Eric Burns

As a correspondent for NBC News, Eric Burns was chosen as one of the best writers in the history of broadcast journalism. He joined such illustrious company as Edward R. Murrow, Charles Kuralt, David Brinkley, Walter Cronkite, and others. He also won an Emmy for television news commentary in 1988. Later in his television career, Burns was an essayist for the MacNeil/Lehrer NewsHour, and a commentator for Entertainment Tonight. Most recently, he hosted Fox News Watch. His previous books have won a plethora of awards. With the Emmy, the Welty honor, and his accolades as an author, Burns is one of few people ever to have earned major awards in three distinctly different genres of writing.