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April 19, 2007
NewsHour Executive Producer
Linda Winslow recognized by Columbia University Graduate
School of Journalism for excellence in journalism
Linda Winslow, Executive Producer of The NewsHour with Jim
Lehrer will be recognized for excellence in journalism when
The Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism presents
their Alumni Awards on Friday, April 19, 2007 at the Alumni
Association’s annual spring meeting. Linda Winslow,
a graduate of the class of ’67, is one of four alumni
being honored this year.
Winslow’s association with Jim Lehrer and Robin MacNeil
dates back to her role as producer for the National Public
Affairs Center for Television (NPACT). She produced their
seminal Watergate coverage in 1973 as well as PBS’s
live coverage of the House Judiciary Committee’s Presidential
Impeachment hearings, anchored by Jim Lehrer.
When Jim Lehrer and Robin MacNeil created the MacNeil/Lehrer
Report in 1975, Linda Winslow was tapped as one of the program’s
original producers. In 1978, Winslow was named vice president
in charge of news and public affairs for WETA (Washington
Educational Television Association), where she was responsible
for PBS coverage of major news events in Washington as well
as for the weekly series Washington Week in Review and The
Lawmakers. Winslow was named executive producer of The NewsHour
with Jim Lehrer in November 2005.
The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer is seen five nights a week
on more than 315 PBS stations across the country (check
local listings) and is also available online, via public
radio in select markets and via podcast. The program is
produced by MacNeil/Lehrer Productions, in association with
WETA, Washington, DC and Thirteen/WNET in New York. Corporate
funding for The NewsHour is provided by the Archer Daniels
Midland Co.; the new AT&T; Chevron and Pacific Life,
along with major funding from the Atlantic Philanthropies,
the Park Foundation, the National Science Foundation, the
Corporation for Public Broadcasting and public television
viewers.
For More Information: Rob Flynn: 703.998.2174 or rflynn@newshour.org or Anne Bell: 703.998.2175 or abell@newshour.org | 
