“Barbara Walters”First Woman TV News Anchor Presented by: Md. Mahbubul Haque OsmaniLecturer, Media Studies and Journalism,University of Liberal Arts Bangladesh (ULAB)

American broadcast journalist, author and television personality Born: September 25, 1929 (age 86)

Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A Graduated in 1947 from Birch Wathen

School in New York. 1951 she received a B.A. in English from 

Sarah Lawrence College and immediately looked for work in New York.

Early Life

Positive Deviance Of

Barbara Walters

1960, US women: limited in almost every respect, from family life to workplace. 

Expected to follow one path:- to marry in her early 20s, start a family quickly, and devote her life to homemaking. 

38% of American women were largely limited to jobs as teacher, nurse, or secretary.

Scenario of Women in 1960s

Women were generally unwelcome in professional programs

1960, 6% of American doctors, 3% lawyers, and less than 1% engineers

Paid lower salaries than men Denied opportunities to advance As employers assumed they would soon become pregnant and quit their jobs

Scenario of Women in 1960s

Worked one year at a small advertising agency Then began working at the NBC ( National Broadcasting Company) network affiliate in New York City, WNBT-TV (now WNBC), doing publicity and writing press releases.

Produced a 15-minute children's program, "Ask the Camera," in 1953.

Career

Barbara then produced for TV host, Igor Cassini/Cholly Knickerbocker, but left the network due to pressure from her boss to marry him

Became a writer on "The Morning Show" at CBS (Columbia Broadcasting System) in 1955

Career

Walters joined NBC's  The Today Show as a writer and researcher

in 1961 Moved up to become that show's regular

“Today Girl” (Walters called “tea pourers”) Handling lighter assignments and the

weather Producer of "women's interest stories" on

the morning NBC News program The Today Show, began work in 1962

Career

Before the Women's Movement, nobody would take a woman seriously reporting “hard news”

Within a year Barbara had become a reporter-at-large developing, writing, and editing her own reports and interviews.

Career

Interviewing Fidel Castro

Spent fifteen years (1961-76) with NBC as a correspondent and then a

co-host for The Today Show Jumped to ABC News (American

Broadcasting Company) in 1976, became first woman to co-anchor a nightly news show.

ABC Evening News anchor (1976–78) Became one of the most high-profile

women in television broadcasting

Career

The Today Show

She had a long run on ABC's magazine show 20/20 (1979-

2004), Hosted a popular series of Barbara

Walters Specials, in which she interviewed personalities from politics and entertainment,

Walters is known for "personality journalism" and her "scoop" interviews.

Career

Interviewing Richard Nixon

In November 1977, she achieved a joint interview with Egypt's President, Anwar Al Sadat, and Israel's Prime Minister, Menachem Begin.

Barbara Walters Specials

Egypt's President, Anwar Al Sadat, and Israel's Prime Minister, Menachem

Begin.

With Margaret Thatcher: The Iron Lady

Fidel Castro

Sarah Palin

With King Abdullah

On March 3, 1999, interview of Monica Lewinsky was seen by a record 74 million viewers, the highest rating ever for a news program.

Walters asked Lewinsky, "What will you tell your children when you have them?"

Lewinsky replied, "Mommy made a big mistake,"

Walters brought the program to a dramatic conclusion, "And that is the understatement of the year.”

Interview of Monica Lewinsky

Interview of Monica Lewinsky

Michael Jackson: Interview with Barbara Walters 1997

Walters was a part-time host of the daytime talk show The View

Creator/co-host (1997–2014), executive producer (1997 - present)

The View was a forum for women of "different generations, backgrounds, and views.“

Career

1975 Award for Daytime Emmy for Outstanding Talk Show Host (Today)

2003 Award for Best Talk Show (The View)

2009 Award for Daytime Emmy for Outstanding Talk Show Host (The View) 

Daytime Emmy Awards

Salary: $12 million (2007)Walters retired from being a co-host May 2014.

Retirement