During her first show as an analyst on a CBSNews special about the Watergate hearings, themale analysts at first did not let her say a word.

Stahl said she was suddenly asked a questionabout "the latest gossip" from then White Houseaide John Erlichmann. When she didn't speak, Stahlsaid journalist Daniel Schorr responded.

"If it's gossip you want, that's why we have awoman here," Shorr said.

A graduate of Wheaton college in Norton, Mass.,Stahl began her journalism career in 1968, whenshe worked as a writer-researcher for NBC News.She joined CBS in 1972 after a stint as a producerfor then-CBS Boston affiliate WHDH-TV.

From 1979 to 1986, Stahl served as a WhiteHouse correspondent. She joined "60 Minutes" in1991 after 12 years as a Washington-basedreporter.

Most recently, her investigative reporting onthe Gulf War has earned her and others at "60Minutes" adulation from the journalism industry.

Stahl's compilation of her memoirs, ReportingLive, was published by Simon and Schuster lastyear.

CBS Evening News managing editor and anchor DanRather won the Goldsmith Award last year.

Last night's ceremony also honored theinvestigative journalism of a team of reportersfrom the Miami Herald.

Manny Garcia, Dan Keating, Joseph Tanfani andAndres Viglucci won a $25,000 prize for their workon the series, "Dirty Votes: The Race for Miami'sMayor," which revealed corruption in Miami'sadministration