Henry Tenenbaum is a nine-time Emmy Award-winning broadcast journalist whose career spans more than fifty years across local television news, national magazine programming, and international documentary filmmaking.
Henry began his broadcasting career at WBFO, the University at Buffalo's radio station, where he developed the storytelling instincts that would define his later television work.
Henry moved to television at WKBW-TV (Channel 7) in Buffalo, New York, working as a reporter and feature correspondent during the station's innovative "Eyewitness News" era.
Henry joined WTOP-TV (later renamed WDVM-TV, now WUSA) in Washington, D.C., where he became a feature reporter for the station's Eyewitness News. His work during this period included investigative features, human interest stories, and participatory journalism — from jogging with the father of aerobics to training with the Green Berets. He won multiple Emmy Awards for his feature reporting.
Henry became a co-host and field producer for PM Magazine (also known as Evening Magazine) at WRC-TV, the NBC affiliate in Washington, D.C. This nationally syndicated magazine show allowed him to travel extensively, producing feature stories from Paris to the Caribbean, from Tahiti to London. His work ranged from serious investigative pieces to playful participatory features — enrolling in Ringling Brothers Clown College, walking on the wing of a biplane, recording a pop song at a professional studio, and wrestling a bear. He continued winning Emmy Awards during this period.
Henry moved to KRON-TV (Channel 4) in San Francisco, where he continued his feature reporting and magazine-format work. His Bay Area stories covered technology, culture, food, wine, and the diverse communities of Northern California.
Henry produced and narrated special documentary series for NBC/WRC including multi-part investigations into chocolate production, music videos as an art form, memory and neuroscience, medical breakthroughs, and aging research.
In what he calls his "4.0" era, Henry transitioned to international documentary filmmaking, producing and narrating films for organizations including Global Communities, USAID, Catholic Relief Services (CRS), MasterCard Foundation, and World Health Partners. His work has taken him to Rwanda, Kenya, Ghana, Tanzania, Malawi, Zambia, Burkina Faso, Senegal, Uganda, Haiti, and India. These documentaries focus on international development — financial inclusion, agricultural markets, peacebuilding, health access, and community resilience. Henry often serves as a one-man production crew: shooting, editing, and narrating entire documentaries.
Henry has taught at San Jose State University, sharing his decades of broadcast journalism experience with the next generation.
Nine Emmy Awards for broadcast journalism excellence, spanning feature reporting, investigative journalism, and documentary production.
The Henry Tenenbaum Archive is an ongoing project to document, preserve, and make accessible Henry's complete body of work — currently comprising 297 story records spanning from the 1960s to the present day. The archive includes transcripts, video analysis, production notes, and cross-references that together tell the story of a career defined by curiosity, humor, and a gift for making any subject compelling.