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: