Tom Jennings

Tom Jennings is a Peabody and Emmy award-winning documentary filmmaker and journalist. He has written, produced and directed more than 500 hours of programming on topics including politics, religion, history, crime, sports, mystery and travel. He has produced films all around the globe, always looking for new ways to tell stories that are informative and entertaining. Tom and his company received The Peabody Award for their Smithsonian Channel film detailing the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King. The Emmy, which 1895 Films has received many nominations, was awarded to Tom and his company for their National Geographic film about the 1986 Space Shuttle Challenger Disaster. Tom also produced the highly successful profile of Princess Diana, called Diana: In Her Own Words, which became a worldwide phenomenon in 2020 after Netflix paired the documentary with Season 4 of its series, The Crown. In 2023, Tom received the Excellence in TV Award at the Content Innovation Awards at MIPCOM.

Tom started his career as a print journalist, writing for publications including the New York Times, the Los Angeles Times and Associated Press. In 1994, he was nominated for the Pulitzer Prize in journalism for investigative reporting. In 2019, Tom was the recipient of The William Taylor Award from his alma mater, Kent State University. The prestigious award is given each year to an outstanding alumnus of KSU's School of Journalism and Mass Communication.