January 19: Birthday of Robert MacNeil (1931)

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Prayer Idea

Pray for people who report the news, that they would do so carefully and honestly.

History Note

Robert MacNeil was born in Montreal, Canada, on January 19, 1931. After attending college in Canada, he worked for news organizations such as Reuters, NBC, and the BBC.

MacNeil and future colleague Jim Lehrer were both covering John F. Kennedy’s trip to Texas on November 22, 1963, when Kennedy was fatally shot.

MacNeil and Lehrer began working together in 1973 when they covered the Watergate hearings for PBS. In 1976 they created a news program eventually known as The MacNeil/Lehrer NewsHour. MacNeil co-hosted the program until 1995, and Lehrer continued hosting the show until 2009.

Among many other projects, Robert MacNeil was involved in the creation of The Story of English, a PBS / BBC documentary about the development of the English language from Anglo-Saxon times to the present, and a companion book by the same title.

Robert MacNeil died in 2024 at the age of 93.

Learn More

This 1988 video shows Robert MacNeil on Sesame Street covering the “Cookiegate” scandal.

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