About Tom Brokaw
Tom Brokaw, former anchor and managing editor of the "NBC Nightly News," will accept an Edward R. Murrow Award for Lifetime Achievement in Broadcasting from Washington State University April 18. The award presentation followed by Brokaw's acceptance speech will take place at 7:30 p.m. in the Beasley Performing Arts Coliseum on the Pullman campus. The event is free and open to the public.
Brokaw, a political science graduate from the University of South Dakota, began his journalism career in Omaha, Neb., and Atlanta before joining NBC News in 1966. He was the White House correspondent for NBC News during Watergate, and from 1976 to 1981 he anchored "Today" on NBC. He was the sole anchor and managing editor of "NBC Nightly News with Tom Brokaw" from 1983 until stepping down from the anchor desk in 2004.
During his distinguished career, Brokaw has won every major award in broadcast journalism, including two DuPont awards, a Peabody Award, and several Emmys. He continues to do projects for NBC and splits his time between New York and Montana. He is the author of three bestsellers: The Greatest Generation, The Greatest Generation Speaks, and An Album of Memories.
Named for WSU's most illustrious graduate, the Edward R. Murrow Symposium is sponsored by the Edward R. Murrow School of Communication and acknowledges exceptional achievement in communication. Murrow graduated from Washington State College, now Washington State University, with a degree in speech in 1930.
Tom Brokaw was awarded the 2006 Edward R. Murrow Award for Lifetime Achievement in Broadcasting.