Biography
Despite never finishing high school, Jennings found early success as a young journalist in radio and local television in his native country of Canada. After impressing a network executive while covering the 1964 Democratic Convention, he was offered a position with ABC News in New York City. Within a year, Jennings was placed in the anchor's seat on the nightly news at the unbelievably young age of 26. His tenure, however, was as short as it …
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Career Milestones
| Based in London, was foreign news anchor of "World News Tonight" | ||
| Hosted dance show "Club Thirteen" on CBC | ||
| Hosted the PBS series "The AIDS Quarterly" | ||
| Was Middle East Bureau Chief for ABC News | ||
| Was chief foreign correspondent, ABC News | ||
| Was co-anchor, then anchor, "ABC Evening News" | ||
1947 | At age nine, hosted "Peter's People" on CBC Radio | |
1961 | Joined CTV as news reporter | |
1963 | Was co-anchor, CTV National News | |
1964 | Named correspondent, ABC News | |
1975 | Hosted "A.M. America" for short period | |
1983 | Became sole anchor, "World News Tonight" | |
1990 | Began hosting series of infequent specials "Peter Jennings Reporting" | |
2005 | Peter Jennings is diagnosed with lung cancer | |