Joseph Wershba

News Producer / Journalist
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In his six-hour Archive interview, news producer Joseph Wershba (1920 - 2011) speaks about working with Fred Friendly and Edward R. Murrow on See it Now (including the famous program on Senator Joseph R. McCarthy), producing for CBS Reports, and segment producing 60 Minutes for over 20 years. Jeff Kisseloff conducted the interview in Manhasset Hills, NY on October 14, 1997.

"I remember when Walter [Cronkite] said the Nixon White House was in a conspiracy to destroy the news media and I said, 'Walter, I wouldn't use the word conspiracy.' When you saw the documentation, I went back years later and apologized to him. There was a conspiracy."

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Joseph Wershba
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Chapter 1
On his early years and influences; on his interest in journalism; on his military service during World War II

Chapter 2
On his work with CBS radio news; on his transition to television; on some of the early news stories he covered; on working with Don Hollenbeck 

Chapter 3
On Don Hollenbeck's reaction to Edward R. Murrow's broadcast on Senator McCarthy; working at CBS News with Fred Friendly and Edward R. Murrow; on working with Walter Cronkite; on I Can Hear it Now (Murrow's radio program) and See It Now

Chapter 4
On Edward R. Murrow and Fred Friendly's working relationship; on transitioning to television; on See It Now

Chapter 5
On working on See It Now; on the show's major stories including "The Case of Milo Radulovich" (1953)

Chapter 6
On the historic See It Now broadcast on Senator Joseph McCarthy

Chapter 7
On some of the major stories covered on See It Now; on the legacy of See It Now in 60 Minutes; on joining 60 Minutes; on his last visit with Edward R. Murrow

Chapter 8
On covering The Korean Conflict for CBS News; on starting on 60 Minutes

Chapter 9
On his work on 60 Minutes

Chapter 10
On some of the stories he produced for 60 Minutes

Chapter 11
On some of the people he worked with in his career

Chapter 12
On some of the people he worked with in his career (continued); on photos illustrating some of his work
Shows

60 Minutes

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Joseph Wershba on the legacy of See It Now in 60 Minutes; on joining 60 Minutes
Joseph Wershba on joining 60 Minutes
Joseph Wershba on his work on 60 Minutes
Joseph Wershba on some of the stories he produced for 60 Minutes

See It Now

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Joseph Wershba on See It Now
Joseph Wershba on working on the See It Now story about reserve Air Force lieutenant Milo Radulovich
Joseph Wershba on the historic See It Now broadcast on Senator Joseph McCarthy
Joseph Wershba on some of the major stories covered on See It Now
Joseph Wershba on the legacy of See It Now in 60 Minutes; on joining 60 Minutes

See It Now: "A Report on Senator Joseph R. McCarthy"

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Joseph Wershba on the historic See It Now broadcast on Senator Joseph McCarthy
Topics

Korean War

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Joseph Wershba on covering the Korean Conflict for CBS
People

Fred Friendly

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Joseph Wershba on the historic See It Now broadcast on Senator Joseph McCarthy

Don Hewitt

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Joseph Wershba on his work on 60 Minutes

Edward R. Murrow

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Joseph Wershba on the historic See It Now broadcast on Senator Joseph McCarthy
Joseph Wershba on the last time he saw Edward R. Murrow

William S. Paley

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Joseph Wershba on the historic See It Now broadcast on Senator Joseph McCarthy

Frank Stanton

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Joseph Wershba on the historic See It Now broadcast on Senator Joseph McCarthy

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