Tom Brokaw

In his two-and-a-half-hour interview, Tom Brokaw talks about his early life, including early television news reporting jobs with various local stations around the country. He recalls his stint as the White House correspondent for NBC News during which he covered Watergate and the fall of the Nixon White House. He discusses being co-anchor on Today, the highlight of which for him was covering the 1981 royal wedding between Prince Charles and Lady Diana. He recounts being hired to anchor NBC Nightly News, first with Roger Mudd, then solo. Brokaw details covering many monumental stories from the late 20^th century and early 21^st century, including the release of Nelson Mandela, the fall of the Berlin Wall, the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests, and 9/11. He chronicles being the target of one of the 2001 anthrax letters, and concludes with his thoughts on the then-current state of broadcast journalism, as well as its future. Tom Herman conducted the interview on November 15, 2018 in New York, NY.