Chicago – From the JFK assassination, through Vietnam, Watergate and his days of anchoring the CBS Evening News, Dan Rather has influenced the media for six decades. He appeared in Naperville (Ill.) last November for his new book, “What Unites Us: Reflections on Patriotism,” sponsored by Anderson’s Bookshop.
Photographer Joe Arce of HollywoodChicago.com got an Exclusive Photo of the news icon at that appearance.
Daniel Irvin Rather was born in Texas, earned a degree in journalism from Sam Houston State University. He began his career as an Associated Press reporter in 1950, and bounced around Texas in various news/broadcasting capacities in that decade, including sports announcing. His first TV reporter job was in Houston, and he became news director for the CBS affiliate there. In 1962, he was given a trial run on the national CBS News, and became a household name one year later as a result of his...
Photographer Joe Arce of HollywoodChicago.com got an Exclusive Photo of the news icon at that appearance.
Daniel Irvin Rather was born in Texas, earned a degree in journalism from Sam Houston State University. He began his career as an Associated Press reporter in 1950, and bounced around Texas in various news/broadcasting capacities in that decade, including sports announcing. His first TV reporter job was in Houston, and he became news director for the CBS affiliate there. In 1962, he was given a trial run on the national CBS News, and became a household name one year later as a result of his...
- 1/22/2018
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
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