Background
Ene Riisna was born in Tallinn, Estonia.
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She is known for her work on the American news show 20/20. Her family fled to Sweden in September 1944 when the Soviets occupied Estonia. Riisna earned an Honors degree in English Language and Literature from the University of Toronto, University College.
She briefly worked, successfully, as a fashion model in Toronto and London, England, then returned to Toronto and became a producer-director for Canadian Corporation in Toronto, then a freelancer for the British Broadcasting Corporation in London.
In 1970, Riisna"s first job in network television in America was the executive producer of a new morning program, "Woman", for the Columbia Broadcasting System station in New New York The appointment made her one of the first women to create and produce a television news program
Later she produced documentaries for National Broadcasting Company and Public Broadcasting Service and wrote magazine articles including for Mississippi magazine. Riisna became a producer of the well-known news show 20/20 at American Broadcasting Company News.
Her subjects included an investigation of the effects of the use Agent Orange in Vietnam and the story of the Zumwalt family.
Riisna also produced and directed documentary films for American Broadcasting Company News with anchor Peter Jennings as host.
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Over the course of the next two decades she produced a series of Emmy Award winning stories, many Barbara Walter’s high profile interviews (Margaret Thatcher, Boris Yeltsen, Nancy Reagan, Barbra Streisand and others) Foreign her work she was awarded over a dozen major awards including two Emmys, a Television Academy General Achievement Award, and Columbia School of Journalism"s prestigious Dupont Award.
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