Stephanie Riggs
Stephanie Riggs is an award-winning, seasoned journalist possessing just about every prestigious award in television news. Her 20-plus year TV news anchor and feature reporting career garnered dozens of Emmys, awards and accolades – including a two-time winner of the coveted Emmy award for “Best Journalistic Enterprise”. Stephanie also created her own one-hour television documentary “Fitting In” – airing on ABC Family in June of 2009. The program took a compassionate look at the nationwide epidemic of childhood obesity – following a group of children for one year as they learned how to lose weight and get healthy.
Her stories go far beyond informing and entertaining. They are life-changers for many – as evidenced by two reports for CBS Sunday Morning on two different African villages. One report featured a West African village supported by one of their own, which ventured to America to find work and sent nearly every penny back home. After his brutal murder by white supremacists in 1997, Stephanie reported on the man’s efforts, his village and Colorado’s reaction to his murder. Her reporting sparked a movement in Denver resulting in hundreds of thousands of dollars contributed to improve his village – including a fresh water system and much more. A non-profit organized nearly 20-years ago, as a result of her report, is still active today.
Her second CBS Sunday Morning report focused on a Colorado couple that made a commitment to care for orphans in remote eastern Africa 50 years ago. It’s estimated that more than one million orphans are alive today because of their efforts. Stephanie’s single report inspired people to send money resulting in another one thousand orphans saved.
In her latest CBS Sunday Morning report, Riggs resurrected hidden history surrounding “WASPs” – Women Air Force Service Pilots – whose contribution to winning World War II was left out of our history books. Stephanie’s story brought to light their achievements, including their recent award of the Congressional Gold Medal. Go to stephanieriggs.com to learn more.
