Broadcaster Receives Fifth Award from the White House Correspondents’ Association

SAG-AFTRA member Peter Maer has been a CBS News White House correspondent since September 1998, and is now the proud recipient of yet another Merriman Smith Award for Excellence in Presidential News Coverage from the White House Correspondents’ Association. Maer, who has been honored with the award on four previous occasions, has received several Murrow Awards for coverage on various national events.

Maer got his big news break during the 1976 election, when he was assigned to cover Jimmy Carter’s presidential transition. On Jan. 20, 1977, Maer was allowed the honor of flying into Washington, D.C., with Carter for his presidential inauguration. “I never thought I’d cover an impeachment. I never thought I’d cover the son of a president, the modern day version of the Adams, and I never thought I’d cover a black president,” said Maer. “And I’m still going strong.”

While many former reporters on the beat complain about burnout, Maer explained during an interview with U.S. News & World Report that what keeps him going is his love of politics, history, the institution and the challenges he’s faced.

Maer received the award at the annual White House Correspondents’ Association dinner on May 3 in Washington, D.C.

Congratulations, Peter, from your friends and peers at SAG-AFTRA!