Rick Kaplan is currently executive producer of “The CBS Evening News with Katie Couric.” He was a broadcast journalist for more than 30 years. As president of CNN-US (1997–2000), he was responsible for all news and programming at the CNN News Group. Kaplan galvanized CNN’s ability to provide extensive and up-to-the-minute live coverage and analysis of both breaking and on-going news events. Kaplan joined ABC News in 1979 as a senior producer for “World News Tonight;” from 1979 to 1997, he was executive producer for a variety of ABC News and ABC television network programs, including “Good Morning America” news, “Nightline” (1984–89), “Primetime Live” (1989–94), “World News Tonight,” (1994), and, finally, ABC-TV Special Projects. Prior to joining ABC, Kaplan was a producer for “The CBS Evening News with Walter Cronkite.” He is the recipient of many awards, including 34 Emmy Awards, three Alfred I. duPont-Columbia University Awards, Overseas Press Club awards, and two George Polk awards. Kaplan was the visiting lecturer in the Lombard Chair at the Shorenstein Center in the spring of 2001.
Rick Kaplan: Entertainment, News and Politics
November 10, 2015
November 10, 2015 — Former fellow and TV news producer Richard N. Kaplan returned to the Shorenstein Center to discuss the 2016 election, including the debates and the role of the media, and the need for serious journalism. Kaplan has worked for CBS, ABC, CNN and MSNBC, and served as executive producer for Walter Cronkite,
