Jim lehrer pbs biography everett

The Kansas-born Lehrer worked at newspapers as a reporter, columnist and city editor in Dallas in the s and early s before joining public television in.

In his nearly three-hour interview, Jim Lehrer () talks about his early years as a newspaper reporter and his transition to broadcast journalist....

Born in Wichita, Kansas, in 1934, Jim Lehrer received an A.A.

degree from Victoria College and a B.J. from the University of Missouri before joining the Marine Corps. From 1959 to 1966, he was a reporter for both the Dallas Morning News and the Dallas Times-Herald . He was also a political correspondent at the Times-Herald for several years, and in 1968 he became that paper's city editor.

In addition to his anchoring duties, he became the most prolific moderator of U.S. presidential debates in TV history.

The case was brought by Duke University Law Professor Robinson Everett on behalf of a group of white voters.

In his nearly three-hour interview, Jim Lehrer () talks about his early years as a newspaper reporter and his transition to broadcast journalist.

On Nov. 16, , the US Senate confirmed Dr. C. Everett Koop, in a vote of 60 to 24, as the 13th Surgeon General of the United States.

I'm Jim Lehrer.

Jim's newspaper career led him to public television, first in Dallas as KERA-TV's executive director of public affairs, on-air host and editor of a nightly news program. He subsequently moved to Washington, D.C. to serve as the public affairs coordinator for PBS, and was also a member of PBS's Journalism Advisory Board and a fellow at the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.

Jim went on to join the National Public Affairs Center for Television (NPACT) as a correspondent.

It was Jim's work with NPACT that led to his first association with Robert MacNeil and, ultimately, to their long-term