Bob Schieffer: 2008 National Book Festival
Description
Broadcast news legend Bob Schieffer shares his extraordinary experience covering John F. Kennedy’s assassination in 1963; describes how the Web has become the “unfettered Wild West” for news; and explains why some of the best news stories come out of the Pentagon.
Biography
Bob Schieffer has been with CBS News since 1969. He is CBS’s chief Washington correspondent and the host of its Sunday public affairs broadcast “Face the Nation.” He is the recipient of many awards, including six Emmys and the National Press Foundation’s Broadcaster of the Year in 2002. He was honored by the Library of Congress with a Living Legend Award in April 2008. His latest book is “Bob Schieffer’s America” (Penguin/Putnam, September 2008). Schieffer will appear in the History & Biography pavilion.
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