Editing Tom Brokaw (section)

== Awards and honors ==
Over his career, Brokaw has received Seven [[Emmy Award]]s including one for ''China in Crisis'' special report.
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! Organizations
! scope="col"| Year
! scope="col"| Notes
! scope="col"| Result 
! scope="col" class="unsortable"| {{refh}}
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! scope="row" rowspan="1"| South Dakota Broadcasting Hall of Fame
| style="text-align:center;"| 1981
| First recipient of the Tom Brokaw Award
| {{honored}}
| <ref>{{cite web |title=Tom Brokaw Award |url=http://www.sdbhalloffame.com/history/tom-brokaw-award-recepients/ |website=South Dakota Broadcasting Hall of Fame |publisher=South Dakota Broadcasters Association |access-date=March 7, 2024}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" rowspan="1"| [[Peabody Award]] 
| style="text-align:center;"| 1989
| For the report called ''To Be an American''
| {{honored}}
| <ref>[http://www.peabodyawards.com/award-profile/to-be-an-american 48th Annual Peabody Awards] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304062535/http://www.peabodyawards.com/award-profile/to-be-an-american |date=March 4, 2016}}, May 1990.</ref>
|-
! scope="row" rowspan="1"| [[Academy of Achievement|American Academy of Achievement]]
| style="text-align:center;"| 1989
| Golden Plate Award
| {{honored}}
| <ref>{{cite web|title=Golden Plate Awardees of the American Academy of Achievement |website=www.achievement.org|publisher=[[American Academy of Achievement]]|url=https://achievement.org/our-history/golden-plate-awards/}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Nix |first=Shan |date=June 26, 1989 |title=Looking Up to the Stars: Where 50 top celebs dazzle 400 students |url=https://achievement.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/San-Francisco-Chronicle-June-26-1989.pdf|work=San Francisco Chronicle}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" rowspan="2"| [[Alfred I. duPont–Columbia University Award]]s 
| style="text-align:center;"| 1989 
| For the ''[[Dateline NBC]]'' special on [[racial separation]] in [[List of inner suburbs in the United States|suburban America]]
| {{honored}}
|
|- 
| style="text-align:center;"| 1990
| For excellence in broadcast journalism for his interview with [[Mikhail Gorbachev]]
| {{honored}}
|
|-
! scope="row" rowspan="1"| [[National Conference of Christians and Jews]] 
| style="text-align:center;"| 1990
| National Headliner Award
| {{honored}}
|
|-
! scope="row" rowspan="1"| [[South Dakota Hall of Fame]]
| style="text-align:center;"| 1991
| Inductee into the South Dakota Hall of Fame
| {{honored}}
| <ref>{{cite web |title=Legacy Tom Brokaw |url=https://sdexcellence.org/Tom_Brokaw_1991 |website=South Dakota Hall of Fame |access-date=March 7, 2024}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" rowspan="1"| [[Freedom Forum]]
| style="text-align:center;"| 1992 
| Al Neuharth Award for Excellence in the Media 
| {{honored}}
|
|-
! scope="row" rowspan="1"| [[Emmy Award]] 
| style="text-align:center;"| 1993 
| Feporting on floods in the Midwest
| {{won}}
|
|-
! scope="row" rowspan="1"| [[Boston University]]
| style="text-align:center;"| 1995
| The Dennis Kauff Memorial Award for Lifetime Achievement in Journalism
| {{honored}}
|
|-
! scope="row" rowspan="1"| [[Marist College]]
| style="text-align:center;"| 1995
| Lowell Thomas Award 
| {{honored}}
|
|-
! scope="row" rowspan="1"| [[University of Missouri]] [[Missouri School of Journalism|School of Journalism]]
| style="text-align:center;"| 1997 
| Honor Medal for Distinguished Service in Journalism
| {{honored}}
|
|-
! scope="row" rowspan="1"| [[Fred Friendly]] First Amendment Award
| style="text-align:center;"| 1998
| For "individuals devoted to freedom of speech and First Amendment"
| {{honored}}
|
|-
! scope="row" rowspan="1"| [[American Legion]] 
| style="text-align:center;"| 1998
| Distinguished public service Award
| {{honored}}
|
|-
! scope="row" rowspan="1"| Citizens' Scholarship Foundation
| style="text-align:center;"| 1998 
| America's President's Award 
| {{honored}}
|
|-
! scope="row" rowspan="1"| Congressional Medal of Honor Society 
| style="text-align:center;"| 1999
| Tex" McCrary Excellence in Journalism Award
| {{honored}}
|
|-
! scope="row" rowspan="1"| [[Emmy Awards]] 
| style="text-align:center;"| 1999 
| International coverage of the [[Kosovo]] conflict
| {{won}}
|
|-
! scope="row" rowspan="1"| [[Radio Television Digital News Association]]
| style="text-align:center;"| 2002 
| [[Paul White (journalist)|Paul White]] Award
| {{honored}}
| <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.rtdna.org/content/paul_white_award#.U4FBHS8-Ngc |title=Paul White Award |publisher=[[Radio Television Digital News Association]] |access-date=May 27, 2014 |archive-date=February 25, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130225052416/http://rtdna.org/content/paul_white_award#.U4FBHS8-Ngc |url-status=dead}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" rowspan="1"| [[Peabody Award]]
| style="text-align:center;"| 2003 
| For his special report called "A Question of Fairness"
| {{honored}}
| <ref>[http://www.peabodyawards.com/award-profile/a-question-of-fairness 63rd Annual Peabody Awards] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160821003930/http://www.peabodyawards.com/award-profile/a-question-of-fairness |date=August 21, 2016}}, May 2004.</ref>
|-
! scope="row" rowspan="1"| [[American Academy of Arts and Sciences]];
| style="text-align:center;"| 2005
| Elected to its membership
| {{honored}}
|
|-
! scope="row" rowspan="1"| Freedom of Speech And Expression
| style="text-align:center;"| 2005
| Four Freedoms Medal
| {{honored}}
|
|-
! scope="row" rowspan="1"| [[Washington State University]]
| style="text-align:center;"| 2006
| [[Edward R. Murrow]] Lifetime Achievement in Broadcasting Award
| {{honored}}
|
|-
! scope="row" rowspan="1"| [[United States Military Academy at West Point]]
| style="text-align:center;"| 2006 
| [[Sylvanus Thayer Award]]
| {{honored}}
|
|-
! scope="row" rowspan="1"| [[Arizona State University]] 
| style="text-align:center;"| 2006 
| [[Walter Cronkite Award for Excellence in Journalism]]
| {{honored}} 
| <ref>{{cite web|url=https://cronkite.asu.edu/about/walter-cronkite-and-asu/walter-cronkite-award|title=Walter Cronkite Award for Excellence in Journalism|work=[[Arizona State University]]|access-date=August 21, 2017|date=January 29, 2009}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" rowspan="1"| [[Television Hall of Fame]]
| style="text-align:center;"| 2006 
| Induction into the Television Hall of Fame
| {{honored}}
|
|-
! scope="row" rowspan="1"| [[Horatio Alger Association]]
| style="text-align:center;"| 2007 
| Horatio Alger Award for Distinguished Americans
| {{honored}}
|
|-
! scope="row" rowspan="1"| Broadcast Journalism from [[WFUV]] 
| style="text-align:center;"| 2011
| [[Charles Osgood]] Lifetime Achievement Award 
| {{honored}}
|
|-
! scope="row" rowspan="1"| [[Vanderbilt University]]
| style="text-align:center;"| 2012 
| [[The Nichols-Chancellor's Medal]]
| {{honored}}
| <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://news.vanderbilt.edu/2012/05/10/brokaw-to-vanderbilt-grads-become-the-next-greatest-generation/|title=Brokaw to Vanderbilt grads: Become the next 'greatest generation'|first=Jim|last=Patterson|website=Vanderbilt University}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" rowspan="1"| Old Sturbridge Village
| style="text-align:center;"| 2012 
| [[Ken Burns]] Lifetime Achievement Award 
| {{honored}} 
| <ref>{{Cite web |last=Berry |first=Conor |date=November 28, 2012 |title=Former NBC-TV anchor Tom Brokaw gets Ken Burns Lifetime Achievement Award at Old Sturbridge Village |url=https://www.masslive.com/news/2012/11/tom_brokaw_receives_ken_burns.html |access-date=December 15, 2023 |website=MassLive |language=en}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" rowspan="1"| [[Peabody Award]] 
| style="text-align:center;"| 2013 
| Honorary Peabody for enhancing his reputation since he left the NBC News desk
| {{honored}}
| <ref>[http://www.peabodyawards.com/award-profile/tom-brokaw-personal-award 73rd Annual Peabody Awards] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304060203/http://www.peabodyawards.com/award-profile/tom-brokaw-personal-award |date=March 4, 2016}}, May 2014.</ref>
|-
! scope="row" rowspan="1"| [[Presidential Medal of Freedom]]
| style="text-align:center;"| 2014
| Medal presented by President [[Barack Obama]] 
| {{honored}}
| <ref>{{cite web |url=https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/blog/2014/11/10/president-obama-announces-presidential-medal-freedom-recipients |title=President Obama Announces the Presidential Medal of Freedom Recipients |access-date=November 11, 2014 |via=[[NARA|National Archives]] |work=[[whitehouse.gov]] |date=November 10, 2014}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" rowspan="1"| [[French Legion of Honor]] 
| style="text-align:center;"| 2016
| For supporting of [[World War II|WWII]] veterans, along with actor [[Tom Hanks]] and [[Gordon H. Mueller]]
| {{honored}}
| <ref>{{cite news |title=National World War II Museum president and supporters Tom Hanks, Tom Brokaw to receive award in Paris |url=https://www.theadvocate.com/new_orleans/news/article_64eba587-d843-5a9f-a071-a524dc8d004f.html |work=The New Orleans Advocate |last=Roberts III |first=Faimon A. |date=May 11, 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181227195349/https://www.theadvocate.com/new_orleans/news/article_64eba587-d843-5a9f-a071-a524dc8d004f.html |archive-date=December 27, 2018}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" rowspan="1"| [[Poynter Institute]]
| style="text-align:center;"| 2016
| Lifetime Achievement in Journalism Award
| {{honored}}
| <ref>{{Cite web |last=Mullin |first=Benjamin |date=March 31, 2016 |title=Poynter to honor Tom Brokaw with lifetime achievement award |url=https://www.poynter.org/business-work/2016/poynter-to-honor-tom-brokaw-with-lifetime-achievement-award/ |access-date=December 15, 2023 |website=Poynter |language=en-US}}</ref>
|-
|}

'''Honorary degrees'''
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* [[Air University (United States Air Force)]];
* [[Arizona State University]];
* [[Boston College]];
* [[Brandeis University]];
* [[California Institute of Technology]];
* [[The College of William & Mary]];
* [[Dartmouth College]];
* [[Duke University]];
* [[Emory University]];
* [[Fairfield University]];
* [[Fordham University]];<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.fordham.edu/Campus_Resources/eNewsroom/archives/archive_1553.asp|title=One Hundred Sixty Fourth Annual Commencement}}</ref>
* [[Florida State University]]
* [[Hofstra University]];<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.hofstra.edu/about/honorary-degrees.html |title=About: Honorary Degrees &#124; Hofstra University}}</ref>
* [[John Carroll University]];
* [[Johns Hopkins University]];
* [[Montana State University – Bozeman|Montana State University]];<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.montana.edu/cpa/news/nwview.php?article=9421&origin=homepage|title=Tom Brokaw to speak at MSU Feb. 28|publisher=Montana State University|access-date=September 4, 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110805123259/http://www.montana.edu/cpa/news/nwview.php?article=9421&origin=homepage|archive-date=August 5, 2011}}</ref>
* [[Mayo Clinic]] and the College of Medicine;
* [[Northwestern University]];
* [[Providence College]];
* [[Saint Anselm College]];
* [[Seton Hall University]];
* [[Skidmore College]];
* [[St. Lawrence University]];
* [[University of Iowa]];
* [[University of Montana]];
* [[University of Notre Dame]];
* [[University of Oklahoma]];
* [[University of Pennsylvania]];
* [[University of South Dakota]];
* [[University of South Carolina]];
* [[Washington University in St. Louis]].

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