Nationality United States Name Dana Wolfe | Role Journalist | |
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Occupation Executive Producer Intelligence Squared U.S. Debates Website Intelligence Squared U.S. Foundation webpage Education New York University, York University Nominations News & Documentary Emmy Award for Outstanding Coverage of a Breaking News Story - Programs Similar People Ted Koppel, Leroy Sievers, Sara Just, Madhulika Sikka, Tom Bettag | ||
S. Dana Wolfe is a five-time Emmy-award winning Canadian-born American journalist, television and debate producer.
Contents
- Journalism career
- Emmy Awards
- Dupont Award
- Intelligence Squared US Debates and Public Policy
- Personal life
- References
A graduate of York University in Toronto, Ontario, Canada and New York University, she earned her master's degree in International Studies from NYU in 1987.
Journalism career
A Canadian native, Wolfe began her television career in Toronto at CTV’s Canada AM. She worked as a researcher for Ambassador Benjamin Netenyahu during his time as Israel's ambassador to the United Nations before becoming Assistant Managing Editor at the Washington D.C. based foreign policy journal The National Interest.
Wolfe holds five Emmy Awards earned over a decade as a producer for Ted Koppel’s Nightline on ABC News. Over the course of her career, Wolfe conducted interviews with leading newsmakers, heads of state, and celebrities, including Salman Rushdie, Henry Kissinger, Madeleine Albright, Yasser & Suha Arafat, and Yitzhak Rabin. After her Nightline tenure, Wolfe became an independent media consultant.
In 2015 she joined the board of Retro Report, an innovative documentary news organization, organized under the umbrella of Mirror/Mirror Productions, Inc., a New York not-for-profit corporation. http://www.retroreport.org/about/board-of-directors
Emmy Awards
1994 National News & Documentary Emmy Award Honors, Outstanding instant coverage of a single breaking news story “The End of the Search for O.J. Simpson” Nightline
1995 News and documentary Emmy Award, Outstanding instant coverage of a single breaking news story, Nightline, "Oklahoma City Bombing: Moment of Crisis"
1995 News & Documentary Emmy Award, Outstanding instant coverage of a single breaking news story Nightline, “Oklahoma City Bombing: Moment of Crisis”
1996 News and documentary Emmy Award, Outstanding general coverage of a single breaking news story (program) Nightline, “Anatomy of the Unabomber Suspect's Arrest”
1998 National News breaking news story Emmy Award Nightline, “Crisis in the White House: The President Visits the Heartland,”
Dupont Award
Alfred I. Dupont – Columbia University Award for excellence in broadcast journalism presented to: ABC News, Nightline Special Programs, The State vs. Simpson: The Verdict; Journey of a country Doctor; Town Meeting: Thou Shall Not Kill, 1995–1996, Dana Wolfe, Producer
Intelligence Squared U.S. Debates and Public Policy
Wolfe became the Executive Producer of the Intelligence Squared U.S. series in January, 2006 at its inception. The first debate was held in September 2006.
IQ2US was announced as the 2015 winner of the Silver Radio Award for Best Public Affairs Program and the Bronze Radio Award for Best Regularly Scheduled Talk Program by New York Festivals.
In 2013, Wolfe and Intelligence Squared U.S. were recognized by the New York Festivals' World's Best Radio award, earning "Best Public Affairs Program" on radio.
They were recognized again in 2014 and 2015 with awards for Best Public Affairs Program and Regularly Scheduled Talk Program.
http://www.newyorkfestivals.com/worldsbestradio/2015/pieces.php?iid=490661&pid=2 Common Core
http://www.newyorkfestivals.com/worldsbestradio/2015/pieces.php?iid=490661&pid=1 Presidential war powers
2014 award
http://www.newyorkfestivals.com/radio/main.php?p=3,1&wp=info&id=416061
Personal life
Wolfe currently lives in Cresskill, NJ with husband Scott Rocco of MSNBC and their two children.