Jim Lehrer

Nov. 21, 2013

MacNeil and Lehrer remember the shock, special sorrow of JFK's assassination

Jim Lehrer's Changing Role: Leave Your Reflections, Favorite Moments
May 12, 2011
Jim Lehrer announced Thursday that he is taking another step toward ending his 36 years of anchoring or co-anchoring our daily public television news broadcast. Leave your comments and reflections here.
Jim Lehrer's Official Bio: 52 Years in Journalism
May 12, 2011
From military service to newspapers to the start of the MacNeil/Lehrer Report to moderating presidential debates, revisit Jim Lehrer's career in his official bio.
Jim Lehrer Stepping Down From Regular Anchor Role on PBS NewsHour
May 12, 2011
Jim Lehrer has announced that he is taking another step toward ending his 36 years of anchoring or co-anchoring our daily public television news broadcast.
Jim Lehrer's 'Super' Office Tour
April 16, 2010
I remember walking into Jim Lehrer's office for the first time last summer for my job interview and no amount of preparation could have readied me for the enormous collection of intriguing and distracting bus memorabilia in there.
Another Chapter Begins for NewsHour
Dec. 4, 2009
On the final night of the NewsHour with Jim Lehrer, the anchor looks back at the show's 34-year history and ahead to the new PBS NewsHour.
'I Am Not in the Entertainment Business' and Rules of MacNeil/Lehrer Journalism
Dec. 4, 2009
Signing off of Friday's broadcast, Jim Lehrer outlined the journalistic mindset that has driven the program for 34 years and will continue to guide it when its fifth iteration relaunches Monday as the PBS NewsHour.
The NewsHour Turns 30
Oct. 20, 2005
In a 30th anniversary special, NewsHour host Jim Lehrer interviews his founding partner Robert MacNeil about the history of the program.
Silver Anniversary of the NewsHour
Oct. 20, 2000
Jim Lehrer talks with Robert MacNeil as they mark the 25th anniversary of the first broadcast of The Robert MacNeil Report -- the program that would evolve into The NewsHour.
A Tribute to Robert MacNeil
Oct. 20, 1995
After 20 years on the air together, Jim Lehrer discusses the past and the future with Robert MacNeil as MacNeil prepares to leave the NewsHour.

Jim Lehrer returns to haunting 'what if' in novel on the JFK assassination

Oct. 15, 2013

What if the glass bubble top on the car in which President John F. Kennedy was riding in Dallas had not been removed by a Secret Service agent? The NewsHour's own Jim Lehrer explores that idea in "Top Down: A Novel of the Kennedy Assassination." Jim joins Judy Woodruff to discuss his personal experience that inspired the book.

Robert MacNeil on Jim Lehrer's 'Stealth' Exit

May 13, 2011

Forty Years Later, Watergate Still Intrigues

June 15, 2012

Jim Lehrer: The Video Highlights

May 13, 2011

Jim Lehrer announced this week that he's stepping back from daily anchor and co-anchor duties on the PBS NewsHour - so we decided to take a look back at some highlights from his 52 years in journalism and his time at the NewsHour in a special video mash-up.