An acclaimed documentary host and producer, network and major market news anchor, and founder of his own multimedia production company, Bill Kurtis has been earning the respect of his peers and viewers for more than fifty years. 

Bill traveled the world for the Peabody Award-winning PBS series The New Explorers and documentaries that have taken on the most pressing environmental issues of our time. He anchored the prime time news broadcasts on CBS-owned WWBM-TV Chicago and co-anchored the CBS Morning News.

Currently, he can be heard on NPR Radio as the co-host of the celebrated weekly news quiz, Wait, Wait…Don’t Tell Me. 

Bill is the recipient of numerous humanitarian, journalism, and broadcasting awards. He is a member of the board of directors of The Nature Conservancy of Illinois, the Chicago Botanic Garden, and the Field Museum of Chicago and is a Founder of Millennium Park.