Tell Me a Story: Fifty Years and 60 Minutes in Television

by Don Hewitt

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The producer for "60 Minutes" recounts his early experiences and his more than fifty years with CBS, including the first broadcasts of political conventions, the Kennedy-Nixon debates, and the events portrayed in the film "The Insider."

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Hewitt created "60 Minutes". This is his story about how he become a journalist and the many stories he saw abd help tell to the public. Also his philphosy about reporting.

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Don Hewitt was executive producer of 60 Minutes. He joined CBS in 1948 and was the producer-director of Douglas Edwards with the News and the CBS Evening News with Walter Cronkite before creating 60 Minutes in 1968.

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Nonfiction, Biography & Memoir, General Nonfiction
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791.45Arts & recreationRecreation, sports, and performing artsPublic performancesMotion pictures, radio, television, podcastingTelevision
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PN1992.4 .H49 .A3Language and LiteratureLiterature (General)Literature (General)DramaBroadcastingTelevision broadcasts
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