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Family and friends gathered for a memorial service for PBS NewsHour anchor and journalist Jim Lehrer, who died at the age of 85 on January 23, 2020. The National United Methodist Church in W…

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…

Panelists discussed the ways new technologies such as cell phones, digital cameras, and camcorders are allowing ordinary citizens to capture events, are affecting the gathering and reporting…

Robert MacNeil talked about the book he co-wrote with William Cran, Do You Speak American?, published by Nan A. Talese. He talked about his life, personal experiences, the MacNeil/Lehrer New…

Robert MacNeil, former co-anchor of the MacNeil Lehrer Newshour, was interviewed about the book he co-wrote with William Cran, Do You Speak American?, published by Nan A. Talese. In the book…

The opening ceremony of the fifth annual National Book Festival was held in the East Room of the White House. First lady Laura Bush, some of the festival’s participating authors, and profess…

Former co-anchor of PBS' MacNeil-Lehrer NewsHour, Robert MacNeil discusses his memoir, Looking for My Country: Finding Myself in America," published by Doubleday. He talked about moving from…

The journalists talked about PBS’s The NewsHour, the state of television journalism, and their careers as authors. They also responded to questions from the audience.

Journalists talked about the history of the 20th century. They discussed the lack of foreign news coverage by the news media and the isolationism of the U.S. The panelists, which included Le…

Author Robert MacNeil talked about his book Breaking News, a fictional account of the television news industry. The novel focuses on a network anchor and his conflicts with the changing cust…

Several fiction authors read from their works at an award dinner sponsored by the PEN/Faulkner Foundation. The theme for the readings was “A Lesson.” Participating authors were Alice Adams, …

Allen Neuharth, USA Today Founder, presented the Neuharth Journalism Award to Robert MacNeil, Journalist, for his years of journalistic excellence. In his acceptance speech, Mr. MacNeil talk…

In a ceremony establishing a new award for excellence in broadcast journalism in John Chancellor’s name, several former colleagues paid tribute to his long and noteworthy career through thei…

Current news events and political issues were examined through reviews of the morning newspapers; interviews with journalists, newsmakers and legislators; and viewer telephone calls, faxes a…

In a benefit for Spina Bifida Association of America, political figures and media personalities roasted PBS New Hour’s Jim Lehrer.

A pane of media news executives and newscasters discussed how television affected foreign policy. They pointed out that instant television coverage, even of wars, resulted in policy being ma…

The five leading candidates for Democratic presidential nominee debated issues such as the economy, education, and health care reform. They talked only about domestic issues and criticized P…

The discussion includes his career and his book Wordstruck, a memoir of his childhood.