SELECTED WORK
Stories produced by our founders for 60 Minutes and NBC News — watch via CBS News, NBC News, and the official network archives.
FROM THE 60 MINUTES BOOKS
Every 60 Minutes story begins as a "book" — the screening document with the title art. A few of ours:
60 MINUTES · RACHAEL MOREHOUSE, CO-FOUNDER
The Blowout (2010) · Scott Pelley — In the worst oil disaster in U.S. history, whistleblower Mike Williams recalls his harrowing escape from the Deepwater Horizon — his first-ever interview. Two Emmy Awards and the duPont-Columbia Award.
Killing bin Laden (2012) · Scott Pelley — The first-ever interview with a member of SEAL Team 6, known as "Mark Owen," recounting the raid that killed the world's most wanted man. Two Emmy Awards and the Overseas Press Club Award.
12/14 (2013) · Scott Pelley — Seven families who lost children in the Newtown massacre, hoping their tragedy might spur new gun legislation. duPont-Columbia Award.
Africa Mercy (2013) · Scott Pelley — The world's largest civilian hospital ship — restoring sight to thousands and bringing smiles to faces once disfigured by tumors, along the west coast of Africa. Emmy Award.
The Islamic State (2014) · Scott Pelley — Two months after ISIS tore through Iraq and overran Mosul, reporting from the front lines — and from the refugee camps where we first met Nadia Murad. Emmy nominated.
The New Burma (2015) · Bill Whitaker — One of the most closed-off lands on earth, on the eve of its historic elections — with the Nobel Prize-winning woman most responsible for its democratic movement, Aung San Suu Kyi.
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad (2015) · Charlie Rose — A rare interview with the Syrian dictator in Damascus, as a four-year civil war dragged on.
Valerie Jarrett (2016) · Norah O'Donnell — President Obama's closest advisor, inside the White House.
Out of Darkness (2017) · Bill Whitaker — Two doctors — one an Ivy League adrenaline junkie, the other a Buddhist surgeon from Nepal — have restored sight to more than 150,000 people. We joined them on a mission in Burma to lead an entire country out of darkness, one patient at a time. Emmy nominated.
Olympic Cheating (2018) · Scott Pelley — Grigory Rodchenkov, mastermind of Russia's Olympic doping scheme, came out of hiding to speak with us — a window into Vladimir Putin's Russia.
Saving the Orphans of War (2018) · Scott Pelley — Syria's civil war has left 2.5 million children homeless and at least 100,000 orphaned. The ordinary people who left their homes and careers to rescue them. Emmy nominated.
Mancini's Brain (2018) · Scott Pelley — How IEDs may physically cause PTSD. Edward R. Murrow Award.
President el-Sisi (2019) · Scott Pelley — The interview Egypt's government tried to block.
Nadia & Amal (2019) · Scott Pelley — The follow-up with Nadia Murad — the Yazidi woman we first discovered in a refugee camp after she escaped ISIS — as she and attorney Amal Clooney fought to hold ISIS accountable, culminating in her Nobel Peace Prize. Emmy Award.
Chris Krebs (2020) · Scott Pelley — The first interview with the election security chief fired by President Trump.
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Smith Island (2024) · Jon Wertheim — In the middle of the Chesapeake Bay, residents refuse offers to relocate as rising seas and erosion reshape their island home.
America's Steeplechase (2017) · Charlie Rose — The danger, thrills and glory of timber racing, culminating in the Maryland Hunt Cup. Emmy nominated.
50 Years of 60 Minutes (2017) — An hour retrospective on the history, characters, and stories of 60 Minutes.
Morley Safer: A Reporter's Life (2016) — An hour retrospective on the life of legendary 60 Minutes correspondent Morley Safer.
Heroin in the Heartland (2015) · Bill Whitaker — An Emmy-nominated investigation into the opiate epidemic in suburban and rural America.
Good Morning Ms. Love (2021) · Director & Producer, The Nantucket Project — A day in the life of 2019 Teacher of the Year Tontra Love of Oakland — empathy and love for her students, forged in hardship, become a lesson in love for all of us.
Generation Love (2021) · Director & Producer, The Nantucket Project — Gen Z is judged as self-obsessed and tech-obsessed — but what if their self-reflection and online connectedness could make for a more loving world?
Neighbor to Neighbor with Kelly Corrigan (2020) · Producer, The Nantucket Project — Best-selling author Kelly Corrigan talks with everyday neighbors about the most pivotal points in their lives.
Additional 60 Minutes credits: Danny Clinch (2016), Gold Rush (2014), Rosie's Run for the Roses (2013), Survivor (2013), This is Judd Apatow (2012), Around the World in 20 Days (2012).
NBC NEWS DIGITAL DOCS · RACHAEL MOREHOUSE, EXECUTIVE PRODUCER
A Marriage on Trial (2022) — Johnny Depp, Amber Heard, and truth in the age of social media.
Dear Noah: Pages from a Family Diary (2022) — A family's diary of raising a transgender son. Edward R. Murrow Award; Emmy nominated.
Boiling Point (2022) — Jackson, Mississippi's decades-long fight for clean water.
50 Years Fly (2023) — The rise, fall and revolution of hip-hop fashion. Emmy nominated.
Life, Death and Cop City (2023) — The fight over the future of policing in Atlanta.
Saving Nikita (2023) — The fight to return Ukraine's abducted children.
From Trance to Terror (2023) — The Supernova music festival massacre.
Search for Safety (2023) — Video diaries of the desperate struggle to survive in Gaza.
Where's Noa? (2023) — A forensic analysis of one kidnapping, and Israel's hostage crisis.
