Peter Van Sant
| Peter Van Sant | |
|---|---|
| Born |
February 21, 1953 Seattle, Washington |
| Education | Washington State University |
| Occupation | News anchor, reporter, writer, correspondent of 48 Hours Mystery |
| Notable credit(s) | four Emmy Awards, three Edward R. Murrow Awards, two Overseas Press Club Awards, Sigma Delta Chi Award, Alfred I. duPont–Columbia University Award |
Peter Van Sant (born February 21, 1953) is an American television news reporter and correspondent for 48 Hours.
Van Sant was born on February 21, 1953 in Seattle, Washington. He graduated cum laude from Washington State University in 1975 with a bachelor's degree in Communications.
After graduation Van Sant worked for KAPY-LP in Port Angeles, WA. He joined KMVT-TV in Twin Falls, Idaho, in 1975. He worked for Cedar Rapids-based KCRG-TV from 1976 through 1977, and from 1977 through 1978 for Omaha-based KETV. In 1978 he joined Fox-owned KOOL-TV in Phoenix, Arizona, as weekend anchor and reporter. In 1982 he moved to Dallas and worked at WFAA-TV until 1984.
In 1984 Van Sant joined CBS News and worked in Atlanta as a correspondent for CBS Evening News for the next six years. His investigative report on high number of medical helicopter crashes won him his first Emmy Award in 1986. In 1989 he was assigned to the London bureau from where he reported on the collapse of Soviet Union, the first Gulf War, reunification of Germany and famine in Africa. He moved to New York in 1991 and reported for CBS News magazines Street Stories until 1993, and America Tonight until 1994. He was then assigned to CBS Evening News where he worked until 1997 and received his second Emmy Award for his report on the economic and social collapse in Albania. In 1997–1998 Van Sant was named a correspondent for Public Eye with Bryant Gumbel. He was the first TV journalist who reported on devastating famine in North Korea, a documentary which won him his third Emmy Award. He was also a part of the CBS News undercover investigative team which taped an indicted war criminal in Bosnia. Van Sant reported on major national events including September 11 attacks, Hurricane Katrina, Virginia Tech massacre and interviewed many celebrities such as Julie Andrews, Christopher Plummer, Garth Brooks, Nick Nolte, Lee Ann Womack, and Ronnie Dunn and Kix Brooks. He also reported 48 Hours Special on Oklahoma City bombing in a documentary called Day of Reckoning.
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