send them to college. The foundation began in 2011. On February 7, 2011, O'Brien was inducted as an Honorary Member of Delta Sigma Theta sorority. Honors 1995: Local Emmy, Co-Host Discovery Channel's The Know Zone 1997: Hispanic Achievement Award in Communications 2000: Newsweek, Critical Más: 20 for 2000 2000: People, 50 Most Beautiful 2004 Crain's New York Business "40 Under 40" honoree 2004: People en Español, 50 Most Beautiful 2005: Black Enterprise, Hot List 2005: Catalina magazine, Groundbreaking Latina of the Year 2005: Peabody Award, CNN coverage of Hurricane Katrina 2006: Newsweek, "15 People Who Make America Great" 2007: National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), President's Award 2007: Gracie Allen Award 2008: Morehouse School of Medicine, Soledad O'Brien Freedom's Voice Award, first recipient 2008: Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Goodermote Humanitarian Award for Hurricane Katrina and the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami 2009: Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute, Medallion of Excellence for Leadership and Community Service Award 2010: National Association of Black Journalists, Journalist of the Year 2010: Edward R. Murrow Award, RTDNA/UNITY Award for Latino in America 2010: Peabody Award, CNN coverage of BP oil spill 2011: Emmy, Outstanding Live Coverage of a Current News Story Long Form for Crisis in Haiti on the 2010 Haiti earthquake 2016: Vanderbilt University, The Nichols-Chancellor's Medal Irish American Magazine, Top 100 Irish Americans" (twice) Alfred I. duPont–Columbia University Award, 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami Emmy, 2012 election Emmy, "Kids on Race" Leadership and membership 2007: Bryant University, Doctor of Humane Letters 2011: Delta Sigma Theta, Honorary Member 2013: Harvard University Graduate School of Education, Distinguished Visiting Fellow 2013: Foundation for the National Archives (Washington, DC), Board of Directors 2014: Spelman College (Atlanta, GA), Doctor of Humane Letters 2016: Stony Brook University, Honorary Doctorate of Letters ExpandED Schools, formerly The After School Corp (TASC), Leadership Council National Association of Black Journalists, Member National Association of Hispanic Journalists, Member The Harlem School of the Arts, Board Member Filmography 1989: Second Opinion, WXKS-FM (Boston) – Host 1989: Health Week in Review, WXKS-FM (Boston) – Host 1989: Eyewitness News First Edition, WBZ-TV (Boston) – Associate producer, Writer 1991–1993: NBC Nightly News – Producer 1991–1993: Today – Producer 1993: KRON-TV (San Francisco) – Reporter 1993–1996: The Know Zone (TV Series) – Co-host 1996–1997: The Site, MSNBC (TV Series) – Host 1997: Imaging America, WNET (New York) – Host 1997–1999: Morning Blend,