Tell Me A Story: Fifty Years and 60 Minutes In Television

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One of the figures of television recounts his adventures in broadcast journalism, from TV's earliest days through the controversies and challenges that face the news business today. Don Hewitt, as a successful producer in television news and in more than a half century with CBS News, has been responsible for many of the greatest moments in television history, including the first broadcasts of political conventions in 1948; the first Kennedy-Nixon debate in 1960; and, most spectacularly, for the past 32 years, 60 Minutes, the news programme that has redefined television journalism, for which he has been the creator, executive producer, and driving force. In Tell Me a Story, Hewitt presents his own remarkable life story, from his time as a reporter for Stars & Stripes during World War II, to the heady exhilaration of the early days of television, to the triumphs and controversies of 60 Minutes. ISBN:9781586480172