In 1972, Geraldo garnered national attention and won a Peabody Award for his report on the neglect and abuse of patients with intellectual disabilities at Staten Island’s Willowbrook State School and Rockland County’s Letchworth Village.
Geraldo Rivera has won 10 Emmys, 3 national and 7 local for distinguished broadcast journalism over the course of his 50 year career.
Following his Willowbrook documentary, Geraldo also won the prestigious Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Award for his work in uncovering the inhumane conditions of the Willowbrook State School
For his work on the 1999 documentary, Back to Beldam, Geraldo Rivera was the recipient of the Scripps Howard Foundation National Journalism Award. Over the course of his career, Geraldo has gone on to win 2 more Scripps Howard Awards.
In 1972, Geraldo garnered national attention and won a Peabody Award for his report on the neglect and abuse of patients with intellectual disabilities at Staten Island’s Willowbrook State School and Rockland County’s Letchworth Village.
Geraldo Rivera has won 10 Emmys, 3 national and 7 local for distinguished broadcast journalism over the course of his 50 year career.
Following his Willowbrook documentary, Geraldo also won the prestigious Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Award for his work in uncovering the inhumane conditions of the Willowbrook State School
For his work on the 1999 documentary, Back to Beldam, Geraldo Rivera was the recipient of the Scripps Howard Foundation National Journalism Award. Over the course of his career, Geraldo has gone on to win 2 more Scripps Howard Awards.
