Lee & To Kill a Mockingbird
Fiasco