Sharyl Attkisson is an Emmy award winning investigative journalist, host of the Sunday morning news program “Full Measure,” who tries to give you information others don’t want you to have. She says: “ What you do with it (the information) is your own business. Do your own research. Seek advice from those you trust. Make up your own mind”
Sharyl is the author of the New York Time’s Bestseller, “Stonewalled: My Fight For the Truth Against the Forces of Obstruction, Intimidation and Harassment in Obama’s Washington” From the back of the book cover -…”Sharyl Attkisson fought tirelessly to uncover wrongdoing by those in power, whether major corporations, government officials, or presidential administrations of both parties. But when she started looking into stories involving the Obama administration’s mistakes and misjudgments in a series of high-profile cases—stories few in mainstream journalism would touch—she was confronted with the administration’s use of hardball tactics to discourage, block, and actively suppress her investigative work.”
Attkisson is an Emmy award winning investigative journalist, host of the Sunday morning news program “Full Measure,” and author of the New York Times bestseller: “Stonewalled.”
For twenty years (through March 2014), Attkisson was a correspondent for CBS News. In 2013, she received an Emmy Award for Outstanding Investigative Journalism for her reporting on “The Business of Congress,” which included an undercover investigation into fundraising by Republican freshmen. She also received Emmy nominations in 2013 for Benghazi: Dying for Security and Green Energy Going Red. Additionally, Attkisson received a 2013 Daytime Emmy Award as part of the CBS Sunday Morning team’s entry for Outstanding Morning Program for her report: “Washington Lobbying: K-Street Behind Closed Doors.”
In September 2012, Attkisson also received an Emmy for Outstanding Investigative Journalism for the “Gunwalker: Fast and Furious” story. She received the RTNDA Edward R. Murrow Award for Excellence in Investigative Reporting for the same story. Attkisson received an Investigative Emmy Award in 2009 for her exclusive investigations into TARP and the bank bailout. She received an Investigative Emmy Award in 2002 for her series of exclusive reports about mismanagement at the Red Cross.
Attkisson is one of the few journalists to have flown in a B-52 on a combat mission (over Kosovo) and in an F-15 fighter jet Combat Air Patrol flight.
From 1996-2001, in addition to her CBS News duties, Attkisson also hosted a news magazine called HealthWeek on PBS.
Prior to joining CBS News, Attkisson was an anchor and correspondent for CNN (1990-1993) where she anchored coverage of many major stories including the Persian Gulf War.
Before that, Attkisson was an anchor and reporter at WTVT in Tampa, WBNS-TV in Columbus, Ohio and WTVX-TV Ft. Pierce/West Palm Beach. She began her broadcast journalism career in 1982 as a reporter at WUFT-TV, the PBS station at the University of Florida. In 1997, Attkisson received the University’s Alumae of Outstanding Achievement Award honoring 47 women who have attended the Universitiy since its opening. She served on the University’s Journalism College Advisory Board (1993-1997) and was chairman in 1996.
Attkisson co-authored Writing Right for Broadcast and Internet News, a college textbook.
Awards List:
2013
Investigative Emmy Award for “Investigating Congress.”
Investigative Emmy Award nomination for “Benghazi: Dying for Security.”
Emmy Award nomination for “Green Energy Going Red.”
Daytime Emmy Award as part of CBS Sunday Morning team Outstanding Morning Program for “Washington Lobbying: K-Street Behind Closed Doors.”
Finalist, Gerald Loeb Business Awards for “The Business of Congress”
2012
Emmy Award for Outstanding Investigative Journalism for “Gunwalker: Fast and Furious.”
RTNDA Edward R. Murrow Award for Excellence in Investigative Reporting for “Gunwalker: Fast and Furious.”
2011
Emmy Award Nomination for Investigations of Congress: “Follow the Money.”
Emmy Award Nomination for Investigating Aid to Haiti earthquake victims.
2010
Emmy Award for Outstanding Investigative Reporting of a Business News Story for series on the Bush Administration’s Bait-and-Switch on TARP and the Bank Bailout.
Investigative Reporter and Editors Finalist Award for “Investigating TARP.”
Loeb finalist for Television Breaking News for “Follow the Money: Bailout Investigation.”
2009
Emmy Award Nomination for “Follow the Money.”
2008
RTNDA-Edward R. Murrow Award for Overall Excellence (CBS team award)
2005
RTNDA-Edward R. Murrow Award for Overall Excellence (CBS team award)
2003
Emmy Award Nomination for Investigating Dangers of certain prescription drugs and vaccines; and conflicts of interest in medical industry.
2002
Emmy Award for Outstanding Investigative Journalism for series on mismanagement at the Red Cross: “Red Cross Under Fire.”
2001
Emmy Award Nomination for “Firestone Tire Fiasco.”
Civil Justice Foundation Special Commendation for Firestone Tire coverage.
2000
Investigative Reporter and Editors Finalist Award for series on the dangers of certain prescription drugs and vaccines.
Attkisson received several other awards for her reporting and producing, including a New York Black Journalists Association public service award, a Mature Media National Award, a Florida Emmy Award, a Sigma Delta Chi Award and a Florida Communicator’s Award.
