Fred Friendly

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Tom Bettag

Tom Bettag on how he got into television journalism studying under Fred Friendly

05:22

Tom Bettag on going to work at CBS at Fred Friendly's insistence

03:24

Wade Bingham

Wade Bingham on shooting the CBS News series CBS Reports with anchor Edward R. Murrow and producer Fred Friendly

09:58

Mili Lerner Bonsignori

Mili Lerner Bonsignori on meeting See It Now producer Fred Friendly

01:39

Mili Lerner Bonsignori on why Fred Friendly liked the workspace of See It Now and how he wanted sound edited

02:17

Mili Lerner Bonsignori on Edward R. Murrow recording narration for See It Now, and on editing the film track

04:29

Mili Lerner Bonsignori on Edward R. Murrow and Fred Friendly's unique partnership on See It Now

04:52

Mili Lerner Bonsignori on Fred Friendly wanting her to learn about current events

01:22

Mili Lerner Bonsignori on Fred Friendly resigning as President of CBS News and starting to teach

02:49

Mili Lerner Bonsignori on her thoughts on people with whom she's worked - Fred Friendly

01:20

James L. Brooks

James L. Brooks on See It Now producer, Fred Friendly

00:38

Charles Cappleman

Charles Cappleman on Fred Friendly

00:12

Joan Ganz Cooney

Joan Ganz Cooney on Fred Friendly's disapproval of an Arabic version of Sesame Street

02:01

Michael Dann

Michael Dann on Fred Friendly

03:58

James Day

James Day on working with Fred Friendly on Public Broadcasting Laboratory

05:43

James Day on Fred Friendly's tenure at NET

04:49

James Day on Fred Friendly's role in the creation of PBS and the politics of the creation of PBS

06:51

Louis Dorfsman

Louis Dorfsman on promoting news coverage as Art Director for CBS advertising and on working with Fred Friendly

05:48

Bob Doyle

Bob Doyle on how television news was perceived in the 1950s, and on Fred Friendly and Edward R. Murrow's See It Now

06:11

Jeff Fager

Jeff Fager on why he was excited by working at 60 Minutes and how Don Hewitt's philosophy (which was formed in part by Hewitt having been fired by Fred Friendly) informed the program: "He couldn't stand being involved in television that was boring."

03:02

Don Hewitt

Don Hewitt on Fred Friendly's impact on network news

04:02

Jeff Kisseloff

Jeff Kisseloff on Edward R. Murrow and Fred Friendly's See It Now "A Report on Senator Joseph R. McCarthy"

02:49

Steve Kroft

Steve Kroft on attending Columbia to study journalism

01:14

Jim Lehrer

Jim Lehrer on joining the public television station KERA in Dallas and making the transition from print to television journalism

09:46

Sig Mickelson

Sig Mickelson on CBS News documentaries and on the birth of See It Now, hosted by Edward R. Murrow and produced by Fred Friendly

08:57

Bill Moyers

Bill Moyers on Johnson's relationship with CBS

03:43

Roger Mudd

Roger Mudd on CBS' Fred Friendly wanting Mudd to cover the Civil Rights Bill

02:10

Roger Mudd on working with CBS' Fred Friendly

02:36

Dan Rather

Dan Rather on news executive Fred Friendly and Rather's path to Vietnam

06:15

Dan Rather on his memories of Fred Friendly

03:38

Geraldo Rivera

Geraldo Rivera on mentor Fred Friendly, the "architect" of his career

05:27

Morley Safer

Morley Safer on being hired by Fred Friendly

01:40

Morley Safer on Fred Friendly's comment that Vietnam was Morley Safer's War - because the Cam Ne story was so influential on public opinion

05:09

Morley Safer on Fred Friendly's support during backlash from the government after the Cam Ne story

05:36

Morley Safer on Fred Friendly resigning from CBS News

04:52

Morley Safer on differences between Fred Friendly and Dick Salant's styles as head of CBS News

01:43

Howard K. Smith

Howard K. Smith on his thoughts on Fred Friendly

00:09

Sid Smith

Sid Smith on directing Telstar satellite's first broadcast with Fred Friendly

06:19

Sid Smith on working with Fred Friendly on the first Telstar broadcast

02:24

Sid Smith on a photo from the first Telstar satellite broadcast

24:24

Sanford Socolow

Sanford Socolow on not becoming Executive Producer of CBS Evening News with Walter Cronkite when producer Ernie Lizer stepped down (a decision approved by Walter Cronkite and likely decided by Fred Friendly)

12:39

Frank Stanton

Frank Stanton on the departure of Fred Friendly from CBS News

03:05

Robert Trout

Robert Trout on working with Fred Friendly at CBS

02:58

Robert Trout on hosting Who Said That?, produced by Fred Friendly, first on radio and later on television on NBC

04:20

Joseph Wershba

Joseph Wershba on the start of his professional association with Edward R. Murrow and Fred Friendly, and on "Hear it Now"

06:41

Joseph Wershba on the relationship between Fred Friendly and Edward R. Murrow, and on Friendly's importance to CBS News in the '50s

02:47

Joseph Wershba on what it was like to work for Fred Friendly and Edward R. Murrow at CBS News

06:03

Joseph Wershba on writing for See It Now, produced by Fred Friendly and anchored by Edward R. Murrow

25:16

Joseph Wershba on Fred Friendly and Edward R. Murrow putting together See It Now "A Report on Senator Joseph R. McCarthy"

08:58

Joseph Wershba on the legacy of See It Now, anchored by Edward R. Murrow and produced by Fred Friendly, and on 60 Minutes

03:07

Joseph Wershba on the differences between Fred Friendly and Don Hewitt as producers

02:38

Joseph Wershba on Fred Friendly

00:24

Av Westin

Av Westin on various people with whom he worked at CBS News

04:00

Av Westin on working with Mike Wallace

01:57

Av Westin on producing CBS Reports and other documentaries for CBS News

03:09

Av Westin on leaving CBS News in 1969 and Fred Friendly's departure

02:32

Av Westin on the Public Broadcasting Laboratory

06:56

Perry Wolff

Perry Wolff on working with Fred Friendly

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