He has covered every presidential campaign and major political convention since 1984, was honored for his White House coverage by winning the prestigious Gerald R. Ford Prize for Distinguished Reporting of the Presidency and in 2006 received the other top honor on the White House beat, the Aldo Beckman award for "excellence in presidential news coverage".
His work on The Daily Show received the prestigious Peabody Award for its coverage of the 2000 and 2004 presidential races".
The football world was stunned by the news yesterday that BT had spent almost £1bn on a deal to snatch coverage of the prestigious Uefa Champions League from rival broadcaster BSkyB.
Mind Journalism Awards, May 2008 Society Guardian writer Mary O'Hara has been named Mind journalist of the year, winning the prestigious award for her consistent, powerful coverage of mental health issues.
Paul Lewis, who just was named reporter of the year at the prestigious British Press award for his G20 coverage for the Guardian, makes a plea for getting real: "There are not too many rivals out there.
A highlight of his years in Los Angeles came when he and Times colleague Ronald Soble won a prestigious Gerald Loeb award in 1984 for their coverage of the death of highflying gold trader Alan D. Saxon.
Second, our results may not be generalisable to all medical and women's health journals, but it is unlikely that less prestigious journals provide better women's health coverage.
The International Herald Tribune has won a prestigious award from the Asia Society for its coverage of Cyclone Nargis, which struck Myanmar's Irrawaddy River delta to devastating effect last year.
Along with the Tour de France and Vuelta a Espana, the Giro makes up cycling's prestigious, three week-long grand tours and TV coverage is watched every year in 165 countries.
These had previously been shared by Sky and ITV, and some fans reacted with dismay at the loss of terrestrial TV coverage for European club football's most prestigious contests.
