Robert G. Anderson on what he learned in journalism school and what they failed to teach
00:53
Robert G. Anderson on the biggest challenges reporting the news in Asia, and on smuggling in equipment
02:52
Robert G. Anderson on how he was able to scoop a big story about Indira Gandhi by sharing sources with the AP
02:37
Robert G. Anderson on the cultural differences he experienced while covering news from Korea
02:37
Robert G. Anderson on what Mike Wallace brought to 60 Minutes, and on his reporting style and how it affected the stories he covered (specifically, on "The Archbishop" story)
01:58
Robert G. Anderson on the advice Dan Rather and others gave him about producing 60 Minutes (versus the Evening News): choose your main character carefully
01:33
Robert G. Anderson on his approach to writing for the news
01:09
Robert G. Anderson on how news reporting has changed over the years
01:23
Robert G. Anderson on advice he would offer an aspiring news producer
02:13
Robert G. Anderson on being rejected by television news stations as an on-air correspondent, and realizing he could be a producer
02:48
Robert G. Anderson on the importance of post-production on a 60 Minutes piece, and on the difference between cutting for a documentary-style piece versus a news piece: "it has to work for the ear"
03:56
Robert G. Anderson on the best part of being a producer: "it's a do-gooder business"
00:48
Robert G. Anderson on the challenges of being a news producer, and on handling the unexpected
01:10
Peter Arnett on the differences between print journalism and television journalism
07:04
Peter Arnett on the process of putting a television news story together, and on reporting for CNN from Central America
10:22
Peter Arnett on good advice he received when starting out as a journalist
02:21
Peter Arnett on conveying the importance of a free press to students
02:15
Rona Barrett on her early interview technique
06:37
Rona Barrett on getting her stories and dealing with the legal department
07:32
Rona Barrett on how she got her stories
04:35
Rona Barrett on the "rules" for her interviews
05:08
Rona Barrett on advice to aspiring gossip reporters
01:09
Lowell Bergman on dealing with deadlines
01:19
Lowell Bergman on working for 20/20 and the differences between reporters and producers
06:28
Lowell Bergman on reporting for ABC News and dealing with media savvy subjects
04:44
Lowell Bergman on producing news stories from dangerous places
02:38
Lowell Bergman on advice to an aspiring journalist
00:25
Linda Bell Blue on her management style as a producer
01:27
Linda Bell Blue on the format of Entertainment Tonight and keeping the audience tuned in
04:01
Linda Bell Blue on how ideas go from pitch to actual story on Entertainment Tonight
01:22
Linda Bell Blue on advice to aspiring news producers
04:34
Ed Bradley on getting his first on-camera interview at WCBS
03:20
Ed Bradley on developing journalistic impartiality during the Civil Rights Movement
00:50
Ed Bradley on the difference between reporting for radio versus television
00:57
Ed Bradley on keeping his personal opinions about war out of the reporting on the Vietnam conflict
00:48
Ed Bradley on 60 Minutes executive producer Don Hewitt's editorial style
01:04
Ed Bradley on his interviewing style
01:11
Ed Bradley on the importance of segment producers
00:56
Ed Bradley on his concept of the television documentary as he became head correspondent of CBS Reports
01:37
Ed Bradley on coming up with documentary subjects for CBS Reports
00:30
Ed Bradley on professional standards in broadcast journalism
01:03
Tom Brokaw on the role of the network news anchor, and on going to South Africa to cover the release of Nelson Mendela
03:41
Tom Brokaw on how print journalism differs from broadcast journalism
01:53
Tom Brokaw on the role of the news anchor and the correspondent
02:55
Tom Brokaw on the different challenges and roles of an analyst and a reporter
01:19
Tom Brokaw on advice to aspiring television journalists
02:42
Jim Cantore on his career path to being a meteorologist
01:55
Jim Cantore on what he wears when he reports on extreme weather and the importance of protecting equipment
03:32
Jim Cantore on the dangers of reporting live from the field
03:48
Jim Cantore on advice to aspiring weather forecasters
04:06
Walter Cronkite on some early lessons about journalism from his days writing for radio
01:17
Walter Cronkite on the changes in journalistic integrity; says the press is "more responsible" now than in the 30s when he was a newspaper reporter; tells anecdote of getting facts wrong in one case
05:04
Walter Cronkite on how they called a play-by-play telegraph football game in his radio days, and how one time the wires went down and he had to make up his own version of the game
05:08
Walter Cronkite on learning a valuable lesson- never broadcast anything you haven't fully researched
06:26
Walter Cronkite on doing the news broadcast in 1950 with no script
07:44
Walter Cronkite on the subtle differences in TV journalism between editorials, commentary, and analysis
02:05
Walter Cronkite on covering the coronation of Queen Elizabeth I in London in 1953, and the technical challenges that presented
05:38
Walter Cronkite on the pressures on the press by the White House over the Watergate story
04:06
Walter Cronkite on how important Producers are to the News genre, but often overlooked
01:02
Ann Curry on what she learned from her first internship in television news, at KTVL in Medford, Oregon: "television is incredibly powerful and dangerous, especially in journalism...a sobering power that needed to be met with a sense of responsibility"
01:37
Ann Curry on her internship at KTVL in Medford, Oregon after college, and on how it led to her becoming a reporter at the station
01:26
Ann Curry on being hired as a reporter at KTVL in Medford, Oregon, a station that had never before had a female reporter, and on the sexism she faced on the job
04:27
Ann Curry on journalism advice she received from a newspaper reporter early on in her career that has stayed with her: "don't trust anyone" because everyone has their own take on the truth, and how the responsibility of the journalist is to ensure she is telling what actually happened
03:11
Ann Curry on what she learned about journalism from working in local markets
00:57
Ann Curry on becoming comfortable as a news anchor early in her career, and on when she began to dream of being a news anchor like Walter Cronkite
02:15
Ann Curry on how she prepares herself to cover traumatic events like wars and genocides, and on the challenge of coming home from the coverage of such events
04:39
Ann Curry on how she approaches interviews with world leaders, particularly those involved in or responsible for wars or other conflicts, including President of Sudan Omar al-Bashir and President of Iran Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
09:47
Ann Curry on how she is able to remain neutral or not when conducting interviews, with the example of interviewing Laurent Nkundu in the Democratic Republic of the Congo for NBC News, after an earlier interaction a young woman who had been victimized by soldiers under his leadership, and on the impact of doing interviews with people in dire and tragic situations
10:54
Ann Curry on what makes a great interview
01:05
Ann Curry on conducting interviews with world leaders who are using translators
02:47
Ann Curry on the public's perception of broadcast news, and on how and why it is has changed over time
02:47
Ann Curry on how the press should respond to President Trump's assertion that they are "the enemy of the people", and on past presidents' relationships with the press
01:40
Ann Curry on how journalists should respond to assertions of "fake news" and restore the public's trust in journalism: "get it right, and be fair and unbiased"
04:29
Ann Curry on the impact of the public getting their news from social media and other free sources, and on the importance of the public subscribing to news outlets, and on the possibilities of the then-future of journalism
06:19
Ann Curry on advice to aspiring journalists
03:12
Sam Donaldson on his initial reluctance to join ABC news in 1967
01:16
Sam Donaldson on his aggressive reporting style
00:55
Sam Donaldson on the competitive nature of ABC News in the 1970s as they tried to scoop CBS or NBC
01:03
Sam Donaldson on the visual aspect of TV news coverage
00:35
Sam Donaldson on the magazine news show format (Primetime Live)
01:14
Sam Donaldson on becoming a commentator on roundtable programs
03:09
Sam Donaldson on criticism of his aggressive journalistic style
02:49
Jeff Fager on his first job as a producer on the 11 o'clock news at KPIX in San Francisco
01:09
Jeff Fager on his first job at CBS News, on the overnight news show, Nightwatch
03:42
Jeff Fager on how Don Hewitt's philosophy of news influenced him as producer of 60 Minutes
02:36
Jeff Fager on producing hard news versus entertainment stories: he prefers "entertaining stories" on CBS Evening News and 60 Minutes
01:24
Jeff Fager on the production of 60 Minutes: pitching stories and how he approves or rejects story ideas
04:22
Jeff Fager on what journalists can learn from Mike Wallace and Ed Bradley about conducting interviews
02:13
Jeff Fager on stories he worked on as producer of CBS Evening News with Dan Rather in London
09:18
Jeff Fager on the process of developing stories for 60 Minutes
03:27
Jeff Fager on the process of editing and occasionally reshooting stories on 60 Minutes
03:54
Jeff Fager on moving from producer to executive producer after having gathered enough experience in the field to be an effective editor of others' stories
03:41
Jeff Fager on being executive producer of CBS Evening News with Dan Rather at a time when news was becoming more sensational
03:18
Jeff Fager on the responsibility he felt in producing news stories in the wake of 9/11
02:17
Jeff Fager on bringing on younger correspondents when he became executive producer of 60 Minutes and the importance of diversity
01:27
Jeff Fager on balancing his roles as Chairman of CBS News and executive producer of 60 Minutes and his proudest achievements as Chairman
04:19
Jeff Fager on concerns over libel claims as a news producer: "these aren't legal issues, they're fairness issues"
00:52
Jeff Fager on the most difficult and the most exciting part about being executive producer of 60 Minutes
01:27
Jeff Fager on the best advice he received on producing a story, from Don Hewitt
01:42
Jeff Fager on advice for young journalists
01:35
Jeff Fager on the lifestyle of being a journalist
01:28
Murray Fromson on the language barrier that foreign correspondents face, and his particular challenges when he was covering Japan and Korea after the Korean War
00:56
Murray Fromson on the experience of an American reporting in a foreign country, and the inevitable cultural biases that appear in reporting
04:05
Murray Fromson on how the parameters of what the press reports on and has access to has changed over time
03:33
Murray Fromson on what was involved with being the field producer for CBS News' coverage of Barry Goldwater's 1964 presidential campaign
00:40
Murray Fromson on threats to journalistic freedom from Richard M. Nixon's administration, and the formation of the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press
03:43
Murray Fromson on how he reported conversations with dissidents in the Soviet Union while working there in the 1970s
01:20
Murray Fromson on his proudest career achievements and on the then-current state of journalism
01:55
Murray Fromson on the centrality of a free press to a free society
00:58
Murray Fromson on the idea of a professional code of ethics for journalists
00:52
Murray Fromson on advice to aspiring journalists
01:39
Jeff Kisseloff on his methodology when compiling oral histories
02:49
Jeff Kisseloff on getting people to talk to him for his oral histories
03:53
Jeff Kisseloff on the process of compiling interviews and finding narratives for his book "The Box: An Oral History of Television, 1929-1961"
06:12
Jeff Kisseloff on the facts vs people's versions of history
01:26
Jeff Kisseloff on looking at people's paperwork and memorabilia when compiling interviews for his book "The Box: An Oral History of Television, 1929-1961"
01:18
Jeff Kisseloff on the people he didn't get to interview for his book "The Box: An Oral History of Television, 1929-1961"
01:30
Jeff Kisseloff on how he started his book "The Box: An Oral History of Television, 1929-1961"
09:13
Jeff Kisseloff on the scope of his interviews for his book "The Box: An Oral History of Television, 1929-1961"
02:27
Jeff Kisseloff on choosing the end point for his book "The Box: An Oral History of Television, 1929-1961"
01:05
Jeff Kisseloff on dealing with human limitations (memory lapses, ect.) when compiling his book "The Box: An Oral History of Television, 1929-1961"
03:06
Jeff Kisseloff on the importance of capturing older people's experience for projects like his book "The Box: An Oral History of Television, 1929-1961"
01:48
Jeff Kisseloff on dealing with various personalities and situations when conducting oral history interviews, including Norman Felton and Greg Garrison
08:10
Jeff Kisseloff on the code of ethics and best practices he follows for his oral history interviews
03:31
Jeff Kisseloff on the differences between interviewing on audio tape and video tape
01:47
Jeff Kisseloff on oral historians working with advancements in technology
03:58
Jeff Kisseloff on the books he authored being used in academia
01:13
Jeff Kisseloff on what makes a great interviewer, and getting valuable information from subjects
03:53
Robert MacNeil on editing news stories
03:37
Robert MacNeil on the logistics of The MacNeil Lehrer NewsHour and hiring staff for the show
02:03
Robert MacNeil on doing the assignments for The MacNeil Lehrer NewsHour and writing his scripts
02:21
Robert MacNeil on how he goes about researching a story he's covering and his interview technique
06:17
Robert MacNeil on the difference between serious journalism and not serious journalism
02:20
Robert MacNeil on the journalist's code of ethics
02:32
Bill Monroe on covering politics at WDSU in New Orleans, and on setting up camera in the legislature
06:00
Bill Monroe on the introduction of editorials on local news shows, like WDSU, and on their editorials on school desegregation
08:43
Bill Monroe on difficult interviews he conducted on Meet the Press, and his interviewing technique
03:57
Roger Mudd on the process of reporting at CBS in the 1960s
02:35
Roger Mudd on filling in for Walter Cronkite as anchor of CBS Evening News
03:08
Roger Mudd on his view of ethics in journalism
03:17
Roger Mudd on what TV news owes to the public
03:35
Roger Mudd on advice to aspiring broadcast journalists
01:25
Nicolas Noxon on the logistics of shooting National Geographic Specials on location
02:59
Nicolas Noxon on the process of producing a documentary
04:57
Nicolas Noxon on how he knows when a documentary is complete
02:27
Nicolas Noxon on advice to aspiring documentarians
01:11
Nicolas Noxon on objectivity and ethics in documentaries
03:20
Soledad O'Brien on what she learned working for Bob Bazell as his associate producer at NBC Nightly News; on enjoying traveling for work
03:46
Soledad O'Brien on what's in her go-bag when she travels for work
01:16
Soledad O'Brien on developing her voice as an anchor
03:18
Soledad O'Brien on the role of an anchor and the role of a reporter
00:44
Soledad O'Brien on network notes she received while at NBC and CNN
01:44
Soledad O'Brien on the state of journalism in the 1990s, women she worked with at KRON, and whether or not she faced bias and discrimination at that time
04:26
Soledad O'Brien on how she approaches interviewing people who are in the midst of tragedy
01:05
Soledad O'Brien on the importance of identity, who tells stories, and cultural context
02:39
Soledad O'Brien on what makes a good interview
00:49
Soledad O'Brien on safety precautions she takes to protect herself and her crew when covering natural and man-made disasters
00:54
Soledad O'Brien on how she manages after covering a difficult story
00:46
Soledad O'Brien on asset framing and deficit framing and how they impact storytelling
03:36
Soledad O'Brien on the role of a journalist in 2022
01:55
Soledad O'Brien on the term "both sides-ism"
01:14
Soledad O'Brien on objectivity in journalism
03:31
Soledad O'Brien on bias in reporting and in hiring
04:00
Soledad O'Brien on journalists she grew up respecting and watching
02:17
Soledad O'Brien on how changes in media consumption have impacted journalism
01:21
Soledad O'Brien on how she defines good journalism
04:00
Soledad O'Brien on the logistical challenges of production during the COVID-19 pandemic
03:42
Soledad O'Brien on penning "A MeToo Moment for Journalists of Color" for The New York Times in July 2020
04:42
Soledad O'Brien on inclusivity in her hiring practices
01:24
Soledad O'Brien on advice to aspiring journalists
01:35
Soledad O'Brien on the best advice she's ever received
00:56
Soledad O'Brien on the importance of mentors and sponsors in her career
01:13
Soledad O'Brien on what she looks for in assembling a team
01:08
Soledad O'Brien on her greatest career achievement
00:52
Soledad O'Brien on career regrets
01:08
Soledad O'Brien on dream projects that she'd like to do
00:27
Jane Pauley on being comfortable in front of the camera
02:49
Jane Pauley on advice for people getting into broadcasting
02:57
Jane Pauley on the current and future role of the news anchors
01:35
Jane Pauley on the continuing evolution of journalism
01:53
Jane Pauley on her dislike of "the get"
02:30
Jorge Ramos on being hired at KMEX channel 34 in Los Angeles and learning how to tell a story
04:05
Jorge Ramos on being an objective journalist and covering the Elián González story
02:57
Jorge Ramos on his and his crew's safety when traveling in war zones and other dangerous places
04:12
Jorge Ramos on what makes a good interview and his most important interviews
02:29
Jorge Ramos on the role of a journalist and taking a stand
04:18
Jorge Ramos on good advice he's received about being a journalist
01:34
Jorge Ramos and Maria Elena Salinas on advice to someone starting a journalism career
02:00
Jorge Ramos and Maria Elena Salinas on their longevity
02:04
Maria Elena Salinas on appealing to different aspects of the Latino community
02:15
Maria Elena Salinas on anchoring coverage of various natural disasters like earthquakes and hurricanes and dealing with her personal feelings about such events
10:13
Maria Elena Salinas on covering immigration and doing advocacy journalism
03:37
Maria Elena Salinas on preparation she does to interview world leaders and others
09:29
Maria Elena Salinas on what makes a good interview
00:38
Jorge Ramos and Maria Elena Salinas on advice to someone starting a journalism career
02:00
Jorge Ramos and Maria Elena Salinas on their longevity
02:04
Bob Simon on what he has learned about being a news correspondent and how he honed his "bullshit detector"
00:40
Bob Simon on advice to aspiring journalists
00:50
Bob Simon on the process of developing a story for the news
04:05
Bob Simon on having an interviewee walk out on him during an interview
03:33
Bob Simon on his captivity in Iraq by Saddam Hussein's regime while reporting on the Gulf War
05:15
Lesley Stahl on advice for beginning journalists
00:54
Lesley Stahl on tenacity in journalism
00:43
Lesley Stahl on consciously trying to convey authority as a reporter
01:07
Lesley Stahl on her interviewing style
00:53
Lesley Stahl on the personal toll of covering the White House as a correspondent
01:09
Lesley Stahl on how the resistance of the Carter Administration to her becoming CBS White House correspondent ended up working in her favor in terms of developing richer contacts
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