O’Brien To Receive LABF Insight Award
• The Library of American Broadcasting Foundation (LABF) announced that Emmy Award-winning broadcaster, author and philanthropist Soledad O’Brien as the third annual Insight Award recipient, which 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. Previous recipients include LeVar Burton and CBS News’ 60 Minutes. O’Brien will be honored during the NAB Show Welcome in Las Vegas on April 15 at 9:30am PT.
O’Brien, a 2023 inductee into the Broadcasting and Cable Hall of Fame, currently hosts Matter of Fact with Soledad O’Brien, produced by Hearst Media Production Group. She also hosted a top-rated iHeart podcast, Who Killed JFK, with Rob Reiner. O’Brien has previously anchored shows and specials on CNN, MSNBC, National Geographic, BET, ABC and CBS, has reported for PBS NewsHour and HBO Real Sports, and co-anchored NBC’s Weekend Today.
O’Brien is also acclaimed for her work producing award-winning documentaries, including The End of Affirmative Action, the Peabody-Award winning documentary, The Rebellious Life of Rosa Parks, and the multi-part series Black and Missing. In 2011 O’Brien founded the PowHerful Foundation, which helps young women get into, and through, college, and holds regional mentoring conferences.
“Soledad O’Brien is an outstanding journalist and documentarian whose award-winning work represents the best of broadcasting,” said LABF Co-Chairs Jack Goodman, former NAB general counsel and longtime DC-based communications attorney, and Heidi Raphael, Beasley Chief Communications Officer. “We are excited to honor Soledad with the Library of American Broadcasting’s Insight Award at NAB Show. This honor is well-deserved, and we look forward to celebrating her incredible work.”
