Journalists & News Producers

This category consists of news anchors, correspondents, documentarians, historians, moderators, news producers, sports producers, and television critics.

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Highlights

Highlights

Sam Donaldson on his aggressive reporting style (00m 55s)
Ed Bradley on realizing the reach and impact of 60 Minutes after airing the "boat people" story in 1979 (02m 32s)
Barbara Walters on her approach to interviewing (08m 24s)
Walter Cronkite on the difficulties of neutrality in covering the Vietnam War; and the Nixon administration's attempts to weaken the press (02m 54s)

From the Collection

Meet the Press longest running show

MEET THE PRESS (1947-PRESENT). Meet the Press first aired locally on November 6, 1947 then nationally two weeks later (with the November 20, 1947 broadcast) and is currently the longest-running television show in history. The weekly news program has been a Sunday staple since 1950. This pioneering public affairs interview program was co-created by Martha Rountree and Laurence Spivak and began on radio in 1945. Among the many series moderators over the years were: Martha Rountree, Laurence Spivak, Ned Brooks, Bill Monroe, Tim Russert, and David Gregory.

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