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In the second of a two-part interview, Roger Mudd talked about his memoir The Place To Be: Washington, CBS, and the Glory Days of Television News, published by PublicAffairs. In his book for…

In the first of a two-part interview, Roger Mudd talked about his memoir, The Place to Be: Washington, CBS, and the Glory Days of Television News, published by PublicAffairs. Mr. Mudd told t…

This CBS News report covered Senator Robert F. Kennedy (D-NY) announcing his bid for the 1968 presidential nomination, challenging sitting President Lyndon B. Johnson. The announcement and p…

This program included highlights of CBS News coverage from the last contested Republican convention. The 1976 Republican National Convention met from August 16 to August 19 in Kansas City, M…

CBS News aired a “Special Report” prior to President Nixon’s address to the nation 9:00 p.m. ET on August 8, 1974, on the assumption that he would resign. This was the last 30 minutes of cov…

Senate Historian Donald Ritchie talked about the debate and passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 with former CBS congressional correspondent Roger Mudd and former New York Herald Tribune …

American Heritage’s Great Minds of History, published by John Wiley and Sons, contains the transcripts of the History Channel’s television series of the same name. In the documentary series,…

Over 250 reenactors at Mount Vernon, including descendants of Washington and his slaves, recreated the funeral of George Washington the mark the 200th anniversary of his death. Several parti…

The 31st annual News and Documentary Emmy Award Ceremony was held at Rose Hall" Jazz at Lincoln Center, in New York City. The National Television Academy presented special awards to “PBS N…

Writer Mary Higgins Clark discussed her biographical novel, Mount Vernon Love Story. The novel, which concentrates on Washington’s personal life, was published by Simon and Schuster. Based o…

Roger Mudd talked about books he is reading, which include Jim McPherson’s Tried By War and Shirley Hazzard’s The Great Fire.

Kate and Jim Lehrer hosted a book party at their Washington, D.C., home for journalist and former CBS News correspondent Roger Mudd and his book The Place to Be: Washington, CBS, and the Glo…

David McCullough made the keynote address at opening ceremonies for the Ford Orientation Center and Donald W. Reynolds Museum and Education Center at Mount Vernon. Roger Mudd acted as master…

Author Tom Fenton talked about his book, Bad News: The Decline of Reporting, the Business of News, and the Danger to Us All, published by Regan Books. Mr. Fenton argued that the news media …

The panelists talked about U.S. presidents who have been commander-in-chief in times of war and how they handled the responsibility. They also talked about how President George W. Bush is ha…

Journalists honored Syndicated Columnist, Mary McGrory for her distinguished career in journalism. In accepting the National Press Club’s annual Fourth Estate Award she related several humor…

As part of a symposium on “The New World Order: The Role of the Media in the United States and the United Kingdom,” journalists shared their thoughts on the legal right to privacy, saying th…

Journalist Roger Mudd, spoke about his years at Washington and Lee University and the changes in journalism over his years in the profession.

Mr. Mudd spoke about the Clinton presidential inauguration in relation to previous presidential inaugurations. Inaugural activities began earlier in the morning with the President-elect’s vi…

Roger Mudd, correspondent for the MacNeil/Lehrer Newshour, spoke about the upcoming inauguration for President-elect Clinton, highlighting the civility of the ceremony. Scenes of the Clinton…