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Diane Foley also discusses the recent report released by the nonprofit on the state of hostages, those still missing, and the work ahead. She also shares with Gemma Puglisi, a member of the National Press Club's broadcast team, the recent honorees of the Freedom Awards in memory of her son.
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Diane Foley also discusses the recent report released by the nonprofit on the state of hostages, those still missing, and the work ahead. She also shares with Gemma Puglisi, a member of the National Press Club's broadcast team, the recent honorees of the Freedom Awards in memory of her son.
While basic anchor skills – making the right gestures at the right time, smiling with your eyes, smiling at the right time – are important, they are not key to an anchor’s success, he said. “In an anchor situation, you are alone,” Rather said. “You have a vast news organization that surrounds you. But, you have to walk up to that desk and microphone and look that camera in the eye. You have that sense it is on you. You have to stand and deliver or not. You do that night after night.” He also encourages young journalists to hone their writing skills because good writing is key to good…
Asked about the events that are shaping the year 2020, Rather said he was optimistic that the country can come through it. Certainly, the Great Depression followed by a two-ocean World War was more challenging, he said. The difference, he said, was that President Franklin D. Roosevelt masterfully united the nation, while President Trump sows division to amass power. Trump has been at his worst in dealing with COVID19, he said. Freedman asked Rather how he would interview Trump. “The key to any interview is preparation and listening,” he said. “It’s important not only to follow up on a…
Marking the 75th anniversary of the end of World War II, Freedman and Rather discussed the impact of Edward R. Murrow in creating broadcast news during the war. Before Murrow, there was no broadcast news reporting. The team he put together at the war’s beginning, known as “The Murrow Boys,” did real reporting. They became eyewitnesses to events who were able to provide context, perspective and analysis. "You can make the case that Murrow bore a lot of the responsibility for preparing American public opinion of what we had to do in World War II,” Rather said. And more personally, Rather said…
“The single most important thing as an anchor is for the audience to trust you,” he said. “That is something that is hard to define and hard to describe how you do it. I want to say, ‘Folks, I’m not the best pure anchor person that television has produced. I don’t claim to be. I’m a lifetime reporter, and I consider myself someone who covers the news, and I hope you will give that some credibility.’” Rather's wide-ranging, live-streamed conversation with Freedman, who had been general manager of CBS Radio Network News and had worked with Rather on special reports, can be seen on the Club's…