Barbara Walters' ground-breaking exclusive interviews
with world figures and her enterprising reporting have made her one of the most
highly acclaimed journalists on television. Over the years, Barbara Walters has
received national recognition for her work and has been the recipient of
numerous prestigious awards. Just in the past few years, Ms. Walters was: 1)
inducted into the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences' Hall of Fame "for
being acknowledged worldwide as one of television's most respected interviewers
and journalists," 1990; 2) honored with the Lowell Thomas Award for a career in
journalism excellence by Marist College, 1990; 3) honored by the Overseas Press
Club with their highest award, the President's Award, 1988; 4) saluted by the
American Museum of the Moving Image, March 19, 1992; 5) Lifetime Achievement
Award, International Women's Media Foundation, 1991; 6) Lifetime Achievement
Award, Women's Project and Productions, 1993; and 7) honored by the Museum of
Television & Radio for her contributions to broadcast journalism, 1996.
Barbara Walters numerous and timely interviews - which
appear regularly on the weekly newsmagazine 20/20 and on The Barbara Walters
Specials - read like a "Who's Who" of newsmakers. She has interviewed every
American President since Richard Nixon. She made journalism history by arranging
the first joint interview with Egypt 's President Anwar Sadat and Israel 's
Prime Minister Menachem Begin in November, 1977.
Another of her "firsts" was an hour-long prime-time
conversation with Cuban President Fidel Castro - an interview which has been
printed in half a dozen languages and shown all over the world. In addition to
her responsibilities on the Today Show, she hosted her own highly popular
syndicated series, Not for Women Only, for five years and contributed on a
regular basis to the NBC Radio Network. Early in her career, she was a writer
for CBS News and before that, she was the youngest producer with NBC-TV's New
York station (WNBC-TV). Ms. Walters is the recipient of honorary doctoral
degrees from Ohio State University , Temple University , Marymount College ,
Wheaton College and Hofstra University . She continues to be a favorite keynote
speaker.
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