2/6/98
ATHENS, Ohio -- Veteran Newsman Daniel Schorr will speak on "Forgive Us Our Press Passes: The Era of Media Bashing" at Ohio University's Grover Center at 8 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 10, on the Athens campus.
After beginning his journalism career as a foreign correspondent for the Christian Science Monitor and The New York Times, Schorr joined CBS News as a foreign correspondent and was a member of Edward R. Murrow's legendary team of reporters.
Schorr opened a CBS bureau in Moscow, where he conducted the first televised interview with a Soviet leader, Nikita Khrushchev, in 1957. He was later reassigned to the Washington bureau, where he investigated political corruption, civil rights and the Watergate scandal.
His reports and coverage of the Senate hearings earned him three Emmy awards and the 1996 DuPont-Columbia Golden Baton, the most prestigious award in broadcasting and considered the equivalent of the Pulitzer Prize. Schorr's book, "Clearing the Air," recounts his experience as a reporter investigating the government.
Schorr helped Ted Turner establish the Cable News Network and served as its senior correspondent until 1985. He has since worked as senior news analyst for National Public Radio, where he interprets national and international news. Schorr also writes for newspapers and magazines, and lectures across the nation.
The Kennedy Lecture Series brings nationally recognized speakers to Ohio University who appeal to a cross-section of the community and stimulate thought on major public issues, cultural affairs and scholarly fields.
Schorr's lecture is free and open to the public.