Professional career
Maraynes began his career in 1974 at CBS News where he soon landed at 60 Minutes, [3] spending the better part of a decade working as a producer alongside famed correspondents, Mike Wallace and Ed Bradley. He generated major investigations, including a report into fuel tank hazards of the Ford Pinto, [4] [5] [6] and produced nearly thirty segments, spanning everything from Who Killed Malcolm X [7] [8] to profiles of notable cultural figures like Robin Williams [9] and George Steinbrenner. [10] [11]
After 60 Minutes he was co-executive producer of an ABC Entertainment pilot "SST". [12] [13] Maraynes then spent several years at ABC's 20/20, [14] where he served as both producer and senior investigative producer, generating investigations [15] into many pressing social issues, such as hotel security, [16] the state of the mentally ill in prisons, [17] and crime in nursing homes.
In 1996 he joined Dateline NBC [18] as a senior investigative producer. Among the stories he originated and/or supervised are investigations into airport security lapses [19] [20] (five years before the attacks of September 11, 2001), a hidden camera investigation into corruption in the ranks of some Louisiana police officers, [21] and investigations into child labor in American agriculture and the Indian silk business. [22] Maraynes also played a major role in the creation, design, writing, and success of several internal Dateline franchises, including the long-running series, "To Catch a Predator". [23] Most recently, he originated and supervised a Peabody Award-winning hour (as part of NBC News' In Plain Sight initiative): "Breathless", [24] [25] [26] which exposed the national epidemic of childhood asthma and its link to poverty.
Maraynes has guest lectured at the New School [27] in New York, New York University, the Columbia University School of Journalism, [28] and Tufts University. [29]
He is currently the president of Row M Productions which develops feature film and feature documentary projects.
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