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Remembering Journalist Daniel Schorr
By not in system - AOL News(July 23) -- Daniel Schorr, who died today at age 93, spanned several generations of journalism, from the Cold War to Twitter. Schorr had the first televised interview with Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev in 1957, and he wrote his first commentary on a computer just this past December. "Big day in my career," Schorr tweeted at 6:41 a.m. on Dec. 9, 2009. "First time I composed my commentary for All Things Considered on my computer. Good-bye, typewriter." And as colleagues were saying goodbye to him, here are some of their thoughts about him from the past and now: The Washington Post's ...
Daniel Schorr, Pioneering Newsman on Nixon's 'Enemies List,' Dead at 93
By Tom Diemer - Politics DailyDaniel Schorr, the pioneering broadcast journalist who earned his way on to President Nixon's "enemies list," died Friday at a Washington hospital after a short illness. He was 93. Schorr made his name as a hard-hitting, blunt talking reporter for CBS News dating back to Edward R. Murrow's team, which brought television news into the modern era. Schorr's career spanned six decades, starting with newspapers, moving on to CBS, and finally commentary with a liberal bent for National Public Radio's Weekend Edition. During the Nixon years, Schorr worked on the Watergate story for CBS, but then ...
Journalism Legend Daniel Schorr Dies at 93
By not in system - AOL NewsWASHINGTON (July 23) -- Veteran reporter and commentator Daniel Schorr, whose hard-hitting reporting for CBS got him on President Richard Nixon's notorious "enemies list" in the 1970s, has died. He was 93. Schorr died Friday at a Washington hospital after a brief illness, said Anna Christopher, a spokeswoman for National Public Radio, where Schorr continued to work as a senior news analyst and commentator. Schorr's career of more than six decades spanned the spectrum of journalism - beginning in print, then moving to television where he spent 23 years with CBS News and ending with NPR. He ...
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