Holliman played a critical role in the CNN coverage of the Persian Gulf crisis, which won numerous awards, including a Nationa Headliner Award, the GeorgeFosterPeabody Award and a Golden Microphone.
O'Brien was part of the coverage teams that earned CNN a GeorgeFosterPeabody award for its BP oil spill and Katrina coverage and an Alfred I. duPont Award for its coverage of the Southeast Asia tsunami.