David Fanning

David Fanning has been executive producer of Frontline Americas only regularly scheduled investigative documentary series on television since its first season in 1983 The series has won all the major awards for broadcast journalism including 34 Emmys 23 duPontColumbia University Awards 12 Peabody Awards and 11 Robert F Kennedy Journalism Awards In 2002 the series was honored with an unprecedented third Gold Baton from duPontColumbia for its post September 11th coverage a series of seven hourlong documentaries on the origins and impact of terrorism In 2003 A Dangerous Business a Frontline New York Times joint investigation of the castiron pipe making industry won the Pulitzer Prize for public service Fanning began his filmmaking career as a young journalist in South Africa He came to the US in 1973 and began producing and directing local and national documentaries for KOCE a public television station in California In 1977 Fanning came to WGBH Boston to start the international documentary series WORLD