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Friday, July 23, 2010

Legendary newsman Daniel Schorr passes away

Radio Remembers

Schorr was on the late-President Nixon’s “enemies list” for his coverage of the Watergate scandal and was a part of Edward R. Murrow’s legendary news team at CBS. He got his start after World War II as a foreign correspondent covering Europe for the Christian Science Monitor. In 1953, he became one of “Murrow’s Boys,” working as a diplomatic correspondent in Washington. Later, as the CBS Moscow bureau chief, he landed the first-ever American TV interview with a Soviet leader. After leaving CBS News, he joined CNN and was one of the first hires by Ted Turner as the news network was in its infancy. He spent three decades with National Public Radio as a news analyst and contributor. A one-time reporter for the New York Times, writer of six books including “Clearing the Air” about his times in news, a three-time Emmy Award winner, and the 2002 winner of the Edward R. Murrow Award for Lifetime Achievement in Broadcasting, Schorr passed away Friday. He was 93. Read the NPR obituary for Dan here.

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