Biography
He is both the interviewer and chronicler who dares to believe that American TV viewers want to think and learn, to contemplate themselves, their pasts, their times and their futures. Although he has been associated with both CBS and NBC, Moyers has often sought the latitude of the less lucrative PBS and his TV programs--which he has moderated, hosted and usually produced--have focused on subjects ranging from the origins and connection to the …
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Career Milestones
2002 | Served as host of "Now with Bill Moyers" (PBS) | |
1996 | Hosted "Internight" on MSNBC | |
1996 | Produced and hosted the PBS series "Genesis: A Conversation" | |
1995 | Became senior news analyst on "NBC Nightly News With Tom Brokaw" | |
1993 | Revived "Bill Moyers' Journal" on PBS; was both host and producer | |
1992 | Hosted "Listening to America With Bill Moyers" (PBS) | |
1988 | Won widespread attention for the PBS series "Joseph Campbell and the Power of Myth" | |
1986 | With wife Judith Davidson, formed Public Affairs Television, Inc. | |
1983 | Hosted "Our Times with Bill Moyers" (CBS) | |
| Was senior news analyst for CBS News; appeared regularly on "CBS Evening News With Dan Rather" | ||
| Returned to PBS as host of "Bill Moyers' Journal" | ||
| Hosted "Bill Moyers' Journal" (PBS) | ||
1970 | Hosted the PBS series "This Week" | |
| Served as publisher of NEWSDAY | ||
| Worked in the Johnson Administration, including two years as press secretary | ||
| Named Deputy Director of The Peace Corps | ||
| Served as special assistant to Senator Lyndon Baines Johnson | ||
| Served as assistant news editor at KTBS, a radio station in Austin, Texas | ||
1949 | Was reporter for the NEWS MESSENGER, a local newspaper in Marshall, Texas | |
Awards
1993 | Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Informational Series in Healing and the Mind With Bill Moyers |
1984 | Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Informational Series in A Walk Through the Twentieth Century With Bill Moyers |