Edward R. Murrow

Edward R. Murrow Born Egbert Roscoe Murrow, April 25, 1908 Guilford County, North Carolina, U.S. Died April 27, 1965 (aged 57) Pawling, NY, U.S. Resting place Glen Arden Farm Alma mater Washington State University Occupation Journalist radio and television broadcaster Years active 1935–1965 Known for On-the-spot radio reports from London and other locations in Europe during World War II. Series of television news reports that led to the censure of U.S. Senator Joseph McCarthy. Spouse Janet Huntington Brewster ​(m. 1935)​ Children 1 Edward Roscoe Murrow was an American broadcast journalist and war correspondent. He first gained prominence during World War II with a series of live radio broadcasts from Europe for the news division of CBS. During the war he recruited and worked closely with a team of war correspondents who came to be known as the Murrow Boys. A pioneer of radio and television news broadcasting, Murrow produced a series of reports on his television program See It Now which helped lead to the censure of Senator Joseph McCarthy. Fellow journalists Eric Sevareid, Ed Bliss, Bill Downs, Dan Rather, and Alexander Kendrick consider Murrow one of journalism's greatest figures.