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2008 Dole Lecture - Tom Brokaw - April 2008
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Watch full program at: http://www.doleinstitute.org/ Tom Brokaw was anchor and managing editor of the NBC Nightly News for 21 years before stepping down in December, 2004. He continues to report as a special correspondent, produce long-form documentaries and provide expertise during breaking news events for NBC News. Brokaw has received numerous honors, including the Edward R. Murrow Lifetime Achievement award, the Emmy award for Lifetime Achievement and he was inducted as a fellow into the prestigious American Academy of Arts and Sciences. In addition, he has received the Records of Achievement award from The Foundation for the National Archives; the Association of the U.S. Army honored him with their highest award, the George Catlett Marshall Medal, first ever to a journalist; and he was the recipient of the West Point Sylvanus Thayer award, in recognition of devoted service to bringing exclusive interviews and stories to public attention. Brokaw's long-form documentaries for NBC News, "Tom Brokaw Reports," have tackled such diverse topics as literacy, affirmative action, drunk driving, corporate scandals, immigration policies, and race. In addition to these reports, he has collaborated with NBC News' Peacock Productions for Discovery's Emmy-winning documentary Global Warming: What You Need to Know with Tom Brokaw, and History Channel's two-hour documentary, 1968 with Tom Brokaw, in December 2007. He has an impressive series of additional "firsts," including the first exclusive U.S. one-on-one interview with Russian President Mikhail Gorbachev, earning an Alfred I. duPont-Columbia University Award. Brokaw was the first and only anchor to report from the scene the night the Berlin Wall fell, and was the first American anchor to travel to Tibet to report on human-rights abuses and to conduct an interview with the Dalai Lama. Brokaw's insight, ability and integrity have earned him other numerous awards for his journalistic achievements, including several Emmy, Overseas Press Club and National Headliner awards in addition to his two Peabody and duPont awards. In 2003, NBC Nightly News was honored with the prestigious Edward R. Murrow Award for Best Newscast, representing the program's fourth consecutive win in this category. Brokaw with John Chancellor on an NBC News set in 1981 The NBC News anchor also has a distinguished record as a political reporter. He has covered every presidential election since 1968 and was NBC's White House correspondent during the national trauma of Watergate. From 1984 to 2004, Brokaw anchored all of NBC's political coverage, including primaries, national conventions and election nights, and moderated nine primary and/or general election debates. Complementing his distinguished broadcast journalism career, Brokaw has written articles, essays and commentary for several publications including The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Los Angeles Times, Newsweek, Time, The New Yorker, Men's Journal, Sports Illustrated, Life, National Geographic, Outside and Interview. In 1998 Brokaw became a best selling author with the publication of The Greatest Generation. Inspired by the mountain of mail he received from his first book, Brokaw wrote The Greatest Generation Speaks in 1999. His third book, An Album of Memories, was published in 2001. In November 2002, Brokaw's fourth best-selling book, A Long Way from Home, a reflective look about growing up in the American Heartland, was published. In his fifth best-selling book, BOOM! Voices of the Sixties, Brokaw shares a series of remembrances and reflections of the time based on his experiences and over 50 interviews with a wide variety of well known artists, politicians, activists, business leaders, and journalists, as well as lesser known figures, including a daughter of a former Mississippi segregationist governor, Vietnam veterans, civil rights activists, health care pioneers, environmentalists, and war protesters. Brokaw began his journalism career in 1962 at KMTV in Omaha, Nebraska. He anchored the late evening news on Atlanta's WSB-TV in 1965 before joining KNBC-TV in Los Angeles. He was hired by NBC News in 1966 and from 1976-1981 he anchored NBC News' Today program.
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2008 Dole Lecture - Tom Brokaw - April 2008
Description:
Watch full program at: http://www.doleinstitute.org/ Tom Brokaw was anchor and managing editor of the NBC Nightly News for 21 years before stepping down in December, 2004. He continues to report as a special correspondent, produce long-form documentaries and provide expertise during breaking news events for NBC News. Brokaw has received numerous honors, including the Edward R. Murrow Lifetime Achievement award, the Emmy award for Lifetime Achievement and he was inducted as a fellow into the prestigious American Academy of Arts and Sciences. In addition, he has received the Records of Achievement award from The Foundation for the National Archives; the Association of the U.S. Army honored him with their highest award, the George Catlett Marshall Medal, first ever to a journalist; and he was the recipient of the West Point Sylvanus Thayer award, in recognition of devoted service to bringing exclusive interviews and stories to public attention. Brokaw's long-form documentaries for NBC News, "Tom Brokaw Reports," have tackled such diverse topics as literacy, affirmative action, drunk driving, corporate scandals, immigration policies, and race. In addition to these reports, he has collaborated with NBC News' Peacock Productions for Discovery's Emmy-winning documentary Global Warming: What You Need to Know with Tom Brokaw, and History Channel's two-hour documentary, 1968 with Tom Brokaw, in December 2007. He has an impressive series of additional "firsts," including the first exclusive U.S. one-on-one interview with Russian President Mikhail Gorbachev, earning an Alfred I. duPont-Columbia University Award. Brokaw was the first and only anchor to report from the scene the night the Berlin Wall fell, and was the first American anchor to travel to Tibet to report on human-rights abuses and to conduct an interview with the Dalai Lama. Brokaw's insight, ability and integrity have earned him other numerous awards for his journalistic achievements, including several Emmy, Overseas Press Club and National Headliner awards in addition to his two Peabody and duPont awards. In 2003, NBC Nightly News was honored with the prestigious Edward R. Murrow Award for Best Newscast, representing the program's fourth consecutive win in this category. Brokaw with John Chancellor on an NBC News set in 1981 The NBC News anchor also has a distinguished record as a political reporter. He has covered every presidential election since 1968 and was NBC's White House correspondent during the national trauma of Watergate. From 1984 to 2004, Brokaw anchored all of NBC's political coverage, including primaries, national conventions and election nights, and moderated nine primary and/or general election debates. Complementing his distinguished broadcast journalism career, Brokaw has written articles, essays and commentary for several publications including The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Los Angeles Times, Newsweek, Time, The New Yorker, Men's Journal, Sports Illustrated, Life, National Geographic, Outside and Interview. In 1998 Brokaw became a best selling author with the publication of The Greatest Generation. Inspired by the mountain of mail he received from his first book, Brokaw wrote The Greatest Generation Speaks in 1999. His third book, An Album of Memories, was published in 2001. In November 2002, Brokaw's fourth best-selling book, A Long Way from Home, a reflective look about growing up in the American Heartland, was published. In his fifth best-selling book, BOOM! Voices of the Sixties, Brokaw shares a series of remembrances and reflections of the time based on his experiences and over 50 interviews with a wide variety of well known artists, politicians, activists, business leaders, and journalists, as well as lesser known figures, including a daughter of a former Mississippi segregationist governor, Vietnam veterans, civil rights activists, health care pioneers, environmentalists, and war protesters. Brokaw began his journalism career in 1962 at KMTV in Omaha, Nebraska. He anchored the late evening news on Atlanta's WSB-TV in 1965 before joining KNBC-TV in Los Angeles. He was hired by NBC News in 1966 and from 1976-1981 he anchored NBC News' Today program.
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Tom, Brokaw, greatest, generation, Dole, Institute, Senator,
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