Bill Moyers
1934
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photo credits: Wikimedia Commons
country of citizenship: United States of America
languages spoken, written or signed: American English
educated at: University of Texas at Austin, University of Edinburgh, University of North Texas, Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, Marshall High School, Moody College of Communication
occupation: journalist
award received: George Polk Award, Peabody Awards, National Humanities Medal, Emmy Award, Four Freedoms Award - Freedom of Speech, James Parks Morton Interfaith Award, Charles Frankel Prize
position held: White House Press Secretary
Bill Moyers (born Billy Don Moyers; June 5, 1934) is an American journalist and political commentator. Under the Johnson administration he served from 1965 to 1967 as the eleventh White House Press Secretary. He was a director of the Council on Foreign Relations, from 1967 to 1974. He also worked as a network TV news commentator for ten years. Moyers has been extensively involved with public broadcasting, producing documentaries and news journal programs, and has won numerous awards and honorary degrees for his investigative journalism and civic activities. He has become well known as a trenchant critic of the corporately structured U.S. news media. Source: Wikipedia (en)
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