Erin Moriarty

Erin Moriarty '77 for Distinguished Alumnus/a given annually to a graduate of The Ohio State University Moritz College of Law for exceptional achievement or outstanding service to the college or community.

Erin Moriarty has been a correspondent for 48 Hours since 1990. Drawing on her training as an attorney, Moriarty has examined some of the most important social and legal issues of the day, including DNA testing of evidence in death-row cases, the abortion controversy, and battered women's syndrome.

Moriarty has received numerous honors, including nine national Emmy Awards, a 2001 Overseas Press Club Award for her work on 48 Hours, and two Association of Women in Radio and Television Gracie Allen Awards for the weekly talk show that she co-hosted with Nancy Giles on WPHT Radio in Philadelphia (2003-04). In both 2000 and 2003, she was honored with the Top 100 Award from Irish America magazine. In 1988, Moriarty received the Outstanding Consumer Media Service Award presented by the Consumer Federation of America for "her many contributions of both local and national significance as a consumer reporter."

Prior to joining CBS News in 1986, she was an award-winning consumer reporter for the NBC-owned and -operated WMAQ-TV Chicago (1983-86). She was also a reporter for the Columbus NBC affiliate, WCMH-TV (1979-80); the Baltimore CBS affiliate, WJZ-TV (1980-82); and the Cleveland CBS affiliate WJKW-TV (1982-83).

She graduated from The Ohio State University, Phi Beta Kappa, with a degree in behavioral sciences and received a law degree from the university in 1977. Moriarty is licensed to practice law in Ohio and Maryland.