offenders, was nominated for a National EMMY. The first of Dotson's 19 EMMY nominations during his television career. Bibliography Dotson has written the following books: "Make it Memorable, Writing and Packaging Visual News with Style" 2015 Journalism Second edition updated for digital age "American Story, a Lifetime Search for Ordinary People Doing Extraordinary Things," 2013 "American Story" "Make it Memorable, Writing and Packaging TV News with Style" 2000 Journalism "In Pursuit of the American Dream" 1975 Cultural history American Story archive All of Dotson's American stories can be viewed at www.myamericanstories.com Over the years, he saved more than six thousand of them, whenever his bosses, looking to save space, tossed them out. He preserved not just the stories themselves, but every field cassette. For three decades, they were maintained at his own expense in air-conditioned rooms—first in his basement then, as the collection grew, in warehouses. NBC donated that archive to the University of Oklahoma and Syracuse University in New York. Personal life Dotson and his wife, Linda, live in New York City, Mystic, Connecticut and Greenville, South Carolina. They married on July 1, 1972, and had a daughter. References 1946 births Living people NBC News people Barber Pro Series drivers People from Mystic, Connecticut University of Kansas alumni S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications alumni