Sunday, August 1, 2010

DANIEL SCHORR, I'LL MISS YOU!

The Grim Reaper came for Daniel Schorr on 7/23/10.  "Veteran reporter Daniel Schorr, the last of Edward R. Murrow's legendary CBS team still fully active in journalism, currently interprets national and international events as senior news analyst for NPR." -quote from this article.  In 2002, Boston public radio station WBUR and Boston University instituted a Daniel Schorr Journalism Prize of $5,000 for an "individual news work of significance and quality by a young journalist in public radio."

Daniel Schorr, long time writer and on Richard Nixon's 'enemies list' has passed away at the age of 92. 
His death has been reported as a result of a brief illness.  Schorr's career covered more thansix long decades- beginning in print and than leading up to 23 years with ABC".  More of his bio can be found here.

"Daniel Louis Schorr (August 31, 1916 – July 23, 2010)[1][2] was an American journalist who covered world news for more than 60 years. He was most recently a Senior News Analyst for National Public Radio (NPR). Schorr won three Emmy Awards for his television journalism."  For entire Wikipaedia bio, click here.

If you loved this journalist as I did, go to this site and listen to the entire Fresh Air intervierw.

We have lost a National Treasure, a journalist to be modeled after and admired, a mensch, and one of the rare journalists today whom you could trust...  Unfortunately, as in marketing, the middle man (the producers) get in the way.

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