BARBARA WALTERS

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BARBARA WALTERS

• Emily Melnyk
• History of Journalism
• July 17, 2003

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Getting it doesnt mean keeping it

• Born September 25, 1931 in Boston, MA
• Parents Lou and Dena Sister Jacqueline
• Family financial ups and downs
• Brief acting stint
• Sarah Lawrence College

Barbaras high school photo
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Getting the ball rolling

• WRAC-TV
• NYCs youngest producer
• WPIX-TV
• CBS News writer
• PR firm

Barbara reporting on A Day in the Life of a
Playboy Bunny
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The Today Girl

• Most watched morning show
• 100,000 a year
• Today girl to Today reporter
• Kennedy assassination

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Not for Women Only

• 1970 cabinet members wives

• Host- For Women Only

• Panel of experts

• Nice time slot

Barbara leaving NBC studios with assistant
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I am the way I am

• Barbara gets nervous
• Tricking them into talking
• Forming connections

Barbara during an interview with Kissinger
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The plane landsand Barbara is there

• Princess Grace and Monaco
• Prince Charles and Wales
• Persias 2,500th anniversary

Barbara traveling with Nixon party in China
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Million Dollar Baby

• Barbaras had enough Today
• Unheard of contract
• Negative buzz
• October 4, 1976

Barbara with Harry Reasoner on ABC evening news
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Im Barbara Walters and this is 20/20

• Looking for a home

• Barbaras big promotion

• Abbie Hoffman interview

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Barbaras View
Barbara with co-hosts of the View

• Barbaras newest baby
• Among celebrities
• No-holds-bar

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First Lady of Television Journalism

• 1988-Overseas Press Clubs Presidents Award
• 1991-International Womens Media Foundation
  Lifetime Achievement Award
• 1997-Muse Award from NY Women in Film and TV
• 2000-National Academy of TV Arts and Sciences
  Lifetime Achievement Award.

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Works Cited

• Fox, Mary Virginia. Barbara Walters The news her
  way. Minneapolis Dillon Press, 1980.
• Oppenheimer, Jerry. Barbara Walters An
  Unauthorized Biography. New York St. Martins
  Press, 1990.
• Malone, Mary. Barbara Walters TV Superstar. New
  Jersey Enslow Publishers,1990.
• Barbara Walters Biography. ABCs The View Home
  Page. 13 July 2003.