Peter Jennings (1) (1938–2005)
Autore di The Century
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Peter Jennings, July 29, 1938 - August 7, 2005 Peter Jennings was born on July 29, 1938 in Toronto, Canada. His father was a reporter with the Canadian Broadcasting Company at the time and at the age of nine, Jennings hosted a half hour weekly children's show for the CBC. jennings attended Carleton mostra altro University and Rider College. In 1962, Jennings became co-anchor of Canada's first national commercial network newscast. In 1964 he moved to New York City and found a job as a correspondent for ABC. Jennings worked his way up and eventually became the anchor for ABC's nightly newscast for two years, from 1965 to 1967. He returned to reporting in 1968, and was appointed head of the ABC News Middle East Bureau in Beirut in the 70's. In 1971, Jennings received the National Headliner Award for his report on Civil War in Bangladesh. He won the Peabody Award for his report on the Egyptian President Anwar al-Sadat in 1974. From 1974 to 1975, Jennings worked as the Washington correspondent for ABC's A.M. America, before heading to London as the chief foreign correspondent. Once in London, jennings co-anchored ABC's World News Tonight. once the show moved to New York City in 1983, Jennings was made sole anchor of the show. Jennings interviewed Saddam Hussein right before the Gulf War, one of the only western reporters to be allowed to do so. In 1998, he published "The Century," a book of photographs focusing on the American perspective of the 20th century. Jennings won numerous honors throughout his career, including 16 Emmys and two George Foster Peabody Awards. The Radio and Television News Directors Association awarded Jennings its highest honor, the Paul White Award in 1995, in recognition of his lifetime contributions to journalism. In 2004, he was awarded with the Edward R. Murrow Award for Lifetime Achievement in Broadcasting from Washington State University. Just eight days before his death, Jennings was informed that he would be inducted into the Order of Canada, the nation's highest civilian honor. On February 21, 2006, New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg designated the block on West 66th Street between Columbus Avenue and Central Park West as Peter Jennings Way in honor of the late anchor; the block is home to the ABC News headquarters. Jennings died on August 7, 2005 due to lung cancer. (Bowker Author Biography) mostra meno
Fonte dell'immagine: Cropped from a photo of Jennings interviewing Eric Bost, Undersecretary of Agriculture (2002).
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Informazioni generali
- Nome canonico
- Jennings, Peter
- Nome legale
- Jennings, Peter Charles Archibald Ewart
- Data di nascita
- 1938-07-29
- Data di morte
- 2005-08-07
- Sesso
- male
- Nazionalità
- Canada
USA - Luogo di nascita
- Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Luogo di morte
- New York, New York, USA
- Luogo di residenza
- New York, New York, USA
- Attività lavorative
- journalist
news reader - Relazioni
- Godsoe, Valerie (first spouse)
Malauf, Anoushka (second spouse)
Marton, Kati (third spouse)
Freed, Kayce (fourth spouse) - Organizzazioni
- ABC News
CBC News - Premi e riconoscimenti
- Order of Canada (Member ∙ 2005)
Paul White Award (1995)
Edward R. Murrow Award for Lifetime Achievement in Broadcasting (2004)
Academy of Television Arts and Sciences Television Hall of Fame (2011)
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The Century di Peter Jennings
Excellent...great as a go-to for refreshers on recent history, and engaging enough to read from cover to cover which is what I did:) It will stay where I can grab it for reference.
OK, this isn't the type of book you sit and read from front to back, but it's worth reading pockets of it. It's amazing how much is crammed into this book, not that it's small.
I ended up using sections of this book as a resource for some writing. I thought initially that the section might have been to thin on information, but further research at multiple websites had it standing up quite well.
I ended up using sections of this book as a resource for some writing. I thought initially that the section might have been to thin on information, but further research at multiple websites had it standing up quite well.
Good for heritage or decade projects, also could be used to highlight certain history lessons.
This book was extraordinary. It was well written with great facts about history. It was matter of fact about the horrors and brought different perspectives with the interviews of the people who shared those perspectives. A truly great work.
I read this on my Nook checked out from the library, so if there were pictures, they were not included.
I read this on my Nook checked out from the library, so if there were pictures, they were not included.
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- ISBN
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