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Bill Moyers Journal

American current affairs television series (1972–76; 1979–81; 2007–10)

American current affairs television series (1972–76; 1979–81; 2007–10)

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runtime60 minutes
starringBill Moyers
countryUnited States
networkPBS
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num_episodes16 (original); ? (2nd install.); 276 (3rd install.)

Bill Moyers Journal was an American television current affairs program that covered an array of current affairs and human issues, including economics, history, literature, religion, philosophy, science, and most frequently politics. Bill Moyers executive produced, wrote and hosted the Journal when it was created. WNET in New York produced it and PBS aired it from 1972 to 1976.

In 1979, following a nearly three-year hiatus, PBS announced that Bill Moyers Journal would return for a second series, which would cover a broader range of issues in depth. This included election coverage and documentary footage from several U.S. states, among them Florida, Texas, Illinois, Washington, D.C., and Nevada. In addition, among its pop-culture coverage, the Journal reported on the 25th anniversary of the premiere of the long-running NBC talk program The Tonight Show. Like the first installment, the second one was produced by WNET in New York City, and was aired on PBS. The second installment ended in 1981.

For the second time, Bill Moyers Journal returned to television on April 25, 2007. The debut episode was "Buying The War", which demonstrated how the commercial U.S. media served as an unwitting partner to the Bush administration in convincing the American people that the Iraq War was legitimate and necessary.

On November 20, 2009, Moyers announced that he would retire from the Journal effective April 30, 2010. The April 30, 2010, 90-minute special series finale reported on Iowa Citizens for Community Improvement and featured an interview with community organizer Jim Hightower. Moyers concluded with an interview with writer Barry Lopez and a personal reflection on his relationship to journalism.

Bill Moyers Journals website provides an extensive video, blog, and transcript archive dating back to 1974, and includes NOW on PBS, the program Moyers hosted from 2002 to 2004, during his hiatus from the Journal.

{{anchor|Kathleen Hughes}}Kathleen Hughes

Kathleen Hughes directed episodes of Bill Moyers Journal (2007–2010). In 1985, Hughes received a master’s in journalism from Columbia University. Hughes was an assistant film editor for Vladimir Horowitz: The Last Romantic (1985) by Albert and David Maysles. Hughes has produced, directed, and written documentaries for Bill Moyers (with cinematographer Maryse Alberti), PBS Frontline and ABC News' Turning Point. Her works have won Emmys, a New York Emmy, the DuPont-Columbia Gold Baton, the Wilbur Award, the Gracie Award, the Sidney Hillman Prize, the Society of Professional Journalists First Amendment Award, the Harry Chapin Media Award, and the Christopher Award. Hughes and Abigail Disney directed The Armor of Light (2015) and The American Dream and Other Fairy Tales (2022).

References

References

  1. "Series Archive".
  2. Jensen, Elizabeth. (January 15, 2007). "Bill Moyers and Ken Burns Are Back on the PBS Schedule". The New York Times.
  3. [http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/01-15-2007/0004505873&EDATE= Bill Moyers Journal Returns to PBS Line-Up in April]
  4. [https://www.pbs.org/moyers/journal/btw/watch.html Bill Moyers Journal . Home. PBS]
  5. Shales, Tom. (April 25, 2007). "A Media Role in Selling the War? No Question". The Washington Post.
  6. Jensen, Elizabeth. (November 20, 2009). "Bill Moyers to Leave Weekly Television". [[The New York Times]].
  7. "Watch & Listen: April 30, 2010". Public Affairs Television.
  8. "Archive". Public Affairs Television.
  9. "Kathleen Hughes".
  10. "Vladimir Horowitz, The Last Romantic".
  11. "Cut to 11: The Maysles Sisters- Before, During and After the Brothers".
  12. "Albert and David Maysles papers, 1948-2018". [[Columbia University]] Libraries.
  13. "Maryse Alberti".
  14. (March 5, 2016). "The AP, NPR, CNN among winners of RCC's annual Wilbur Awards".
  15. (January 26, 2022). "Sundance 2022 Women Directors: Meet Abigail Disney and Kathleen Hughes – "The American Dream and Other Fairy Tales"".
  16. (22 September 2022). ""A Club You've Always Wanted To Be a Part Of": Abigail Disney and Kathleen Hughes on DCTV Firehouse Cinema's Inaugural Film The American Dream and Other Fairy Tales".
  17. (April 17, 2015). "The Team".
  18. "The Armor of Light". [[Fandango Media.
  19. (October 5, 2017). "Independent Lens Wins Four 2017 News and Documentary Emmys". PBS.
  20. "The Armor of Light". [[Tribeca Film Festival]].
  21. (April 17, 2015). "The armor of light".
  22. "The American Dream and Other Fairy Tales". [[Fandango Media.
  23. (22 September 2022). "'The American Dream and Other Fairy Tales' Review: A Spotlight on Income Inequality". [[The New York Times]].
  24. (23 September 2022). "How Should We Feel About The Happiest Place on Earth?". [[Town & Country (magazine).
  25. (23 September 2022). "Abigail Disney Says Company 'Needs to Prove' It Paused Political Contributions in Florida". [[IndieWire]].
  26. "Abigail Disney Kathleen Hughes American Dream".
  27. (21 September 2022). ""The American Dream & Other Fairy Tales": Disney Heiress Tackles Inequality, Family Legacy in New Film".
  28. "About".
  29. "Meet the Team".
  30. "Team".
  31. (28 January 2022). "'The American Dream and Other Fairy Tales' Review: The Calls Are Coming From Inside the (Mouse) House". Variety.
  32. (16 September 2022). "New Documentary Critical of Disney, Created by a Disney Heiress". Voice of OC.
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