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"I had to look straight into the camera and convey as much a sense of seriousness as I could muster. But the stories I covered called for that anyway." - Lesley Stahl, News Correspondent

News and Documentary describes shows that feature the news of the day, an in-depth and/or investigative report, or an historical record.

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  • Edie Adams
  • Alan Alda
  • Joe Behar
  • Linda Bell Blue
  • Ed Bradley
  • David Brinkley
  • James L. Brooks
  • Ken Burns
  • Stan Chambers
  • Connie Chung
  • Nick Clooney
  • Bill Conti
  • Joan Ganz Cooney
  • Katie Couric
  • Judith Crist
  • Walter Cronkite
  • Michael Dann
  • Roy E. Disney
  • Phil Donahue
  • Sam Donaldson
  • Linda Ellerbee
  • Imero Fiorentino
  • John Frankenheimer
  • Gerald Fried
  • William Froug
  • Leonard H. Goldenson
  • Julian Goodman
  • Herb Granath
  • Earl Hamner, Jr.
  • Gwen Ifill
  • Lucy Jarvis
  • Ted Koppel
  • Steve Kroft
  • Susan Lacy
  • Brian Lamb
  • Art Linkletter
  • Al Michaels
  • Bill Monroe
  • Leslie Moonves
  • Bill Moyers
  • Roger Mudd
  • Jonathan Murray
  • Sheila Nevins
  • Jane Pauley
  • Maury Povich
  • Dan Rather
  • Alan Raymond and Susan Raymond
  • Geraldo Rivera
  • Al Roker
  • Andy Rooney
  • Tim Russert
  • Morley Safer
  • Max Schindler
  • John Silva
  • Garry Simpson
  • Howard K. Smith
  • Sid Smith
  • Lesley Stahl
  • Ted Turner
  • Mike Wallace
  • Barbara Walters
  • Av Westin
  • Brian Williams
  • David Wolper
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  • Highlights
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Highlights

  • Lesley Stahl on the process of doing a story for <i>60 Minutes</i>Lesley Stahl on the process of doing a story for 60 Minutes
    Clip begins at: 14:30, Duration: 03m 17s
  • Walter Cronkite on what he observes to be a deterioration of the quality of news programs and whyWalter Cronkite on what he observes to be a deterioration of the quality of news programs and why
    Clip begins at: 19:36, Duration: 03m 30s
  • <i/> Tim Russert on moderating Meet the Press, his approach to interviews and his broadcast philosophy <i/> Tim Russert on moderating Meet the Press, his approach to interviews and his broadcast philosophy
    Clip begins at: 03:51, Duration: 15m 50s
  • Barbara Walters on her approach to interviewingBarbara Walters on her approach to interviewing
    Clip begins at: 05:37, Duration: 08m 24s
  • Sam Donaldson on the competitive nature of ABC News in the 1970s as they tried to scoop CBS or NBCSam Donaldson on the competitive nature of ABC News in the 1970s as they tried to scoop CBS or NBC
    Clip begins at: 28:34, Duration: 01m 03s
  • Walter Cronkite on the subtle differences in TV journalism between editorials, commentary, and analysisWalter Cronkite on the subtle differences in TV journalism between editorials, commentary, and analysis
    Clip begins at: 20:38, Duration: 02m 05s
  • Walter Cronkite on how "intimate" television was in the early days of news broadcastingWalter Cronkite on how "intimate" television was in the early days of news broadcasting
    Clip begins at: 11:46, Duration: 04m 05s
  • Betty Cole Dukert on covering the Vietnam war on <i>Meet the Press</i> ; the challenges of getting interviewsBetty Cole Dukert on covering the Vietnam war on Meet the Press ; the challenges of getting interviews
    Clip begins at: 00:05

All Interviewee clips on this genre

  • Edie Adams
    • Edie Adams on the PBS show, The Best of Kovacs
      Clip begins at: 07:22, Duration: 03m 19s
  • Alan Alda
    • Alan Alda on Scientific American Frontiers
      Clip begins at: 11:21, Duration: 04m 24s
  • Joe Behar
    • Joe Behar on directing Pat Weaver's Wide Wide World
      Clip begins at: 00:01, Duration: 08m 30s
  • Linda Bell Blue
    • Linda Bell Blue on producing Hard Copy
      Clip begins at: 39:22, Duration: 19m 57s
    • Linda Bell Blue on producing Entertainment Tonight
      Clip begins at: 00:01, Duration: 51m 48s
  • Ed Bradley
    • Ed Bradley on getting his first on-camera interview at WCBS, and on that station instituting a new style of interviewing as a result
      Clip begins at: 25:20, Duration: 03m 20s
    • Ed Bradley on keeping his personal opinions about war out of the reporting on the Vietnam conflict
      Clip begins at: 28:25, Duration: 00m 47s
    • Ed Bradley on how news was filed from Vietnam
      Clip begins at: 00:30, Duration: 00m 54s
    • Ed Bradley on access to the military while covering Vietnam
      Clip begins at: 01:47, Duration: 01m 23s
    • Ed Bradley on being the "number two" man covering the White House for CBS behind Bob Schieffer
      Clip begins at: 09:03, Duration: 01m 44s
    • Ed Bradley on his concept of the television documentary as he became head correspondent of CBS Reports
      Clip begins at: 19:18, Duration: 01m 37s
    • Ed Bradley on former 60 Minutes executive producer Don Hewitt
      Clip begins at: 11:52, Duration: 01m 04s
    • Ed Bradley on realizing the reach and impact of 60 Minutes after airing the "boat people" story in 1979
      Clip begins at: 03:27, Duration: 02m 32s
    • Ed Bradley on professional standards in broadcast journalism
      Clip begins at: 10:31, Duration: 01m 03s
  • David Brinkley
    • David Brinkley on teaming up with Chet Huntley 
      Clip begins at: 03:06, Duration: 06m 54s
  • James L. Brooks
    • James L. Brooks on being a page for CBS News
      Clip begins at: 12:16, Duration: 11m 35s
  • Ken Burns
    • Documentarian Ken Burns on developing his approach to using photographs in documentaries during the development of Brooklyn Bridge
      Clip begins at: 23:54, Duration: 02m 12s
    • Documentarian Ken Burns on the power of television
      Clip begins at: 22:56, Duration: 02m 24s
    • Ken Burns the "Ken Burns effect" and his documentary style
      Clip begins at: 00:45, Duration: 04m 09s
    • Ken Burns on the components of documentary including selecting a subject and the process of interviewing
      Clip begins at: 18:21, Duration: 05m 22s
    • Ken Burns on the documentary genre and how he'd like to be remembered
      Clip begins at: 25:10, Duration: 03m 47s
  • Stan Chambers
    • Stan Chambers on reporting at the scene of the 1949 Kathy Fiscus tragedy -- a story that was followed nationwide
      Clip begins at: 17:54, Duration: 11m 01s
    • Stan Chambers the conclusion of the 1949 Kathy Fiscus tragedy and some of the details of the coverage as well as the influence it had for how television covered live news events
      Clip begins at: 00:07, Duration: 08m 38s
    • Stan Chambers on KTLA's remote coverage of the local Southern California troops leaving for Korea and returning from duty 
      Clip begins at: 15:02, Duration: 01m 48s
    • Stan Chambers on anchoring KTLA's evening news in 1958 (and using an improvised prompting system)
      Clip begins at: 00:03, Duration: 02m 04s
    • Stan Chambers on KTLA's invention and use of the first news helicopter, the "telecopter" in 1958
      Clip begins at: 02:07, Duration: 05m 51s
    • Stan Chambers on covering the assassination of Robert Kennedy in 1968
      Clip begins at: 10:41, Duration: 04m 28s
    • Stan Chambers on KTLA's breaking the news story of the Rodney King beating by Los Angeles police officers
      Clip begins at: 00:07, Duration: 11m 04s
    • Stan Chambers on the process of covering local news
      Clip begins at: 11:11, Duration: 17m 27s
    • Stan Chambers on news coverage's evolution throughout his career
      Clip begins at: 00:04, Duration: 16m 49s
    • Stan Chambers on a photo of the maiden voyage of KTLA's telecopter
      Clip begins at: 13:55, Duration: 00m 33s
  • Connie Chung
    • Connie Chung on getting on-air on CBS Evening News with Walter Cronkite and working with Cronkite
      Clip begins at: 51:18, Duration: 03m 37s
    • Connie Chung on getting hired at CBS News
      Clip begins at: 38:55, Duration: 03m 12s
    • Connie Chung on interviews when she was co-anchoring CBS Evening News with Dan Rather
      Clip begins at: 52:36, Duration: 02m 23s
    • Connie Chung on co-anchoring CBS Evening News with Dan Rather
      Clip begins at: 28:54, Duration: 09m 36s
  • Nick Clooney
    • Nick Clooney on anchoring local television news for WKRT Cincinnati
      Clip begins at: 01:41, Duration: 03m 32s
    • Nick Clooney on memorable stories he covered while anchoring local television news for WKRT Cincinnati
      Clip begins at: 05:13, Duration: 03m 15s
    • Nick Clooney on becoming news co-anchor for KNBC Los Angeles
      Clip begins at: 08:28, Duration: 07m 32s
    • Nick Clooney on how news reporting has changed over the years
      Clip begins at: 16:54, Duration: 02m 20s
    • Nick Clooney on action reporting in the news and the then-current style of news
      Clip begins at: 20:32, Duration: 02m 03s
  • Bill Conti
    • Bill Conti on writing music for ABC News and expected music cues
      Clip begins at: 29:12, Duration: 02m 39s
    • Bill Conti on what news programs should sound like
      Clip begins at: 31:51, Duration: 01m 49s
    • Bill Conti on contributing music to Nightline, Our World, and World News Tonight
      Clip begins at: 33:40, Duration: 01m 07s
  • Joan Ganz Cooney
    • Joan Ganz Cooney on the importance of documentaries
      Clip begins at: 08:43, Duration: 07m 23s
  • Katie Couric
    • Katie Couric on her first experience as an on-screen reporter and CNN President Reese Schonfeld's reaction
      Clip begins at: 24:01, Duration: 02m 04s
    • Katie Couric on her debut as an anchor at WTBJ Miami
      Clip begins at: 31:49, Duration: 01m 08s
    • Katie Couric on her rise to working on Today and anchoring CBS Evening News
      Clip begins at: 00:00, Duration: 23m 23s
  • Judith Crist
    • Judith Crist on Al Morgan inviting her to be movie critic for Today
      Clip begins at: 22:03, Duration: 06m 27s
    • Judith Crist on reviewing "Cleopatra" and not enjoying Elizabeth Taylor's performance
      Clip begins at: 12:35
    • Judith Crist on her appearances on Today
      Clip begins at: 00:00, Duration: 12m 35s
    • Judith Crist on her time as a film critic on Today
      Clip begins at: 21:34, Duration: 08m 30s
    • Judith Crist on interviewing Federico Fellini on Today
      Clip begins at: 20:30, Duration: 05m 43s
  • Walter Cronkite
    • Walter Cronkite on learning a valuable lesson- never broadcast anything you haven't fully researched
      Clip begins at: 19:16, Duration: 06m 26s
    • Walter Cronkite on how "intimate" television was in the early days of news broadcasting
      Clip begins at: 11:46, Duration: 04m 05s
    • Walter Cronkite on the subtle differences in TV journalism between editorials, commentary, and analysis
      Clip begins at: 20:38, Duration: 02m 05s
    • Walter Cronkite on the 1952 political convention where the term "Anchorman" was first coined; the resentment from radio professionals toward the new television medium
      Clip begins at: 02:24, Duration: 03m 40s
    • Walter Cronkite on the challenges of covering a live political event, and various technologies used in the '52 convention coverage
      Clip begins at: 08:44, Duration: 10m 05s
    • Walter Cronkite on difficulties of maintaining neutrality while covering the Vietnam War and the "conspiratorial campaign" Spiro Agnew and the Nixon administration waged on the press
      Clip begins at: 20:08, Duration: 02m 54s
    • Walter Cronkite on the question of whether he found it difficult to report the news when CBS itself was the news; as in the Quiz Show Scandals, and Watergate
      Clip begins at: 02:10, Duration: 03m 01s
    • Walter Cronkite on the expansion of the news from 15 to 30 minutes (in 1963) and how that changed the nature of the genre
      Clip begins at: 21:12, Duration: 04m 51s
    • Walter Cronkite on what he observes to be a deterioration of the quality of news programs and why
      Clip begins at: 19:36, Duration: 03m 30s
  • Michael Dann
    • Mike Dann on his start in NBC News
      Clip begins at: 18:29, Duration: 04m 15s
  • Roy E. Disney
    • Roy Disney on Disney's True Life Adventures nature documentaries
      Clip begins at: 02:35, Duration: 17m 01s
  • Phil Donahue
    • Phil Donahue on working in radio and television news
      Clip begins at: 17:25, Duration: 13m 00s
  • Sam Donaldson
    • Sam Donaldson on his initial reluctance to join ABC news in 1967
      Clip begins at: 27:47, Duration: 01m 16s
    • Sam Donaldson on his first days as a Washington news correspondent at ABC in 1967
      Clip begins at: 00:39, Duration: 03m 23s
    • Sam Donaldson on how Leonard Goldenson's budget cuts affected ABC news coverage of the 1968 political conventions
      Clip begins at: 04:58, Duration: 02m 56s
    • Sam Donaldson on the competitive nature of ABC News in the 1970s as they tried to scoop CBS or NBC
      Clip begins at: 28:34, Duration: 01m 03s
    • Sam Donaldson gives two examples of ABC's poor handling of his news scoops early in the late 60s and early 70s
      Clip begins at: 00:27, Duration: 04m 15s
    • Sam Donaldson on the visual aspect of TV news coverage
      Clip begins at: 14:39, Duration: 00m 35s
    • Sam Donaldson on the magazine news show format (Primetime Live)
      Clip begins at: 24:00, Duration: 01m 14s
    • Sam Donaldson on This Week with Sam Donaldson and Cokie Roberts
      Clip begins at: 00:35, Duration: 01m 38s
    • Sam Donaldson on criticism of his aggressive journalistic style
      Clip begins at: 24:33, Duration: 02m 49s
  • Linda Ellerbee
    • Linda Ellerbee on the business of television news
      Clip begins at: 35:59, Duration: 05m 04s
  • Imero Fiorentino
    • Lighting Director Imero Fiorentino on lighting the 1960 Presidential debates starting with the second one, following the first debate wherein Richard Nixon looked badly, making the best improvements he could; also the issues he had lighting JFK due to RFK's interference
      Clip begins at: 04:41, Duration: 06m 04s
  • John Frankenheimer
    • John Frankenheimer on working on You Are There as Sydney Lumet's associate director
      Clip begins at: 20:00, Duration: 09m 11s
    • John Frankenheimer on the Hollywood Blacklist and The Senator McCarthy episode of See It Now
      Clip begins at: 04:56, Duration: 03m 38s
  • Gerald Fried
    • Composer Gerald Fried on working on the music for various National Geographic specials and the composing of music for documentaries in general
      Clip begins at: 09:47, Duration: 01m 49s
  • William Froug
    • William Froug on doing a film with Rod Serling after JFK died introducing Lyndon Johnson to the world
      Clip begins at: 12:39, Duration: 11m 23s
  • Leonard H. Goldenson
    • Leonard Goldenson on putting Roone Arledge in charge of news
      Clip begins at: 25:44, Duration: 01m 09s
    • Leonard Goldenson on changes in network news due to network ownership
      Clip begins at: 14:30, Duration: 01m 01s
  • Julian Goodman
    • Julian Goodman on working the 1948 political convention in Philadelphia, PA and radio's dominance over television
      Clip begins at: 18:13, Duration: 04m 37s
    • Julian Goodman on David Brinkley and Brinkley's early radio broadcasts
      Clip begins at: 02:00, Duration: 08m 35s
    • Julian Goodman on Walter Cronkite dominating coverage of the 1952 Presidential Convention; on the primitive state of TV at the time; on HUAC
      Clip begins at: 00:01, Duration: 04m 44s
    • Julian Goodman on the expansion of television news in the mid 1950s
      Clip begins at: 23:50, Duration: 01m 57s
    • Julian Goodman on Edward R. Murrow's See it Now episode, "Senator McCarthy"
      Clip begins at: 22:01, Duration: 00m 57s
    • Julian Goodman on the first Presidential News Conference in 1955
      Clip begins at: 00:44, Duration: 05m 04s
    • Julian Goodman on television news documentaries
      Clip begins at: 18:21, Duration: 05m 27s
    • Julian Goodman on producing the second of The Great Debates
      Clip begins at: 24:23, Duration: 02m 54s
    • Julian Goodman on the first and second Kennedy-Nixon debates
      Clip begins at: 09:33
    • Julian Goodman on NBC's coverage of JFK's assassination
      Clip begins at: 19:27, Duration: 08m 17s
    • Julian Goodman on NBC news coverage of the Vietnam War
      Clip begins at: 24:54, Duration: 02m 15s
    • Julian Goodman on news coverage of the 1968 Democratic Convention
      Clip begins at: 21:48, Duration: 03m 06s
    • Julian Goodman on NBC's coverage of Lee Harvey Oswald's death - TV's first live murder
      Clip begins at: 00:00, Duration: 02m 48s
    • Julian Goodman on NBC's coverage of the moon landing
      Clip begins at: 00:01, Duration: 01m 12s
  • Herb Granath
    • Herb Granath on the birth of The History Channel
      Clip begins at: 19:46, Duration: 03m 59s
  • Earl Hamner, Jr.
    • Earl Hamner on working as a writer on the early Today shows
      Clip begins at: 04:00, Duration: 04m 33s
    • Earl Hamner on writing for the show Wide Wide World
      Clip begins at: 08:33, Duration: 02m 57s
  • Gwen Ifill
    • Gwen Ifill on topics she covered on NBC News and Meet the Press
      Clip begins at: 19:27, Duration: 01m 36s
    • Gwen Ifill on moderating Washington Week, changes she brought to the program, and preparations for the weekly broadcast
      Clip begins at: 24:42, Duration: 06m 52s
    • Gwen Ifill on starting on NewsHour with Jim Lehrer aka PBS NewsHour; on finances at PBS
      Clip begins at: 41:53, Duration: 01m 33s
    • Gwen Ifill on moderating a Palin/Biden Vice-presidential debate
      Clip begins at: 34:40, Duration: 02m 14s
  • Lucy Jarvis
    • Lucy Jarvis on producing The Nation's Future
      Clip begins at: 09:49, Duration: 19m 10s
    • Lucy Jarvis on producing the documentary The Kremlin  for NBC News
      Clip begins at: 05:11, Duration: 19m 49s
    • Lucy Jarvis on producing the NBC News special documentary The Louvre: A Golden Prison
      Clip begins at: 25:00, Duration: 03m 39s
    • Lucy Jarvis on producing The Louvre: A Golden Prison
      Clip begins at: 00:01, Duration: 13m 49s
    • Lucy Jarvis on producing Who Shall Live?
      Clip begins at: 16:02, Duration: 02m 35s
    • Lucy Jarvis on producing Museum Without Walls
      Clip begins at: 21:21, Duration: 05m 24s
  • Ted Koppel
    • Ted Koppel on reporting on JFK's assassination for ABC radio
      Clip begins at: 11:03, Duration: 02m 21s
    • Ted Koppel on reporting on the Civil Rights Movement for ABC radio
      Clip begins at: 13:24, Duration: 04m 21s
    • Ted Koppel on his first television appearance in 1966 - covering the Vietnam War
      Clip begins at: 17:45, Duration: 11m 25s
    • Ted Koppel on reporting on Secretary of State Henry Kissinger during Watergate; on Kissinger's relationship with the press
      Clip begins at: 08:38, Duration: 10m 54s
    • Ted Koppel on reporting on Nixon's trip to China in 1972
      Clip begins at: 19:32, Duration: 08m 16s
    • Ted Koppel on Richard M. Nixon and his inability to handle small talk
      Clip begins at: 00:00, Duration: 05m 34s
    • Ted Koppel on becoming an anchor at ABC Evening News
      Clip begins at: 05:34, Duration: 02m 45s
    • Ted Koppel on becoming anchor of America Held Hostage, aka ABC News Nightline
      Clip begins at: 19:50, Duration: 08m 13s
    • Ted Koppel on America Held Hostag e becoming ABC News Nightline contd. - on topics, guests, technological innovations, and how the program is put together
      Clip begins at: 00:01, Duration: 28m 21s
    • Ted Koppel on covering the Mount St. Helen's eruption, the AIDS epidemic, the Jackie Robinson tribute, the fall of the Berlin Wall, Iraq invading Kuwait, and the O.J. Simpson trial on ABC News Nightline; on "The Fallen" episode of the program during which he read the names of 721 US Serviceman killed in Iraq  ABC News Nightline
      Clip begins at: 00:00, Duration: 16m 39s
  • Steve Kroft
    • Steve Kroft on being a correspondent for 60 Minutes
      Clip begins at: 04:46, Duration: 54m 34s
    • Steve Kroft on being a correspondent for 60 Minutes
      Clip begins at: 00:01, Duration: 47m 16s
  • Susan Lacy
    • Susan Lacy on the challenges of funding the American Masters documentary series and negotiating rights for such a series
      Clip begins at: 13:50
    • Susan Lacy on the editing process on American Masters when working on a documentary
      Clip begins at: 59:27
    • Susan Lacy on the art of documentary: you find the story in the edit room
      Clip begins at: 14:58
    • Susan Lacy on the excitement upon discovering something new about a public figure, like Charlie Chaplin, while working on the documentary series American Masters (they found alt endings for City Lights)
      Clip begins at: 38:00
  • Brian Lamb
    • Brian Lamb on C-SPAN's first day of broadcast and early lack of programming
      Clip begins at: 52:59, Duration: 06m 08s
    • Brian Lamb on the inception and development of C-SPAN
      Clip begins at: 23:53, Duration: 27m 03s
    • On creating programming for C-SPAN; on C-SPAN's call-in show; on C-SPAN's audience and marketing
      Clip begins at: 00:02, Duration: 16m 42s
  • Art Linkletter
    • Art Linkletter on CBS head William Paley's response to his request to be a 60 Minutes correspondent (news vs. entertainment)
      Clip begins at: 16:16, Duration: 01m 24s
  • Al Michaels
    • Al Michaels on reporting the earthquake during the 1989 World Series Game 3 in San Francisco; turning from a sportscaster to a news reporter
      Clip begins at: 24:14, Duration: 03m 37s
  • Bill Monroe
    • Bill Monroe on the question of integrity in early television news journalism
      Clip begins at: 17:37, Duration: 01m 54s
  • Leslie Moonves
    • Leslie Moonves on CBS News during his tenure
      Clip begins at: 03:37, Duration: 06m 52s
  • Bill Moyers
    • Bill Moyers on Lyndon Johnson and television 
      Clip begins at: 00:03, Duration: 06m 27s
    • Bill Moyers on Lyndon Johnson and the Civil Rights Movement
      Clip begins at: 06:30, Duration: 07m 45s
    • Bill Moyers on getting approached by National Educational Television in NY (WNET) to host a show - what would become Bill Moyers' Journal; on the show's format
      Clip begins at: 02:28, Duration: 15m 59s
  • Roger Mudd
    • Roger Mudd on Walter Cronkite getting hired at CBS and his competition at NBC; on trying to get pieces onto Cronkite's show
      Clip begins at: 22:26, Duration: 09m 11s
    • Roger Mudd on reporting on the passage of the Civil Rights Bill
      Clip begins at: 45:18, Duration: 01m 29s
    • Roger Mudd on covering JFK's assassination for CBS News
      Clip begins at: 50:35, Duration: 06m 57s
    • Roger Mudd on CBS coverage of Watergate
      Clip begins at: 09:49, Duration: 02m 17s
    • Roger Mudd on "The Selling of the Pentagon" documentary for CBS Reports
      Clip begins at: 25:12, Duration: 11m 01s
    • Roger Mudd on covering Bobby Kennedy's Presidential bid and assassination
      Clip begins at: 00:00, Duration: 07m 54s
    • Roger Mudd on filling in for Walter Cronkite as anchor of CBS Evening News
      Clip begins at: 39:12, Duration: 03m 08s
    • Roger Mudd on moderating NBC's Meet the Press
      Clip begins at: 02:36, Duration: 01m 56s
    • Roger Mudd on working on the MacNeil/Lehrer News Hour
      Clip begins at: 04:32, Duration: 03m 28s
  • Jonathan Murray
    • Jonathan Murray on the documentary Autism: The Musical
      Clip begins at: 25:05, Duration: 03m 39s
  • Sheila Nevins
    • Sheila Nevins on getting fired from 20/20
      Clip begins at: 23:33, Duration: 00m 53s
    • Sheila Nevins on producing Eros America for HBO (later Real Sex)
      Clip begins at: 24:05, Duration: 04m 13s
    • Sheila Nevins on the documentary series America Undercover
      Clip begins at: 15:15, Duration: 07m 29s
    • Sheila Nevins on the process of making a documentary for HBO
      Clip begins at: 22:44, Duration: 06m 40s
    • Sheila Nevins on Cinemax Reel Time
      Clip begins at: 08:40, Duration: 01m 02s
    • Sheila Nevins on what makes a perfect documentary
      Clip begins at: 20:03, Duration: 00m 43s
    • Sheila Nevins on the documentary Half Past Autumn: The Life and Works of Gordon Parks
      Clip begins at: 16:31, Duration: 01m 31s
    • Sheila Nevins on the documentary The Broadcast Tapes of Dr. Peter
      Clip begins at: 14:27, Duration: 02m 04s
    • Sheila Nevins on the HBO series Taxicab Confessions
      Clip begins at: 04:59, Duration: 01m 56s
    • Sheila Nevins on the HBO documentary In Memoriam 9/11
      Clip begins at: 00:51, Duration: 04m 08s
    • Sheila Nevins on the documentary Elaine Stritch: At Liberty
      Clip begins at: 18:08, Duration: 01m 55s
  • Jane Pauley
    • Jane Pauley on co-hosting Today
      Clip begins at: 25:30, Duration: 33m 58s
    • Jane Pauley on Dateline NBC
      Clip begins at: 37:01, Duration: 19m 44s
    • Jane Pauley on co-anchoring Today
      Clip begins at: 00:01, Duration: 37m 00s
  • Maury Povich
    • Maury Povich on meeting Rupert Murdoch and the plan for A Current Affair
      Clip begins at: 52:51, Duration: 04m 22s
    • Maury Povich on his initial thoughts on A Current Affair
      Clip begins at: 57:13, Duration: 56m 41s
  • Dan Rather
    • Dan Rather on building the first CBS affiliate news station in Houston: on "breaking news"
      Clip begins at: 19:32
    • Dan Rather how Charles Collingwood helped him greatly in learning how to cover news in Vietnam and Laos
      Clip begins at: 11:34
    • Dan Rather on how news material was gathered and fed out during the Civil Rights Movement
      Clip begins at: 00:28, Duration: 09m 42s
    • Dan Rather on the type of reporting done on 60 Minutes
      Clip begins at: 09:38, Duration: 02m 52s
  • Alan Raymond and Susan Raymond
    • Alan and Susan Raymond (producer of An American Family) on their purpose with documentary filmmaking; their view of public reaction to their films
      Clip begins at: 33:00
  • Geraldo Rivera
    • Geraldo Rivera on WABC Eyewitness News
      Clip begins at: 25:28, Duration: 33m 33s
    • Geraldo Rivera on how 20/20 was initially received and his decision to leave the program
      Clip begins at: 38:41, Duration: 06m 47s
    • Geraldo Rivera on interviewing Michael Jackson on Geraldo At Large
      Clip begins at: 36:02, Duration: 04m 27s
  • Al Roker
    • Al Roker on moving to Washington, D.C. to work for the 10pm news at WTTG; on meeting and working with Willard Scott
      Clip begins at: 26:24, Duration: 06m 23s
    • Al Roker on covering weather on location for Today
      Clip begins at: 16:05, Duration: 03m 27s
  • Andy Rooney
    • Andy Rooney on his start in documentary writing
      Clip begins at: 10:51, Duration: 08m 07s
  • Tim Russert
    • Tim Russert on the limitations of television news and avoiding gimmickry
      Clip begins at: 04:59, Duration: 01m 35s
  • Morley Safer
    • Morley Safer on his first on-camera reporting in 1956 - covering the Hundred Hours War in Tel Aviv
      Clip begins at: 08:44, Duration: 11m 20s
    • Morley Safer on his early writing for news anchors
      Clip begins at: 03:53, Duration: 01m 29s
    • Morley Safer on his first trip to Vietnam
      Clip begins at: 25:27, Duration: 03m 26s
    • Morley Safer on the Cam Ne story, during which he reported on American soldiers burning a Vietnamese village 
      Clip begins at: 13:59, Duration: 15m 58s
    • Morley Safer on the public reaction to his reporting of Cam Ne
      Clip begins at: 05:50, Duration: 09m 40s
    • Morley Safer on being a broadcast journalist in Vietnam during the war
      Clip begins at: 03:52, Duration: 11m 55s
    • Morley Safer on joining 60 Minutes; on the success of 60 Minutes
      Clip begins at: 16:33, Duration: 11m 28s
    • Morley Safer on the premise of 60 Minutes and Don Hewitt's role in conceiving the idea for the program; on Mike Wallace and other correspondents; on significant stories he covered
      Clip begins at: 00:31, Duration: 27m 02s
    • Morley Safer on significant stories on 60 Minutes
      Clip begins at: 00:35, Duration: 26m 19s
  • Max Schindler
    • Max Schindler on directing the coverage of the Kennedy assassination for NBC News
      Clip begins at: 00:01, Duration: 11m 27s
    • Max Schindler on directing Meet the Press
      Clip begins at: 15:53, Duration: 12m 35s
    • Max Schindler on directing Meet the Press
      Clip begins at: 00:01, Duration: 11m 52s
    • Max Schindler on directing Today from Washington, DC
      Clip begins at: 00:01, Duration: 05m 11s
  • John Silva
    • John Silva on early KTLA news broadcasts, including the Kathy Fiscus story
      Clip begins at: 18:07, Duration: 08m 49s
    • John Silva on deciding to use remote units on news stories and his inventions for mobile units
      Clip begins at: 02:51, Duration: 04m 00s
    • John Silva on KTLA covering the atomic bomb test in Nevada in 1952
      Clip begins at: 07:36, Duration: 06m 26s
    • John Silva on news stories covered with the Telecopter in its early years
      Clip begins at: 16:30, Duration: 03m 39s
    • John Silva on the impact of Telecopters on television news
      Clip begins at: 03:59, Duration: 04m 01s
    • John Silva on photos of the first Telecopter
      Clip begins at: 23:45, Duration: 03m 09s
  • Garry Simpson
    • Garry Simpson on directing Wide Wide World
      Clip begins at: 17:27, Duration: 10m 05s
  • Howard K. Smith
    • Howard K. Smith on doing Edward R. Murrow's year-end television shows 
      Clip begins at: 23:35, Duration: 01m 03s
    • News Correspondent Howard K. Smith on moderating the first of the Kennedy-Nixon Presidential Debates
      Clip begins at: 15:46, Duration: 02m 06s
    • Howard K. Smith on moderating presidential debates
      Clip begins at: 26:03, Duration: 01m 21s
    • Howard K. Smith on his friendship with and the legacy of Edward R. Murrow
      Clip begins at: 01:01, Duration: 03m 06s
    • Howard K. Smith on "Murrow's Boys"
      Clip begins at: 20:12, Duration: 00m 31s
  • Sid Smith
    • Sid Smith on the format, host, and locations of Wide Wide World
      Clip begins at: 00:00, Duration: 22m 51s
  • Lesley Stahl
    • Lesley Stahl on the process of doing a story for 60 Minutes
      Clip begins at: 14:30, Duration: 03m 17s
  • Ted Turner
    • Ted Turner on the responsibility and power of the news media
      Clip begins at: 02:29, Duration: 01m 49s
  • Mike Wallace
    • Mike Wallace on what makes a good interview
      Clip begins at: 27:47, Duration: 01m 02s
  • Barbara Walters
    • Barbara Walters on her approach to interviewing
      Clip begins at: 05:37, Duration: 08m 24s
    • Barbara Walters on the criticism she took for her record-breaking salary
      Clip begins at: 26:57, Duration: 02m 17s
  • Av Westin
    • Av Westin on creating the CBS Morning News
      Clip begins at: 38:17, Duration: 08m 25s
    • Av Westin on Executive Producing ABC News aka World News Tonight
      Clip begins at: 06:57, Duration: 35m 19s
    • Av Westin on Executive Producing ABC's 20/20
      Clip begins at: 06:57, Duration: 35m 19s
    • Av Westin on Executive Producing Inside Edition and working with Bill O'Reilly
      Clip begins at: 39:56, Duration: 05m 10s
    • Av Westin on the impact of the internet on television news
      Clip begins at: 00:01, Duration: 02m 51s
  • David Wolper
    • David Wolper on the genesis and production of The Race for Space
      Clip begins at: 23:41, Duration: 05m 15s
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  • 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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