Tom Brokaw
Tom Brokaw
Thomas John "Tom" Brokaw is an American television journalist and author, best known as the anchor and managing editor of NBC Nightly News from 1982 to 2004. He is the author of The Greatest Generationand other books and the recipient of numerous awards and honors. He is the only person to host all three major NBC News programs: The Today Show, NBC Nightly News, and, briefly, Meet the Press. He now serves as a Special Correspondent for NBC News and...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionTV Show Host
Date of Birth6 February 1940
CityWebster, SD
CountryUnited States of America
Obviously, it's very gratifying, ... It's especially pleasing to be able to share this with a lot of people who have been through some long, dark days here and now have emerged into the sunlight.
The year of my birth, 1940, was the fulcrum of America in the twentieth century, when the nation was balanced precariously between the darkness of the Great Depression on one side and the storms of war in Europe and the Pacific on the other.
The most memorable interviews for me are folks whose names I don't know: young civil rights leaders in the South, showing great courage as they walked into a town in the dark of night. A doctor working for 'Doctors Without Borders' in Somalia, operating by kerosene light in a tent. Those are the kinds of people that linger in your memory.
There has been some research, by the way, that shows that, as people are coming up into their parenting ages, they gravitate back to the evening news.
Tom Broderick in so many ways embodies the best qualities of his generation. He was gravely wounded, but once he got over the initial understandable anger, he set out to be the best husband, father, businessman, and citizen he could be ? sight or not sight.
We all made each other better at what we do. And we had a common DNA, if you will: We were all reporters first and anchors second.
We were competitive, but we were always bound by a shared devotion to being reporters first.
This race is all but over, ... President Bush is our projected winner in the state of Ohio.
I think Ted is correct when he says it was not overt or active racism.
He was also great personal company: charming, witty and mischievous. He was my hero as well as my friend.
He was one of my very favorite people. He was a great man. He was a great model for all of us.
While attendance at traditional churches has been declining for decades, ... the evangelical movement is growing, and it is changing the way America worships.
Yesterday they had to operate and remove part of the skull cap to relieve some of the swelling.
We had hoped that he would be here so that we could have a reunion tonight ? a celebration.