He was the visionary and driving force in the creation of the institution that, with Jim Lehrer, became the NewsHour. Jeffrey Brown looks back at his life and legacy. Robert MacNeil’s colleagues ...

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no-frills PBS newscast “The MacNeil-Lehrer NewsHour” in the 1970s and co-anchored the show for with his late partner, Jim Lehrer, for two decades, died on Friday. He was 93. MacNeil died of ...

He was the visionary and driving force in the creation of the institution that, with Jim Lehrer, became the NewsHour. Jeffrey Brown looks back at his life and legacy. Robert MacNeil’s colleagues ...

Lehrer, who co-anchored the NewsHour alongside co-founder Robert MacNeil for 20 years before solo anchoring the nightly news broadcast for nearly 16 years, passed away in January 2020 at the age ...

The NewsHour producers and executives of MacNeil/Lehrer Productions stand by the program. “The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer is committed to providing its viewers with intelligent, in depth and ...

BALTIMORE, MD — Recognizing that PBS and The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer have ... change is our commitment to serious journalism – MacNeil-Lehrer journalism – the kind of work we’ve been ...

MacNeil was a White House correspondent for NBC News. Lehrer was working the federal beat as a reporter for the Dallas Times-Herald.

In 1998, Ms. Friedenberg left the NewsHour’s full-time staff to spend more time with her son and husband. Despite her departure, she remained a critical part of MacNeil/Lehrer’s digital ...

At PBS from 1983 to 1993, she was the chief Washington correspondent for the MacNeil/Lehrer NewsHour. From 1984 – 1990, she also anchored PBS’ award-winning documentary series, “Frontline ...