Background
He was born in Frogmore, South Carolina.
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John Siceloff
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Career
He created and was executive producer of the Public Broadcasting Service news magazine, National Organization for Women on Public Broadcasting Service. A graduate of Swarthmore College with a bachelor"s degree in history he continued his education at Stanford University, earning a master"s degree in communications. Siceloff has been a producer for American Broadcasting Company"s 20/20 and Primetime Live and a senior broadcast producer for American Broadcasting Company News as well as National Broadcasting Company"s National Organization for Women, Dateline National Broadcasting Company and Prime Story. He was a trustee of Penn Center in the South Carolina Sea Islands, which had been one of the few places in the south where interracial groups could meet during the age of segregation.
His father, Courtney Siceloff, was director of Penn Center from 1950-1969.
Martin Luther King was a frequent visitor and used the facility for his Southern Christian Leadership Conference. He died on March 6, 2015 at his home in Dutchess County, New York of prostate cancer.
Achievements
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Siceloff has been the recipient of many honors and awards including the Alfred I. duPont-Columbia Award and the Peabody award for his work with American Broadcasting Company News" coverage of the aftermath of the September 11, 2001 attacks. He has also received National News Emmy Awards for American Broadcasting Company News segments on the Millennium celebrations and National Broadcasting Company"s "The Terror Connection;" a Council on International Nontheatrical Events Eagle Award for American Broadcasting Company"s "Guatemala;" and an Imagen Award for American Broadcasting Company"s "Latin Beat." He also received the Edward R. Murrow Award, Overseas Press Club for a story on child brides for National Organization for Women on Public Broadcasting Service and was also awarded a National Business Emmy Award in 2007 and a National News Emmy Award for best news magazine segment in 2004 also for National Organization for Women on Public Broadcasting Service.
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Political Party
Democratic party