Journalist Dan Rather

KUER 90.1 | By Doug Fabrizio

Published October 10, 2014 at 11:00 AM MDT

Dan Rather, Galveston, TX, 1961. From danrather.com

Earlier this week, veteran news man Dan Rather was a guest at the Economic Development Corporation of Utah’s annual meeting. He sat down with Doug to talk about his influences, his more than 40 years of broadcasting and the state of journalism today. Friday, we’re broadcasting the conversation. Really, it’s Rather telling great stories – from his days at a small-town Texas radio station to covering JFK's assassination and reporting from war zones and the White House.

Dan Rather's memoir is Rather Outspoken: My Life in the News [Indiebound|Amazon]. These days, he's host of Dan Rather Presents on AXS TV.

Thanks to the Economic Development Corporation of Utah.

We ran out of time to include this anecdote about the legendary Walter Cronkite. It was too good not to share though:

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Doug Fabrizio has been reporting for KUER News since 1987, and became News Director in 1993. In 2001, he became host and executive producer of KUER's RadioWest, a one hour conversation/call-in show on KUER 90.1 in Salt Lake City. He has gained a reputation for his thoughtful style. He has interviewed everyone from Isabel Allende to the Dalai Lama, and from Madeleine Albright to Desmond Tutu. His interview skills landed him a spot as a guest host of the national NPR program, "Talk of the Nation." He has won numerous awards for his reporting and for his work with RadioWest and KUED's Utah NOW from such organizations as the Society of Professional Journalists, the Utah Broadcasters Association, the Public Radio News Directors Association and the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences.

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