Solly Granatstein is an American

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and

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, formerly with CBS ''

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. He is co-creator, along with Lucian Read and Richard Rowley, of "America Divided", a documentary series about inequality, and was co-executive producer of

Years of Living Dangerously ''Years of Living Dangerously'' is an American documentary television series, spread over two seasons, focusing on climate change. The first season, consisting of nine episodes, was broadcast on Showtime (TV channel), Showtime in 2014. The seco ...

Season 1. He is the winner of twelve

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s, a Peabody, a

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, two Polks, four Investigative Reporters and Editors awards, including the IRE medal, and virtually every other major award in broadcast journalism. He is also the screenwriter, with Vince Beiser, of ''The Great Antonio'', an upcoming film, developed by

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. He graduated from Brandeis University in 1990 and Columbia University School of Journalism, in 1994 and in 2016 was the recipient of the school's Alumni Award.

Awards

* 2006 and 2009 Emmys for "The Sea Gypsies," "Aftershock" and "The Wasteland" * 2008 and 2009 Investigative Reporters & Editors for "The Death of Timothy Souders" and "The Wasteland" * 2008 George Foster Peabody Award, for "The Killings in Haditha" * 2010

George Polk Award The George Polk Awards in Journalism are a series of American journalism awards presented annually by Long Island University in New York in the United States. A writer for Idea Lab, a group blog hosted on the website of PBS, described the award ...

for "The Wasteland" * 2009

Gerald Loeb Award The Gerald Loeb Award, also referred to as the Gerald Loeb Award for Distinguished Business and Financial Journalism, is a recognition of excellence in journalism, especially in the fields of business, finance and the economy. The award was estab ...

for Television Enterprise for "The Wasteland" * 2009 Edward R. Murrow for "The Wasteland" * 2009 Sigma Delta Chi for "The Wasteland" * 2010 Media in Liberty for "Congo Gold" * 2010

for "The Winter Of Our Hardship" and "The Long Recession" * 2010 Alfred I. duPont-Columbia University Silver Baton for "The Blowout" * 2011

for "The Lost Children of Haiti" * 2011 Two

s for "The Blowout" * 2012 National Headliner Award for "Inside Mexico's Drug War" * 2014

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Video Award, Best Branded Video Destination, for "Women Inmates" * 2014 MediaPost Communications Online Media Marketing & Advertising Award, Native Advertising: Single Execution, for "Women Inmates" * 2014

Primetime Emmy Award The Primetime Emmy Awards, or Primetime Emmys, are part of the extensive range of Emmy Awards for artistic and technical merit for the American television industry. Bestowed by the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (ATAS), the Primetime ...

, Outstanding Documentary or Non-Fiction Series, for

* 2014 Investigative Reporters & Editors medal for "The Real Death Valley" * 2014

for "The Real Death Valley" * 2014 Sigma Delta Chi for "The Real Death Valley" * 2014

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New America Award for "The Real Death Valley" * 2015

for "Muriendo Por Cruzar" * 2016 Transforming America Award from

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for "America Divided" * 2016

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Alumni Award * 2017

for Video for "Cosecha de Miseria (Harvest of Misery) & The Source" * 2017 Izzy Award for "America Divided" * 2017

for "Cosecha de la Miseria" * 2018

for "The Source" *2019

for "Hidden Cost"

Works

"Exodus: The Hunger That Consumes You"
The Weather Channel, Jan. 9, 2019
"Exodus: All We Have Is Poverty and Drought"
The Weather Channel, Dec. 19, 2018

The Weather Channel, May 8, 2018
"Cruel & Unusual?: The Lethal Toll of Hot Prisons
The Weather Channel and

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, Oct. 11, 2017
"The Source"
The Weather Channel, Jan. 19, 2017
"America Divided: A House Divided"

Epix Epix (pronounced ''epics'' and stylized as P) is an American premium cable and satellite television network owned by the Epix Entertainment LLC subsidiary of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM), a subsidiary of Amazon's MGM Holdings, Inc. The channel's pr ...

, Sept. 30, 2016
"America Divided"

, Sept. 30, 2016
"The Real Death Valley"
The Weather Channel, Oct. 16, 2014
"Women Inmates"

T Brand Studio T Brand Studio is a custom content studio that is a unit of The New York Times and produces paid native advertising for the newspaper. Notable campaigns have included a feature called "Woman Inmates: Why The Male Model Doesn't Work" to promote the ...

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, 2014
"Years of Living Dangerously"

Showtime Showtime or Show Time may refer to: Film * ''Showtime'' (film), a 2002 American action/comedy film * ''Showtime'' (video), a 1995 live concert video by Blur Television Networks and channels * Showtime Networks, a division of Paramount Global w ...

, April 6, 2014
"The Bomb Maker"
Rock Center with Brian Williams, Nov. 14, 2012
"Help (Not) Wanted"
Rock Center with Brian Williams, Nov. 14, 2011
"Inside Mexico's Drug War"
' Dateline NBC, April. 17, 2011
"Blowout: The Deepwater Horizon Disaster"

, May 16, 2010
"Lost Children of Haiti"

, May 21, 2010
"Wilmington, Ohio's Long Recession"

, Dec. 20, 2009
"How Gold Pays For Congo's Deadly War"

, Nov. 29, 2009
"The Winter of Our Hardship"

, Jan. 25, 2009
"The Wasteland"
'

, Nov. 9, 2008
"Who Was Following Whom?"

, Nov. 11, 2008
"One Thousand Lives A Month"

, Feb. 17, 2008
"Bombing Afghanistan"

, Oct. 28, 2007
"The Death of Timothy Souders"

, Feb. 11, 2007
"Mixed Martial Arts: A New Kind of Fight"

, Dec. 10, 2006 -

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