Drew Griffin, CNN Investigative Journalist, Dies at 60

“Our goal in this reporting wasn’t just to shed light on this problem,” Mr. Griffin said when he accepted the Peabody Award. “We wanted to effect change, to hold these politicians and bureaucrats responsible.”

Mr. Griffin also earned a National Press Foundation Award in 2007, and Emmy Awards in 2005, 2006 and 2007, according to CNN.

Mr. Griffin’s work centered on investigations, but he would also volunteer to cover breaking news stories, CNN said.

While covering Hurricane Harvey from Beaumont, Texas, in 2017, Mr. Griffin was about do a live report on CNN when a man nearby drove a truck into flood water. Mr. Griffin and a photojournalist ran to rescue the man from the truck as it began to sink, a moment that was aired live.

Drew Griffin was born on Oct. 21, 1962.

He earned a bachelor’s degree in communications from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and began his career in journalism as a reporter and cameraman for WICD-TV in Champaign, Ill. He went on to work in Florida, South Carolina and North Carolina and Washington, according to CNN.

In January 1994, Mr. Griffin joined CBS 2 News in Los Angeles, where he was a reporter and anchor, and helped create an investigative reporting team. While with CBS 2 News, Mr. Griffin reported from New York City to cover the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, and he earned a number of local awards for his investigative reporting.

Mr. Griffin is survived by his wife Margot; three children, Ele, Louis and Miles; two grandchildren; and two brothers.

Article source: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/19/business/media/drew-griffin-dead.html