Television NewsVideo Workshop
Faculty
- Darrell Barton
- Bob Brandon
- Bob Dotson
- Ray Farkas
- John Gross
- Charles Hadlock
- Kevin Hartfield
- Steve Hartman
- Jerry Hattan
- Larry Hatteberg
- John Hyjek
- Jeff Imperial
- Scott Jensen
- Cindy Kahland
- Eric Kehe
- John Larson
- Sharon Levy Freed
- Josh Maranhas
- Vince Munyon
- Jason Rhodes
- Les Rose
- Mike Schuh
- Kimberly Shirk
- Tim Underhill
- Greg Vandegrift
- Dave Wertheimer
- Craig White
Bob Dotson
NBC News Correspondent Bob Dotson has a unique approach to the news. He works the neglected corners of our cities, from the small towns to the dirt roads, seeking the extraordinary in ordinary lives.
"I look for the kind of guy who may never run for mayor, or go to the moon, or transplant a heart, but whose story may touch a viewer's heart." Dotson said.
Dotson's base of operation is New York City. His stories have taken him to every state, many times, as well as to Europe and Australia. His special reports are seen on the Today Show and other NBC News programs. He is also the writer and host of Bob Dotson's America, a series of half-hour programs, which airs weekly on The Travel Channel.
During his career, Dotson has received more than 100 awards, including an Edward R. Murrow Award from the Radio and Television News Directors Association for "Best Network News Writing" in 1999, three national Emmys (and seven nominations), the top journalism awards from both DuPont-Columbia and the Robert F. Kennedy Foundation, numerous National Headliner Awards and "the highest honor in the field of photojournalism," the Sprague Memorial Citation from the National Press Photographers Association.
Dotson is also the author of two books, one for aspiring journalists, "Make it Memorable," (Bonus Books, 2000); the other a memoir, "In Pursuit of the American Dream," (Athenaeum, NY, 1985.) His literary work has won the George Washington Honor Medal for excellence.
Dotson is also an internationally acclaimed documentary producer. His film, El Capitan's Courageous Climbers (NBC Productions,) was the winner of seven International Film and Video Festivals and was awarded documentary's highest honor, the CINE Grand Prize in 1991. As a result of his documentary work, he was invited to join the Explorers Club by world renowned mountain climber, Sir Edmund Hillary. Dotson is only the third working journalist so honored.
Dotson began his work for NBC News in 1975 as a reporter at WKYC-TV, the NBC television station in Cleveland. Two years later, he opened NBC's first news bureau in Dallas from which he covered Central America. In 1979 he moved to the NBC News bureau in Atlanta. In addition to his Today assignments, he also worked on several NBC News magazine programs. Dotson came to the network from WKY-TV (now KFOR) in Oklahoma City, where he was director of Special Projects. In that post, he produced and directed 19 documentary programs from 1969 until 1975.
Dotson was born in St. Louis, Mo. He received a bachelor of science degree in journalism and political science from Kansas University (1968) and a Master of Science in television and film from Syracuse University (1969) where he was a Graduate Fellow and Outstanding Masters candidate. While attending college, he was a reporter and photographer for KMBC-TV in Kansas City, Missouri and was news director and reporter for KFKU-KANU-FM in Lawrence, Kansas.
Dotson lives in New York City, with his wife, the former Linda Puckett. They have one daughter, Amy.