Veteran Journalist Daniel Schorr Dies at 93
Daniel Schorr, who covered the news for more than 60 years and won three Emmy Awards, died today of a “short illness” at the age of 93, according to the Associated Press.
Schorr career began as a print journalist when he worked on his high school newspaper. He later worked for the Jewish Daily Bulletin after graduating from City College of New York in 1939. After serving in World War II as an intelligence officer, Schorr worked as a freelance journalist until 1953, when he joined CBS News.
One of Schorrs famous interviews includes one with Nikita Khrushchev, the Soviet Communist party chief, in 1957. The journalist was well known for upsetting the news world in the 1960s, and he later upset the Nixon White House in 1971 after getting into an argument with White House aides. When Schorr famously read the Nixon’s Enemy List over the air, he was surprised to find his own name on the list. However, Schorr’s ways won him an Emmy for his new reporting in the years 1972 to 1974. Other controversies Schoor caused include the report on illegal CIA and FBI activities in 1976, which he found in the Pike Committee report, which was given to him by an undisclosed source.
Later in his career, Schorr worked as a White House correspondent for ITNA (Independent Television News Association) in 1977, and then a news reporter for CNN from 1979 to 1985. After his contract did not renew with CNN, Schorr worked as a Senior News Analyst for radio’s NPR until the time of his death. Schorr’s last NPR broadcast was on July 10, 2010.
[photo: National Public Radio]
Tags: celebrity death, daniel schorr
