Jim Lehrer: A Look Back at a Career in Journalism

Name: Jim Lehrer: A Look Back at a Career in Journalism
Uploaded: 2011-05-13T20:00:00Z
Duration: P337S
Description: Jim Lehrer has announced that he is taking another step toward ending his 36 years of anchoring or co-anchoring our daily public television news broadcast. Lehrer said, effective June 6, he will no longer be part of the regular daily anchor rotation team, but he will still appear on many Friday evenings to moderate the weekly analysis of Shields and Brooks. We look back on his career.

Clip: 05/13/2011 | 5m 37s

Jim Lehrer has announced that he is taking another step toward ending his 36 years of anchoring or co-anchoring our daily public television news broadcast. Lehrer said, effective June 6, he will no longer be part of the regular daily anchor rotation team, but he will still appear on many Friday evenings to moderate the weekly analysis of Shields and Brooks. We look back on his career.

Aired: 05/13/11

Rating: NR

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Jim Lehrer: A Look Back at a Career in Journalism

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