Born on April 25, 1908, Murrow died on April 27, 1965. He was a beacon of truth in the news business for 35 years before his life was cut short by lung cancer. Murrow received numerous honors for his journalistic excellence and integrity, including the Medal of Freedom in 1964 and a knighthood from Queen Elizabeth II just weeks before his death.
A World War
II radio correspondent, he founded the CBS television news program See It Now. After the war, his work behind the CBS news
desk and as an interviewer influenced two generations of news anchors,
beginning with the great Walter Cronkite and followed by Dan Rather and Peter
Jennings.
Today, his name
graces the Excellence in Reporting awards given annually in both the print and
broadcast worlds.
The film Good Night, and
Good Luck, directed by George Clooney, focused on Murrow's efforts to end
Senator Joseph McCarthy's reign of intimidation in the early 1950s and inspired generations seeking to “do journalism right.”
The world of journalism and
ultimately our whole world was made better and brighter by the life of this
great reporter.
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