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Bill Moyers
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During his 25 years in broadcasting, Bill Moyers has earned a reputation as a broadcast journalist whose probing, thoughtful coverage reaches for the highest common denominator and assumes that viewing audiences will make the intellectual effort to meet him there. In doing so, he has spent decades enlightening American about themselves, their culture and the complex world around them.
Called one of the ten journalists who most significantly influenced television news by the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, Moyers has produced more than 300 programming hours since establishing Public Affairs Television in 1986. His documentaries range from the hard-hitting ("Moyers on Addiction;" "Moyers on Dying in America;" "Facing the Truth," the story of the aftermath of apartheid in South Africa) and the marvelous ("The Power of Myth;" "Amazing Grace;" "Healing and the Mind") to the historical and political ("God and Politics;" "The Constitution in Crisis;" "Minimum Wages"). Moyers is currently the anchor on PBS' "NOW," an hour-long weekly series offering fresh perspectives and analysis on today's events, issues, and the ideas that are shaping the world.
Combining a quick wit with deep reflection on the human condition, Moyers' 25-year career in broadcast journalism has been recognized with many major awards. The National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences has recognized his work with more than 30 Emmy Awards for excellence. He was elected to the television Hall of Fame in 1995 and a year later received the Charles Frankel Prize (now the National Humanities Medal) from the National Endowment for the Humanities for outstanding contributions to American cultural life. He is also the recipient of the Erik Barnouw Award from the Organization of American Historians; the George Foster Peabody Award for political reporting and international coverage; and the Gold Baton, the highest honor of the Alfred I. duPont/Columbia University Award. Following his 1971 bestselling book, Listening to America, four books by Moyers based on his television series have also become bestsellers: Joseph Campbell and the Power of Myth, A World of Ideas I and II, and Healing and the Mind.
After serving as deputy director of the Peace Corps during the Kennedy Administration, Moyers became the press secretary for former President Lyndon B. Johnson. As the first presidential spokesperson to make the transition to journalist, he has a unique perspective on the forces affecting news coverage. Moyers left the White House in 1967 to become publisher of Newsday; served as editor-in-chief of "Bill Moyers' Journal," an award-winning program on public television, from 1970-76; and then moved on to CBS where he was senior news analyst for the "CBS Evening News," and chief correspondent for the acclaimed documentary series, "CBS Reports." Two of his public television series, "Creativity" (1982) and "A Walk Through the 20th Century" (1984) were named the outstanding information series by the Academy of Arts and Sciences. He has also served as president of The Florence and John Schumann Foundation, and was a trustee of the Rockefeller Foundation for 12 years.
Moyers began his journalism career at age sixteen as a cub reporter on the Marshall News Messenger. He earned his B.A. in journalism with honors from the University of Texas at Austin in 1956, and three years later received his Bachelor of Divinity degree from Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary at Fort Worth, Texas.