CPB Congratulates David Fanning on Lifetime Achievement Award

For Immediate Release on October 1, 2013

Washington, D.C. (October 1, 2013) - The Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) is pleased to congratulate FRONTLINE executive producer David Fanning on receiving the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences Lifetime Achievement Award. The award, which will be presented by the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences tonight at the 34th Annual News and Documentary Emmy Awards in New York City, is given in recognition of a distinguished individual who has made a profound and long-term contribution to excellence in television. "In his three decades at the helm of FRONTLINE, David Fanning has produced more than great filmmaking and journalism," said Patricia Harrison, president and CEO of CPB. "His commitment to taking on the important issues of the day, regardless of whose feathers might be ruffled in the process, has led to legal and social change within the United States and abroad. That is a deep achievement. CPB is proud to support the remarkable work of David Fanning and the FRONTLINE filmmakers, and we are particularly grateful for his dedication to public media."

David Fanning has served as FRONTLINE'S executive producer since the first episode aired in 1983. Thirty years later, FRONTLINE has become America’s longest-running investigative documentary series on television, having produced over 530 films. It has been called "the most consistently important weekly hour on television" (The Plain Dealer), winning every major broadcast journalism award.

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