Journalists are the first brigade of history.
Their records of events become the basis of our understanding, the first pencil-sketch of times past. Journalist Daniel Schorr has become a living history himself, his eyeglasses and tape recorder have appeared behind numerous world leaders for the past fifty-plus years. His scoops and spots and analyses for CBS, CNN, and NPR tread through treacherous and uncharted ground, making Schorr one of the most loved, and hated, journalists of his time. An unlikely amiability with Nikita Khruschev, a “real media enemy” to Richard Nixon, Schorr was at times himself a headline.
His new memoir, “Staying Tuned,” traces his career from the heyday of radio to the pioneer days of television to the world of public radio, with an eye for history that was, for him, a day on the job. 84 years old and still at work.
(Hosted by David Ropeik)
Guests:
Dan Schorr, Veteran reporter-commentator, the last of Edward R. Murrow’s legendary CBS team.