CBS Reports is the umbrella title used for documentaries by CBS News

CBS News

CBS News is the news division of American television and radio network CBS. The current chairman is Jeff Fager who is also the executive producer of 60 Minutes, while the current president of CBS News is David Rhodes. CBS News' flagship program is the CBS Evening News, hosted by the network's main...

 which aired starting in 1959 through the 1990s. The series sometimes aired as a wheel series

Wheel series

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 rotating with 60 Minutes

60 Minutes

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(or other similar CBS News series), as a series of its own or as specials. The program aired as a constant series from 1959

1959 in television

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 to 1971

1971 in television

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. Notable episodes include "Harvest of Shame

Harvest of Shame

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", a Peabody Award

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-winning examination of migrant worker

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s in the United States, and "CBS Reports: The Homosexuals

CBS Reports: The Homosexuals

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", the first time homosexuality was presented on a national network broadcast.

The "CBS Reports" banner was brought back into use in 2009, with the series "CBS Reports: Children of the Recession." Instead of being a stand-alone documentary, the new incarnation consisted of reports across all CBS News

CBS News

CBS News is the news division of American television and radio network CBS. The current chairman is Jeff Fager who is also the executive producer of 60 Minutes, while the current president of CBS News is David Rhodes. CBS News' flagship program is the CBS Evening News, hosted by the network's main...

 platforms. Katie Couric

Katie Couric

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 led coverage. The series of reports won the a Columbia School of Journalism Alfred DuPont Award.

In January 2010, a second Couric-led series aired, "CBS Reports: Where America Stands".