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Couric's Farewell Isn't The End: How To Save News

NPR Programs: Morning Edition  Tue, 04/26/2011 - 10:01pm

Katie Couric announced Tuesday that she is leaving her job as an anchor at CBS Evening News, but commentator Eric Deggans argues that this doesn't mean the end of the evening newscast — in fact, the big three networks are still going strong.

They just need a little push in the right direction.

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TV News Pioneer Don Hewitt Dies At 86

NPR Programs: Morning Edition  Thu, 08/20/2009 - 4:00am

CBS News producer Don Hewitt died yesterday of pancreatic cancer at the age of 86. The creator of 60 Minutes got his start with the network in 1948.

Hewitt worked with Edward R. Murrow, produced the Kennedy-Nixon presidential debate and produced the CBS Evening News with Walter Cronkite.

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Journalism Icon Walter Cronkite Passes

Donklephant  Fri, 07/17/2009 - 7:54pm

He was the face of CBS Evening News for the better part of two decades and known as the most trusted man in America.

Even his famous sign off, “And that’s the way it is,” speaks to the type of objectivity Cronkite seemed to value above all else.