Biography

Allan Maraynes began his career at the CBS News broadcast 60 Minutes, where he spent the better part of a decade. He produced investigative reports for Correspondent Mike Wallace and among his body of work were the first network television investigations into the fuel tank hazards of the Ford Pinto and the practices of the (then) little known Church of Scientology. While at 60 Minutes he also produced reports on "smokeless" tobacco (with Ed Bradley as correspondent, which inspired a law to be passed requiring warning labels on all smokeless tobacco products), the hazards of multi-piece wheel rims, age discrimination, and the welfare hotels of New York City.

Maraynes also spent several years at ABC's 20/20, where he served as both producer and senior investigative producer. His groundbreaking reports at ABC included first-time network investigations into hotel security, the mentally ill in jails, and crime in nursing homes.

In 1996, he joined Dateline, NBC as Senior Investigative Producer. Among the stories he originated and/or supervised; a hidden camera investigation into airport security lapses (five years before 9/11), a hidden camera investigation into official corruption in the ranks of Louisiana police officers, a report on sudden acceleration in Ford automobiles, an expose of the State Farm Insurance company after allegations it unfairly denied medical claims, investigations into child labor in American agriculture and the Indian silk business, an investigation into individuals in the U.S. attempting to procure stinger missiles for those with terrorist ties, and an undercover investigation into the child sex trade in Cambodia.

In addition to major investigations, Maraynes has contributed to NBC News investigations into 9/11 and hurricane Katrina. He also played a major role in the creation, design, writing, and success of several internal Dateline franchises, including the long running "To Catch A Predator."

Among the major awards Maraynes has won over the years; sixteen National Emmy awards, seven Edward R. Murrow Awards, an Overseas Press Club Award, three Investigative Reporters and Editors awards, The Gerald Loeb Award, The George Polk Award, two duPont-Columbia Journalism Awards, and three George Foster Peabody Awards. The most recent Peabody involved a story he and his daughter (a physician) conceived regarding childhood asthma as it relates to poverty.

Maraynes received a Bachelor's degree in Mass Communications and Theatre from Queens College of the City of New York, and a Master's in Film and Television from Loyola University (now Loyola Marymount) in Los Angeles. He has guest-lectured at the New School in New York, New York University, the Columbia University School of Journalism, and Tufts University.
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