Alvin Patrick

Alvin Patrick CBS/Mary Kouw

Award-winning writer Alvin Patrick is the enforcement shaper of the Race and Culture Unit and Content Development & Integration for CBS News, Stations and Media Ventures.

Patrick was named to this expanded relation successful August 2024. In this caller position, helium oversees the captious enactment being done by the Race and Culture Unit and long-form programming volition grow crossed CBS News, Stations and Media Ventures.

Patrick antecedently served arsenic the enforcement shaper of CBS News Streaming Originals and the CBS News Race and Culture Unit.

Under Patrick's guidance, the CBS News Race and Culture Unit works with the enforcement producers of each platforms crossed the part to guarantee the reporting has the due context, code and intention.

His squad works intimately with CBS News Standards and Practices to guarantee each reporting meets CBS News' rigorous guidelines. He besides oversees CBS Village, an online repository featuring CBS News reporting connected each communities. 

He is the founding enforcement shaper of the Race and Culture Unit, created successful the summertime of 2020. Since then, Patrick and his squad person produced galore specials that person been featured connected the Network and crossed CBS News streaming properties, including the primetime specials "Pope Francis: The First" and "The Deciders," some hosted by" CBS Evening News" anchor and managing exertion Norah O'Donnell. His portion besides produced "Tulsa 1921: An American Tragedy" and one-hour peculiar "Trayvon Martin: 10 Years Later," some hosted by "CBS Mornings" co-host Gayle King. In addition, Patrick's portion created and co-produces BET's America successful Black," successful collaboration with BET News.

Patrick oversees a squad that delivers archetypal reporting and branded/sponsored contented for the CBS News streaming and integer properties, including Paramount+. He oversees "CBS Reports," the archetypal long-form specials and documentaries unit, and shows specified arsenic "Here Comes the Sun," "Eye On America" and "Person to Person with Norah O'Donnell" connected CBS News 24/7. 

Patrick has much than t30 years of acquisition successful the broadcast and cablegram tv business. He joined CBS News successful 2012 arsenic a elder producer, moving exclusively with CBS News peculiar correspondent James Brown. He has produced reports for 60 Minutes, "60 Minutes Sports" for Showtime, "CBS Mornings," the "CBS Evening News," "Face The Nation" and "48 Hours." Patrick continues to enactment with Brown connected projects crossed CBS, including Brown's play sports quality roundup connected the CBS News Streaming Network.

Before joining CBS News, Patrick was a elder shaper for ABC News' "Nightline" (2009-2011) and was a elder shaper for the integer newsmagazine "The Daily" (2011-2012). Earlier, helium was enforcement shaper of ESPN's "Cold Pizza" and "ESPN News" (2005-2009). He served arsenic enforcement shaper and vice president astatine MTV Networks (2001-2004), and helium was a shaper connected HBO's "Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel" (1999-2000). He began his broadcast web vocation astatine ABC News and ABC Sports (1989-1998).

Patrick's enactment has earned him galore awards, including 7 nationalist Emmy nominations, 7 NABJ Salute to Excellence Awards, a Gabriel Award and a Freddie Award. He besides shared 2 Edward R. Murrow Awards with his colleagues astatine CBS News. 

Patrick earned a Bachelor of Arts grade successful connection arts (broadcast journalism) from Marist College successful Poughkeepsie, N.Y., and a Master of Fine Arts grade successful tv accumulation from City University of New York-Brooklyn College.