Jim Lehrer

Email This Jim Lehrer announced on Thursday morning he's leaving the anchor desk of PBS' nightly 'NewsHour' program after a record 36 years at the helm, according to the show's blog and The Washington Post. The 76-year-old journalist said June 6 would be his last day, but that he would continue returning to the show on Fridays to host a news panel. He is the longest serving news anchor in TV history. "I have been laboring in the glories of daily journalism for 52 years ... 36 of...Read Full Story

Monsters and Critics.com Jim Lehrer to step down from daily broadcast at PBS 'NewsHour' Washington Post Lehrer, who has anchored “NewsHour” for 36 years, said Thursday morning that he is stepping down from the daily broadcast, ending the longest run of a national anchorman. Jim Lehrer, a co-anchor of the PBS television news program "The MacNeil/Lehrer ... Jim Lehrer scaling back 'PBS Newshour' duties Entertainment Weekly PBS 'NewsHour' host Jim Lehrer quits after 35 years San Jose Mercury...Read Full Story

Apr 30 April 30, 2010 | 2 Comments On his blog, Small Group Leadership , my friend Michael Mack quotes Donald Miller’s interview of Jim Lehrer. Miller asked Lehrer how to moderate a political debate, and Mack applies the same approach to small group leadership. He says there are two keys to moderating any discussion: 1. The focus is on the participants, not the moderator. 2. A moderator must prepare in such a way that he is relaxed enough to listen. I would encourage you...Read Full Story

After 36 years hosting a program, Jim Lehrer is often stepping down from his every night purpose upon PBS NewsHour. The New York Daily News records which a module is becoming different to supplement some-more Internet-based news, as well as 77-year-old Lehrer seemed to verbalise to which when he said: Read some-more upon TRENDS TODAY JIM LEHRER TO STEP DOWN FROM ‘PBS NEWSHOUR’ THIS WEEK…Read Full Story

AP - Jim Lehrer says keep the presidential debates coming, just don't ask him to moderate any more.Read Full Story

European Debt Crisis; Jim Lehrer; Peter Bart Add this to your queue Added: Fri Sep 16 18:28:11 UTC 2011 Air date: Thu Sep 15 00:00:00 UTC 2011 Duration: 53:03Read Full Story

European Debt Crisis; Jim Lehrer; Peter Bart Add this to your queue Added: Fri Sep 16 18:28:11 UTC 2011 Air date: Thu Sep 15 00:00:00 UTC 2011 Duration: 53:03Read Full Story

AP - Jim Lehrer has been delivering the news each weeknight to PBS viewers since the Gerald Ford administration. Now he says it's time to step away.Read Full Story

NEW YORK — Jim Lehrer says keep the presidential debates coming, just don't ask him to moderate any more. The veteran PBS anchor, now in semi-retirement at 77, says he's through after moderating 11 presidential debates between 1988 and 2008. That's one of the reasons he wrote the new book, "Tension City: My View From the Middle Seat" (Random House), an account of the debates with which he's been involved that gives both his perspective and that of the candidates. Read More... More on...Read Full Story

Posted on | September 27, 2008 | rhea close Author: rhea Name : rhea Email: rhea@thecontemplation.com Site: http://www.gaycheckml.com About: See Authors Posts (332) I found much humor in the first 2008 Presidential Debate between McCain and Obama.  It was all about Jim Lehrer.  Here is a man that began his news career at The Dallas Morning News and Dallas Times-Herald, covering the assassination of John F. Kennedy in 1963 and a retired Marine. Lehrer was considered an ‘Anderson...Read Full Story