Caren Zucker
Producer/Director/JournalistIN A DIFFERENT KEY LLC
Producer/Director:In A Different Key, feature length documentary scheduled Spring 2021. Producer/Writer, PBS Series _x001C_Autism Now_x001D_ Hosted by Robert MacNeil. Producer:ABC World News Tonight with Peter Jennings; ABC News NIGHTLINE. AP/Researcher:ABC News Documentary Unit; Our World
Full Bio
Caren Zucker is a director, producer and journalist who has told stories for more than 25 years across a broad range of subjects. As a producer for ABC_x0019_s World News and Nightline, working alongside Peter Jennings, Charlie Gibson, and Diane Sawyer, she covered economic summits, presidential campaigns, social trends and the Olympic Games. Her oldest son Mickey_x0019_s autism diagnosis inspired a new direction in her reporting: to bring a better understanding of autism_x0019_s realities. Zucker was the producer and co-writer of PBS NewsHour series Autism Now. Presently she has just finished completing a feature-length documentary based on her narrative history of autism, _x001C_In A Different Key,_x001D_ which was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in non-fiction. Zucker and her husband, NBC Sports Producer John McGuinness, have three children and reside in New Jersey.
- Professional Credits
- Director/Producer: In A Different Key feature length documentary
Co-Author: In A Different Key: The Story of Autism
Producer: ABC News World News Tonight, ABC News NIGHTLINE
Producer Co-writer with Robert MacNeil: PBS NewsHour series Autism NOW
Producer: PBS NewsHour
Associate Producer/Researcher: ABC News Documentary Unit, ABC News "Our World"
- Industry Awards
- Zucker was honored for her role in ABC_x0019_s coverage of 9/11 with two of television_x0019_s most prestigious prizes, the Peabody and the Alfred L. DuPont awards. In addition, she won an Emmy for her story that followed the lives of 2 autistic boys across a decade, her third Emmy to date. Other awards include: The GRACIE Allen Award, The CINE Golden Eagle Award
