Bob Dotson has crisscrossed America, more than four million miles, searching for people who are practically invisible, the ones who change our lives, but don’t take time to tweet and tell us about it. His long-running series, “The American Story with Bob Dotson,” became a regular feature on the TODAY Show until his retirement on the 40th anniversary of the day he joined NBC. Bob then taught storytelling for seven years at Syracuse University in New York.
He is the author of three books, including the New York Times best-selling “American Story: A Lifetime Search for Ordinary People Doing Extraordinary Things.” (Penguin/Random House.) His classic “Make it Memorable” textbooks have been studied in classrooms around the world for a quarter of a century. A third edition was just published. (Bloomsbury)
Bob is one of the most honored storytellers of our time. He has earned 120 awards, including 6 Edward R. Murrow Awards for Best Network News Writing (a record) and 12 more for reporting. 10 National Emmys. Top honors from the Kennedy Center, DuPont Columbia and the William Allen White Foundation for journalistic excellence. Long-form programs Dotson wrote and produced have won seven International Film Festivals and documentary’s highest honor, the CINE Grand Prize.
A half century of Bob’s American stories are now available to view for free on his website:
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