Highlights

Ted Koppel on becoming an anchor at ABC Evening News

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

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

Maria Elena Salinas on anchoring coverage of various natural disasters like earthquakes and hurricanes and dealing with her personal feelings about such events

Dan Rather on filling Walter Cronkite's anchor role

Barbara Walters on being the first female network news anchor (she was co-anchor from 1976-1978 on ABC Evening News)
Who talked about this profession
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
Tom Brokaw on how print journalism differs from broadcast journalism
Tom Brokaw on the role of the news anchor and the correspondent
Tom Brokaw on the different challenges and roles of an analyst and a reporter
Tom Brokaw on advice to aspiring television journalists
Nick Clooney
Nick Clooney on how news reporting has changed over the years
Nick Clooney on his style of news reporting
Anderson Cooper
Anderson Cooper on maintaining neutrality as a journalist
Anderson Cooper on dealing with breaking news as an anchor live
Anderson Cooper on advice to aspiring television journalists
Katie Couric
Katie Couric on her first experience as an anchor at WTVJ Miami
Katie Couric on lessons learned from being an anchor on Today
Walter Cronkite
Walter Cronkite on coming up with his signature signoff "and that's the way it is"
Walter Cronkite on covering "the great story of our century"; man landing on the moon
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
Walter Cronkite on the definition, as he was told, of the term "anchorman" as coined by Paul Levitan
Walter Cronkite on why it was important to him to also have the title "managing editor" on the CBS Evening News
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
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
Walter Cronkite on the 1952 political convention where the term "Anchorman" was first coined; the resentment from radio professionals toward the new television medium
Walter Cronkite on the challenges and technological innovations behind covering a live political event
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
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
Ted Koppel
Ted Koppel on becoming an anchor at ABC Evening News
Jim Lehrer
Jim Lehrer on interviewing
Jim Lehrer on what makes a good interview
Jim Lehrer on advice to aspiring broadcast journalists
Robert MacNeil
Robert MacNeil on the logistics of The MacNeil Lehrer NewsHour and hiring staff for the show
Roger Mudd
Roger Mudd on filling in for Walter Cronkite as anchor of CBS Evening News
Soledad O'Brien
Soledad O'Brien on developing her voice as an anchor
Soledad O'Brien on the role of an anchor and the role of a reporter
Jane Pauley
Jane Pauley on being comfortable in front of the camera
Jane Pauley on the current and future role of the news anchors
Jane Pauley on advice for people getting into broadcasting
Maury Povich
Maury Povich on his preference between hosting a talk show and anchoring news
Maury Povich on what makes a good news anchor
Jorge Ramos
Jorge Ramos on being hired at KMEX channel 34 in Los Angeles and learning how to tell a story
Jorge Ramos on being an objective journalist and covering the Elián González story
Jorge Ramos on his and his crew's safety when traveling in war zones and other dangerous places
Jorge Ramos on what makes a good interview and his most important interviews
Jorge Ramos on the role of a journalist and taking a stand
Jorge Ramos on good advice he's received about being a journalist
Jorge Ramos and Maria Elena Salinas on advice to someone starting a journalism career
Jorge Ramos and Maria Elena Salinas on their longevity
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
Dan Rather on filling Walter Cronkite's anchor role
Maria Elena Salinas
Maria Elena Salinas on appealing to different aspects of the Latino community
Maria Elena Salinas on covering immigration and doing advocacy journalism
Maria Elena Salinas on preparation she does to interview world leaders and others
Maria Elena Salinas on what makes a good interview
Jorge Ramos and Maria Elena Salinas on advice to someone starting a journalism career
Jorge Ramos and Maria Elena Salinas on their longevity
Maria Elena Salinas on anchoring coverage of various natural disasters like earthquakes and hurricanes and dealing with her personal feelings about such events
Barbara Walters
Barbara Walters on being the first female network news anchor (she was co-anchor from 1976-1978 on ABC Evening News)
Barbara Walters on the rise of women in television and her advice to women on getting ahead
Brian Williams
Brian Williams on becoming anchor of NBC Nightly News and his philosophy on anchoring
Brian Williams on his early broadcasting style