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| Bill Moyers • Movies/TV • Music | ||||||||
 Public
official, television journalist/producer; born in Hugo, Okla. While
still in high school he worked for his local (Marshall, Texas) newspaper.
While in college, he wrote to Senator Lyndon Johnson and got himself
a summer internship, soon becoming a trusted aide; he went back to
Texas to work at Mrs. Johnson's radio and television station while
attending the University of Texas. After a year at the University of
Edinburgh, Scotland, he earned his degree in divinity from Southwestern
Theological Seminary (Waco, Texas) (1959), but he joined Senator Johnson's
staff. When Johnson became vice-president, Moyers became his top assistant,
but after a month he resigned to become an associate director of the
new Peace Corps; he was made its deputy director in 1962. As president,
Johnson appointed Moyers a special assistant (1964–65) then press
secretary (1965–67). Moyers left to become the publisher of Newsday
(1967–70). In 1971 he hosted WNET's (New York City's public television
station) This Week, followed by Bill Moyers Journal (1971–76, 1978–81),
with a break to serve as a correspondent for CBS Reports (1976–78);
he returned to CBS to do news analysis (1981–86). He returned to public
television where he began to produce a series of shows based on interviewing
leading thinkers from various fields. Two of his series, Joseph Campbell
and the Power of the Myth (1988) and A World of Ideas (1989–90), were
also converted into best-selling books. His 1992 television series,
Healing and the Mind, which examined alternatives to traditional medicine,
continued his commitment to imbue contemporary issues with questions
of ultimate values. |
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