well as leading Court TV's coverage of major legal events and trials. Awards A 30-year ABC News veteran, O'Brian has won an Alfred I. duPont Award as part of the "This Week with David Brinkley" team, an Emmy Award for the 2000 Millennium coverage, and Alfred I. duPont and a Peabody Award for September 11 coverage. In 2015, the School of Mass Communication and Journalism at Kent State University named O'Brian the winner of the Robert G. McGruder Distinguished Guest Lecture and Award for Diversity. "The award recognizes the accomplishments of media professionals who encourage diversity in the field of journalism". Personal life Kate O'Brian is the daughter of Jack O'Brian (1914–2000), a former gossip columnist best known for being a champion of Joseph McCarthy and for possibly contributing to serious journalist Don Hollenbeck's suicide. Her sister, Bridget O'Brian, is also a journalist. Bridget worked as a reporter for the New Orleans Times-Picayune and the Wall Street Journal and is currently at Columbia University. References External links Kate O'Brian on Twitter Kate O'Brian speech with Cieri Media Living people Businesspeople from New York City American television executives American women journalists Al Jazeera people Al Jazeera ABC News American Broadcasting Company executives Women television executives Peabody Award winners Emmy Award winners Smith College alumni American women chief executives Year of birth missing (living people)