Crichton moved to ABC News to work as a producer and writer for '' ABC Close-Up '' , won a DuPont Award for '' Oh , Tell the World What Happened '' , and a Christopher Award for Close-Up 's piece on Franklin D. Roosevelt . In 1986 , she led the first Western journalism team to report from Angola since its revolution in 1975 ; the reports aired on '' Nightline '' and '' ABC World News Tonight '' . Crichton was the executive producer of '' American Experience '' from 1987-1996 . During her tenure , the series won 6 Peabody Awards ; 2 DuPont Award Awards ) ; 5 Writers Guild Awards ; 5 OAH Awards ; and 7 Emmy Awards . She was awarded the National Humanities Medal by then-President Bill Clinton in 2000
DuPont Award
Alfred I. duPont–Columbia University Award
Judy Crichton