T. Sean Herbert
- Producer
- Director
- Writer
A multi-Emmy Award-winning, cross-platform broadcast news journalist who travels the world telling stories.
He began his journalism career at ABC News when a college internship turned into a full-time job. He joined CBS News after graduate school, covering all elections & contributing to nearly all breaking news military coverage until 2004.
Among other jobs, he helped launch the weeknight edition of 60 Minutes. He worked with the late Mike Wallace, Ed Bradley, and Morley Safer. He also produced segments with Scott Pelley. (Emmy recognition for contributions to Sept. 11, 2001 reporting).
He was a producer at 48 Hours before heading up the CBS News military analyst's desk in preparation of the war in Iraq in 2003.
In 2004, he became News Director at RNN TV, then America's largest independent cable station. He launched several programs, including Richard French Live (recipient of a 2006 regional Emmy).
He helped launch CNBC's news magazine, Business Nation, in 2006, and produced several business-related documentaries.
In 2007, he helped launch ESPN's news magazine, E:60. His work also appeared on ABC News Nightline, and SportsCenter until 2011. (2010 New York Festivals World Medal for Best Sports Journalism).
In 2012, he produced several long form projects for Dan Rather Reports before returning to CBS News.
Since 2013, he has been honored with nine Emmy nominations, and a Lowell Thomas Travel Journalism Award.
In 2014 he received an Alfred I. duPont Award for his role in the CBS News coverage of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting in Newtown, CT.
In 2021, his team earned an Emmy for Outstanding News Special for the CBS News primetime documentary, "Bravery and Hope: 7 Days on the Front Line," The special was also nominated for a George Foster Peabody and was a duPont finalist. Additional recognition included a Walter Cronkite Award, A Gracie Award, and a NY Press Club Award. Separately, his team's COVID reporting that year earned a NY Press Club Award.
In 2022, his CBS Mornings team earned an Emmy for Outstanding Live News Program.
In 2023, his team earned a Gracie Award for a feature about a member of a WWII all-black female unit honored by First Lady of the United States, Dr. Jill Biden. And his team coverage on the overturned conviction of Vincent Simmon in Louisiana earned a Sigma Delta Chi and an NABJ University of Florida Award.
He has taught college journalism courses, is a frequent guest lecturer on the topics of press freedoms and ethics, and was a featured speaker at the VII Astana Economic Forum in Kazakhstan.
He was named a Rutgers 250 Fellow in 2016, and received an Alumni Achievement Award from The Washington Center in 2013.
He received a B.A. in political science and journalism from Rutgers University, and a M.S. in journalism from Northwestern University.
He began his journalism career at ABC News when a college internship turned into a full-time job. He joined CBS News after graduate school, covering all elections & contributing to nearly all breaking news military coverage until 2004.
Among other jobs, he helped launch the weeknight edition of 60 Minutes. He worked with the late Mike Wallace, Ed Bradley, and Morley Safer. He also produced segments with Scott Pelley. (Emmy recognition for contributions to Sept. 11, 2001 reporting).
He was a producer at 48 Hours before heading up the CBS News military analyst's desk in preparation of the war in Iraq in 2003.
In 2004, he became News Director at RNN TV, then America's largest independent cable station. He launched several programs, including Richard French Live (recipient of a 2006 regional Emmy).
He helped launch CNBC's news magazine, Business Nation, in 2006, and produced several business-related documentaries.
In 2007, he helped launch ESPN's news magazine, E:60. His work also appeared on ABC News Nightline, and SportsCenter until 2011. (2010 New York Festivals World Medal for Best Sports Journalism).
In 2012, he produced several long form projects for Dan Rather Reports before returning to CBS News.
Since 2013, he has been honored with nine Emmy nominations, and a Lowell Thomas Travel Journalism Award.
In 2014 he received an Alfred I. duPont Award for his role in the CBS News coverage of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting in Newtown, CT.
In 2021, his team earned an Emmy for Outstanding News Special for the CBS News primetime documentary, "Bravery and Hope: 7 Days on the Front Line," The special was also nominated for a George Foster Peabody and was a duPont finalist. Additional recognition included a Walter Cronkite Award, A Gracie Award, and a NY Press Club Award. Separately, his team's COVID reporting that year earned a NY Press Club Award.
In 2022, his CBS Mornings team earned an Emmy for Outstanding Live News Program.
In 2023, his team earned a Gracie Award for a feature about a member of a WWII all-black female unit honored by First Lady of the United States, Dr. Jill Biden. And his team coverage on the overturned conviction of Vincent Simmon in Louisiana earned a Sigma Delta Chi and an NABJ University of Florida Award.
He has taught college journalism courses, is a frequent guest lecturer on the topics of press freedoms and ethics, and was a featured speaker at the VII Astana Economic Forum in Kazakhstan.
He was named a Rutgers 250 Fellow in 2016, and received an Alumni Achievement Award from The Washington Center in 2013.
He received a B.A. in political science and journalism from Rutgers University, and a M.S. in journalism from Northwestern University.
