Kirsty Wark, who left BBC Two's Newsnight last summer after 30 years, received the Bafta Fellowship, the highest honour bestowed by the British Academy.
Wark said it was a "privilege and an honour" to be recognised.
"Things have changed so much and so radically since the 70s, not least the shoulder pads, the office drinks trolley, and film crews the size of football teams, but always the chance to learn and go.
"I've been lucky to interviews politicians to painters, architects to economists, musicians and a few monsters." She paid tribute to her colleagues, saying: "It takes a village to raise a programme."
BBC Breakfast's Post Office Special won the news coverage award, while BBC Sport's Paris 2024 Olympics took the sport coverage prize.
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