Background
Schlesinger was born in New York and graduated from The University of Missouri with a Bachelor"s degree in Journalism in 1976.
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Richard Schlesinger
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Career
In 1980, he was hired as Washington bureau chief for the Post-Newsweek Television Stations and worked there until 1984, when he joined Columbia Broadcasting System News. At Columbia Broadcasting System, Shlesinger was based in Miami and covered stories throughout the southeastern United States and South America. In 1987-1990, he was a correspondent at Columbia Broadcasting System News Northeast bureau, also working as an investigative reporter for the Columbia Broadcasting System Evening News and as a substitute anchor for morning news and weekend editions of the news.
From 1990 through 1997, he was a full-time correspondent for 48 Hours.
His reports included cases of innocent Americans behind bars, marriage and divorce in 1990"s and recession of the middle class. The documentary examined the jury system in United States and was given access to the actual jury deliberations for the first time in television industry.
Apart from his reports to 48 Hours, Schlesinger also contributes to Columbia Broadcasting System News Sunday Morning.
Achievements
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After graduation in 1976, Schlesinger joined Miami-based WPLG-television as a political reporter, where he won Sigma Delta Chi Award. Schlesinger reported for a two-hours Columbia Broadcasting System documentary Columbia Broadcasting System Reports: "Enter the Jury Room", for which he won Alfred I. duPont–Columbia University Award. He has received 10 Emmy Awards throughout his career.
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Awards
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Emmy Award Emmy Awards; Alfred I. duPont–Columbia University Award
The Alfred I. duPont–Columbia University Award honors excellence in broadcast and digital journalism in the public service.The Alfred I. duPont–Columbia University Award honors excellence in broadcast and digital journalism in the public service.