Robert MacNeil

Robert Breckinridge Ware MacNeil (born January 19, 1931 in Montreal ) is a Canadian - American journalist , author and television presenter .

Life

MacNeil graduated from Carleton University in Ottawa . After completing his studies, he worked as a journalist in the news sector of the television station ITV in London and then moved to Reuters and later to NBC News as a correspondent in Washington, DC and New York City . He wrote several books as an author. From 1975 to 1995, MacNeil co- hosted the television programs The Robert MacNeil Report / The MacNeil / Lehrer Report / The MacNeil / Lehrer Newshour with Jim Lehrer .

Works (selection)

• Breaking News (novel)
• Burden of Desire (novel)
• Eudora Welty: Seeing Black and White
• Looking for My Country: Finding Myself in America
• The People Machine: The Influence of Television on American Politics
• The Right Place at the Right Time
• The Voyage (novel)
• The Way We Were: 1963, The Year Kennedy Was Shot
• The Story of English with Robert McCrum
• Wordstruck: A Memoir
• Do You Speak American?

Prizes and awards (selection)

• Officer of the Order of Canada
• Emmy Award
• Member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (1991)

Web links

• Robert MacNeil in the nndb (English)
• PBS: A Tribute to Robert MacNeil