Women Who Reported Watergate

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English - July 02, 2017 20:18 - 38 minutes - 53.7 MB - ★★★★★ - 30 ratings
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Barbara Walters, Lesley Stahl and Connie Chung are the women who reported on the Watergate Scandal for the national news networks. That's the headline, says host Cynthia Bemis Abrams. Cynthia reviews the representation of women in journalism and how Walters ascended from Washington bureau to co-anchor of The Today Show. She later explains how Lesley Stahl and Connie Chung built strong careers out of opportunities created by Affirmative Action.

Resources:

Audition: A Memoir by Barbara Walters (2008)

Reporting Live by Lesley Stahl (2000)

Watergate's Legacy and the Press by Jon Marshall (2011)