John Adams, former journalist, public affairs firm founder and NPC member, dies at 81

John Adams, who reported from Britain, Africa, Germany and the U.S., where he worked for ABC and CBS News, died at his home in Lovettsville, Virginia, according to an article posted Dec. 11 on Capitol Communicator.

Adams had recently published a memoir, “In the Trenches: Adventures in Journalism and Public Affairs,” according to the Communicator article.

The article describes how Adams worked for Radio Free Europe in Munich as an editor, later becoming Bonn bureau chief and acting head of the news division. He went on to be a writer and producer for ABC News, and later worked on news and documentaries with Walter Cronkite, Charles Kuralt and Mike Wallace at CBS.

He launched his consulting firm in the early 1970s and for four decades assisted many companies and trade associations.

To read the full article about Adams, see: http://bit.ly/Rq1vXs