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Bill Moyers, White House Aide Turned TV News Icon, Dies
Bill Moyers, whose five-decade career spanned broadcast journalism, political service, and public media advocacy, has died.
Moyers' death on Thursday, June 26, came at a hospital in New York City. He was 91.
From his early days as a press secretary to President Lyndon Johnson to his decades-long presence on PBS and CBS, Moyers built a legacy on public trust, intellectual curiosity, and civic purpose.
Moyers was best known for hosting and producing acclaimed PBS programs such as Frontline, Bill Moyers Journal, Now with Bill Moyers. His work earned him multiple Peabody Award…
Iran Sent Hitmen To Kill NY Journalist: Two Mobsters Convicted In Foiled Plot
Two Eastern European mobsters were convicted in a chilling plot to assassinate an Iranian-American journalist on US soil—at the behest of the Iranian government.
A Manhattan federal jury found Rafat Amirov, 46, of Iran, and Polad Omarov, 40, of Georgia, guilty on all five counts related to a murder-for-hire scheme targeting journalist and human rights activist Masih Alinejad on Thursday, March 20.
The pair orchestrated the plan under orders from Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), offering a hitman $500,000 to kill Alinejad outside her Brooklyn home, according to prosecutors.
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David Diaz, Award-Winning TV Reporter For Wcbs, Wnbc, Dies
David Diaz, whose career as an award-winning TV news reporter in New York City spanned three decades, has died.
He was 82.
His death, which occurred last week, was announced on Monday, March 17 by WCBS.
Following 15 years with WNBC-TV, Diaz spent 12 years at CBS New York.
A native of Puerto Rico, Diaz relocated to upper Manhattan during his childhood. He earned a master's degree from Columbia after graduating from City College and Fordham Prep.
In a video tribute to Diaz, CBS Evening News co-anchor Maurice Dubois described Diaz as "a reporter's reporter," and a quintessential…
Yale Grad, CNN War Reporter Held Hostage In Sudan By Warlord For Days
Clarissa Ward, CNN's chief international correspondent and 2002 Yale University graduate, released a story on Wednesday, Oct. 23 detailing her capture by a Sudanese warlord who held her and her crew hostage for days.
In a post on CNN, Ward details how she was on her way to Tawila, a town in Darfur, earlier this month to report on the ongoing humanitarian crisis. But as they arrived, she and her crew weren't welcomed by their host but confronted by heavily armed militia members, who believed they were spies.
Two weeks ago, our team was held captive by a militia in Darfur. As a…
