Mili Lerner Bonsignori

Mili Lerner Bonsignori was interviewed for three hours in Kissimmee, FL.  Ms. Bonsignori described her transition from an editor in feature films to her extensive career in television.  She described her work as an editor on the CBS documentary series See It Now, Small World, and CBS Reports; and her opinions on and relationship with the co-producers of these series, Edward R. Murrow (who also served as host) and Fred W. Friendly.  She described in detail such benchmark See It Now shows as "The Case Against Milo Radulovich AO589839," "A Report on Senator Joseph R. McCarthy," and "A Conversation with Dr. J. Robert Oppenheimer" and the CBS Reports program "Hunger in America."  She described her later freelance work, such as that with Charles Kuralt and the two documentaries for which she won Emmy Awards, ...But What About the Children? and CBS Reports: The Defense of the United States: A Call to Arms.  She also discussed the changes that have affected the field of editing through the years, such as the advent of videotape.  The interview was conducted by Michael Rosen on December 11, 1998.