60 Minutes Becomes the First Televised Newsmagazine
At a glance:
- Series: Great Events from History II: Arts and Culture Series
- Categories: Arts, Popular Culture
- Subcategories: Entertainment, Entertainers, Media, Journalism, Journalists, Television, Radio, Broadcasting
- Curriculum: American History 1951-present
- Geographical Location: New York City
- Date: September 24, 1968
Article abstract: Don Hewitt and CBS brought an innovative format, the television newsmagazine, to broadcast journalism, and the resulting program set the standard for years to come.
Summary of Event
The Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS) was at the pinnacle of its newscasting authority in the fall of 1968. Starting first with radio news and shifting into television journalism, the work of correspondents Edward R. Murrow, Eric Sevareid, Bill Shirer, Douglas Edwards, and Walter Cronkite had defined broadcast journalism. The news divisions of the two...
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