William Weinbaum
William Weinbaum (BSJ82, MSJ83) became a member of Medill’s Hall of Achievement in 2025.
Weinbaum is a digital journalist and television news, feature, investigative and documentary producer and director for ESPN. Before joining ESPN in 1995, he was a producer for This Week in Baseball, Major League Baseball Magazine, and news and events coverage for more than 150 Sports Newsatellite subscriber stations.
For collaborative and individual work on subjects such as health, safety, race relations and corruption, he has received a CableACE Award, Dateline Award, NABJ Salute to Excellence Award, National Headliner Award and Telly Award, as well as multiple Sports Emmys®; Deadline Club awards; New York Festivals awards; Military Reporters & Editors Association awards; Peabody awards and Silurians Press Club awards.
Weinbaum and his colleagues have also been honored by the Education Writers Association, Investigative Reporters & Editors, Leukemia & Lymphoma Society, National Council on Problem Gambling, New York Press Club, Northeastern University’s Center for the Study of Sport in Society and the United States Tennis Writers Association.