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    Ted Koppel on becoming an anchor at ABC Evening News

    02:45
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    Katie Couric on her first experience as an anchor at WTVJ Miami

    01:08
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    Walter Cronkite on the 1952 political convention where the term "Anchorman" was first coined; the resentment from radio professionals toward the new television medium

    03:40
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    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
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    Dan Rather on filling Walter Cronkite's anchor role

    13:12
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    Barbara Walters on being the first female network news anchor (she was co-anchor from 1976-1978 on ABC Evening News)

    00:46

    Tom Brokaw

    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

    Nick Clooney

    Nick Clooney on how news reporting has changed over the years

    02:20

    Nick Clooney on his style of news reporting

    01:18

    Anderson Cooper

    Anderson Cooper on maintaining neutrality as a journalist 

    06:46

    Anderson Cooper on dealing with breaking news as an anchor live 

    07:05

    Anderson Cooper on advice to aspiring television journalists 

    01:11

    Katie Couric

    Katie Couric on her first experience as an anchor at WTVJ Miami

    01:08

    Katie Couric on lessons learned from being an anchor on Today

    02:07

    Walter Cronkite

    Walter Cronkite on coming up with his signature signoff "and that's the way it is"

    02:06

    Walter Cronkite on covering "the great story of our century"; man landing on the moon

    02:34

    Walter Cronkite on the question of whether he found it difficult to report the news when CBS itself was the news; as in the Quiz Show Scandals, and Watergate

    03:01

    Walter Cronkite on the definition, as he was told, of the term "anchorman" as coined by Paul Levitan

    01:33

    Walter Cronkite on why it was important to him to also have the title "managing editor" on the CBS Evening News

    01:14

    Walter Cronkite on being furious with Pierre Salinger who had leaked to the press that President Kennedy was to make an important announcement about Vietnam on the CBS Evening News

    03:34

    Walter Cronkite on his on-air editorial that he felt the country should get out of Vietnam; what this meant to the country and the Johnson administration; the authority his role as anchorman had

    05:11

    Walter Cronkite on the 1952 political convention where the term "Anchorman" was first coined; the resentment from radio professionals toward the new television medium

    03:40

    Walter Cronkite on the challenges and technological innovations behind covering a live political event

    06:03

    Ann Curry

    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 becoming an anchor at NBC News and realizing the power she had to fight for stories she cared about on the air

    07:34

    Ted Koppel

    Ted Koppel on becoming an anchor at ABC Evening News

    02:45

    Jim Lehrer

    Jim Lehrer on interviewing

    05:32

    Jim Lehrer on what makes a good interview

    05:25

    Jim Lehrer on advice to aspiring broadcast journalists

    04:27

    Robert MacNeil

    Robert MacNeil on the logistics of The MacNeil Lehrer NewsHour and hiring staff for the show

    02:03

    Roger Mudd

    Roger Mudd on filling in for Walter Cronkite as anchor of CBS Evening News

    03:08

    Soledad O'Brien

    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

    Jane Pauley

    Jane Pauley on being comfortable in front of the camera

    02:49

    Jane Pauley on the current and future role of the news anchors

    01:35

    Jane Pauley on advice for people getting into broadcasting

    02:57

    Maury Povich

    Maury Povich on his preference between hosting a talk show and anchoring news

    02:34

    Maury Povich on what makes a good news anchor

    01:29

    Jorge Ramos

    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

    Dan Rather

    Dan Rather on what he learned about being in front of a camera as a newsman from Calvin Jones after his first audition

    50:49

    Dan Rather on filling Walter Cronkite's anchor role

    13:12

    Maria Elena Salinas

    Maria Elena Salinas on appealing to different aspects of the Latino community

    02:15

    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

    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

    Barbara Walters

    Barbara Walters on being the first female network news anchor (she was co-anchor from 1976-1978 on ABC Evening News)

    00:46

    Barbara Walters on the rise of women in television and her advice to women on getting ahead

    00:53

    Brian Williams

    Brian Williams on becoming anchor of NBC Nightly News and his philosophy on anchoring

    05:37

    Brian Williams on his early broadcasting style

    03:14
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