CNN DC bureau chief on election night possibilities. He was a political columnist there for several years, and in 1968 he became the city editor. [20] In 2016, Lehrer served on the board of the Commission on Presidential Debates (CPD). [21], The last debate that Lehrer moderated was the first general election debate of the 2012 election. Let me add a very personal note. [13] Lehrer covered the House Judiciary Committee's impeachment inquiry of President Richard Nixon. [4] His mother, Lois Catherine (née Chapman), was a teacher, and his father, Harry Frederick Lehrer, was a bus station manager. [23][24], For six decades, Lehrer was married to Kate Lehrer, who is also a novelist. [10], In 1959, Lehrer began his career in journalism at The Dallas Morning News in Texas.
Much has been written in the last few days about the legendary journalist Jim Lehrer, who died on January 23 at the age of 85. Lehrer's performance as a moderator, in which he frequently allowed the candidates to exceed the given time limits, received mixed reviews; while he received criticism for his lenient enforcement of time rules and open-ended questions, his approach also received praise for letting the candidates have some control in the debate on their own terms. At that time, all the local commercial television stations in Dallas had meager news coverage and did nothing in depth. [28], Lehrer died at his home in Washington, D.C., on January 23, 2020, at age 85 from a heart attack.[5][29][30]. [14], Lehrer underwent a heart valve surgery in April 2008.
The public affairs show “Newsroom” debuted on the local PBS affiliate KERA-TV about the time I started my clerkship and was an immediate hit viewed by most of the movers and shakers in Dallas. Market indices are shown in real time, except for the DJIA, which is delayed by two minutes.
The program was renamed the PBS NewsHour in 2009.
[5][6] His paternal grandparents were German immigrants. [3], In order to maintain objectivity, Lehrer chose not to vote. On April 17, 2008, allowing Ray Suarez, Gwen Ifill, and Judy Woodruff to anchor in their stead until Lehrer's return on June 26, 2008.
Everyone on Jim’s talented team had been print reporters and no one had ever appeared on television. [19] Nicknamed "The Dean of Moderators" by journalist Bernard Shaw, Lehrer moderated twelve presidential debates between 1988 and 2012. After spending several years in Texas party politics, in 1978 I ran again against a Democratic congressman in a primary and won 55 percent of the vote and was off to Washington on the first of my 13 terms. He was a political columnist there for several years, and in 1968 he became the city editor. Jim Lehrer on what makes this impeachment different, Bannon on Trump era technique: 'Flood the zone with sh*t', Brian Stelter: Coming days are a test of American democracy, Election coverage will be socially distanced, but thorough. Most stock quote data provided by BATS.
B. Chapman, a prominent Church of the Nazarene figure.
[3], James Charles Lehrer was born on May 19, 1934, in Wichita, Kansas. [13], In October 1975, Lehrer became the Washington correspondent for The Robert MacNeil Report on Thirteen/WNET New York. I firmly believe I would never have had a lengthy and productive career in politics if it hadn’t been for my friend Jim Lehrer.
I loved his show, and judge Hughes put in a good word for my interest in being on the air with Jim following my clerkship. Dow Jones: The Dow Jones branded indices are proprietary to and are calculated, distributed and marketed by DJI Opco, a subsidiary of S&P Dow Jones Indices LLC and have been licensed for use to S&P Opco, LLC and CNN.
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Like Jim, I had been a print reporter and was a graduate of the University of Missouri School of Journalism.
Jim Lehrer, co-host and later host of the nightly 'PBS NewsHour' that for decades offered a thoughtful take on current events, has died, PBS said. All times are ET.
He was 85. [2] Lehrer was the executive editor and a news anchor for the PBS NewsHour on PBS and was known for his role as a debate moderator during U.S. presidential election campaigns, moderating twelve presidential debates between 1988 and 2012. [3] His father was a bus driver who briefly operated a bus company. The contents of this site are ©2020 Capitol Hill Publishing Corp., a subsidiary of News Communications, Inc. All content of the Dow Jones branded indices Copyright S&P Dow Jones Indices LLC 2018 and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. When I moved to Dallas after law school, I knew almost no one in town even though I had grown up in nearby Ft. Worth. Later, he worked as a reporter for the Dallas Times Herald, where he covered the assassination of John F. Kennedy in 1963.
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