Peter Arnett

    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

    Rona Barrett on the "rules" for her interviews

    05:08

    Rona Barrett on advice to aspiring gossip reporters

    01:09

    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

    Ed Bradley

    Ed Bradley on his first television piece airing on the CBS Evening News with Walter Cronkite, and on being hired by CBS Television as a correspondent reporting from Vietnam

    02:40

    Ed Bradley on how news was filed from Vietnam

    00:54

    Ed Bradley on access to the military while covering Vietnam

    01:23

    Ed Bradley on getting wounded while covering Vietnam

    03:23

    Ed Bradley on not wanting to cover politics after his return from covering Vietnam, thinking about quitting, and why he decided to stay

    02:21

    Ed Bradley on being among the reporters who left Saigon from the roof of the American embassy

    06:03

    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

    Connie Chung

    Connie Chung on advice to those starting out in journalism

    05:37

    Sam Donaldson

    Sam Donaldson on returning as an ABC White House correspondent after serving as anchor of Primetime Live  

    00:51

    Sam Donaldson on his advice to aspiring White House correspondents

    04:24

    Jeff Fager

    Jeff Fager on what journalists can learn from Mike Wallace and Ed Bradley about conducting interviews

    02:13

    Jim Giggans

    Jim Giggans on the danger he faced as a foreign correspondent reporting from Saigon during the Vietnam War, and on his first near-death experience while reporting on the war

    06:41

    Jim Giggans on the logistics of journalists traveling on military helicopters during the Vietnam War, and on how the film shot by journalists in Vietnam was processed and broadcast in the United States

    03:02

    Jim Giggans on the importance of journalistic coverage of the Vietnam War, and on a life-threatening experience he had while reporting in Cambodia

    09:07

    Jim Giggans on how he handled the trauma he experienced as a war correspondent, and on facing dangerous situations reporting in Angola during the Angolan War of Independence

    08:33

    Jim Giggans on how a foreign correspondent can know who to trust when reporting from conflict zones, on following local customs when in different countries, and on working with translators

    06:14

    Jim Giggans on the logistics of reporting from a war zone, such as in Cypress in 1974

    03:17

    Jim Giggans on what he took away from his time as a foreign correspondent, and on covering the death of Diana, Princess of Wales

    08:19

    Jim Giggans on covering the death of Francisco Franco in Spain

    01:20

    Jim Giggans on security concerns he faced as a foreign correspondent

    03:22

    Steve Kroft

    Steve Kroft on the biggest story of his career and his advice to aspiring journalists

    03:01

    Kurt Loder

    Kurt Loder on his favorite stories and his interview techniques for MTV News

    05:12

    Kurt Loder on advice to aspiring music journalists

    01:11

    Bill Moyers

    Bill Moyers on working on his high school newspaper and falling in love with the byline

    00:53

    Bill Moyers on becoming White House Press Secretary

    01:45

    Bill Moyers on the relationship between the Johnson administration and the press during the Vietnam War

    06:29

    Roger Mudd

    Roger Mudd on the process of reporting at CBS in the 1960s

    02:35

    Dan Rather

    Dan Rather on writing a 15 minute newscast in record time while at KTRH Radio in Texas

    52:53

    Dan Rather on what a reporter's job really is

    38:59

    Dan Rather on the type of reporting done on 60 Minutes

    02:52

    Geraldo Rivera

    Geraldo Rivera on his early reports on WABC Eyewitness News

    02:37

    Geraldo Rivera on his advice to aspiring journalists

    01:32

    Cokie Roberts

    Cokie Roberts on her decision to become a journalist, and on early local shows she worked on

    03:07

    Cokie Roberts on concerns about her impartiality as a journalist with family members in Congress

    02:32

    Cokie Roberts on how her family background in politics helped her when she began covering Congress, and how coverage of Congress has changed

    02:27

    Cokie Roberts on the most important responsibility of a journalist, and on remaining objective

    03:30

    Cokie Roberts on how the state of journalism has changed since she started

    01:32

    Cokie Roberts on the medium she prefers to work in, and on political satire

    01:39

    Cokie Roberts on advice to aspiring television journalists

    01:02

    Morley Safer

    Morley Safer on his interest in foreign reporting

    03:00

    Morley Safer on the role of a 60 Minutes  correspondent in initiating a story

    04:38

    Morley Safer on being a broadcast journalist in Vietnam during the war

    11:55

    Morley Safer on serving as London Bureau Chief from 1967-70

    04:14

    Bob Simon

    Bob Simon on one of his earliest job offers from WCBS (radio) - writing a script from wire copy

    02:52

    Bob Simon on his first job on the assignment desk for CBS News in 1967

    05:15

    Bob Simon on how he was treated as an American reporter while covering conflicts in Northern Ireland (1969-1971)

    01:42

    Bob Simon on how he explained the British/Ireland conflict to American audiences

    01:09

    Bob Simon on the ethics of news reporting and interacting with crew

    04:56

    Bob Simon on how they got footage from the field in Vietnam to the Bureau back in the U.S.

    01:08

    Bob Simon on the challenge of remaining neutral when reporting on wars

    03:41

    Bob Simon on reporting from the CBS Tel Aviv Bureau in the 1970s and his daily routine there

    02:17

    Bob Simon on his captivity in Iraq by Saddam Hussein's regime while reporting on the Gulf War

    05:15

    Bob Simon on having an interviewee walk out on him during an interview

    03:33

    Bob Simon on the process of developing a story for the news

    04:05

    Bob Simon on advice to aspiring journalists

    00:50

    Bob Simon on what he has learned about being a news correspondent and how he honed his "bullshit detector"

    00:40

    Howard K. Smith

    Howard K. Smith on taking over Murrow's role as CBS chief European correspondent

    01:37

    Robert Trout

    Robert Trout on advice to aspiring broadcast journalists

    04:04

    Mike Wallace

    Mike Wallace on his early interview style, and on early reporting jobs he had in television

    46:14

    Mike Wallace on a journalist's code of ethics

    01:37
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