Jim Lehrer
News Anchor
About This Interview
Journalist/Anchor Jim Lehrer was interviewed for nearly three hours at his studio in Arlington, VA. Lehrer discussed such topics as: covering President Kennedy's assassination, the program Newsroom, his role as Public Affairs Coordinator at PBS, and his long-running news program The MacNeil/Lehrer Report (The MacNeil/Lehrer Newshour). The interview was conducted by Don Carleton on May 21, 2001.
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Video: A look back at some highlights from Jim Lehrer's 52 years in journalism and his time at the NewsHour
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Interview
- Part 1
- On his early influences, schooling, and his first news job.
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- On the coverage of the John F. Kennedy assassination and other news stories.
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- On his work on TV's KERA, "Newsroom", PBS, and covering Watergate.
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- On meeting Robert MacNeil; on The MacNeil-Lehrer News Hour; on covering Washington D.C. politics.
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- On the The MacNeil-Lehrer News Hour; on broadcast journalism.
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