Indianapolis Recorder, Indianapolis, Marion County, 16 February 1991 — Page 2
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SPECIAL REPORT
Ed Bradley: ‘60 Minutes* and beyond '60 Minutes' co-editor to spook in Indy
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Recorder Staff Report
CBS Newt correspondent and "60 Minutes" co-editor Bd Bradley will be in Indianapolis to give a lecture at the Madame Walker
Urban Ufb Center next month,
Bradley's lecture is part of die 1991 lecture series organised by MS Productions, Currently preoccupied with the war In the Persian Gulf, Bradley says he hopes to be on schedule fbr his presentation, Bradley joined 60 Minutes as co-editor In the 1981*82 season and has been a principal correspondent fbr "CBS Reports" since Septem ber 1978. He first started as a stringer fbr CBS In the Paris bureau in
1971. In November 1972, he was transferred to the
i bureau, where he remained until he was reassigned to the
l News Washington bureau In June 1974,
Bradley was named CBS News correspondent In April 1973 and shortly after was wounded while on assignment In Cambodia, In March 1975, he volunteered to return to Indochina and covered the fell of Cambodia and Vietnam. He also served as a CBS News White House correspondent In 1976. In addition to CBS Reports, Bradley was anchor of "The CBS Sunday Night News" from No-
vember 1976 to Msy 1981.
In 1985, Bradley received an Emmy Award fbr "Schlsophronla a 60-Minutes report dealing with an often misunderstood brain disorder. In addition, two of Bradley's reports fbr 60 Minutes won Bmmy Awards in 1983: "In the Belly of the Besst," an Interview with convicted murderer and author Jack Henry Abbott, and "Lena," a profile of singer Lena Home. Befbrs joining 60 Minutes and while a CBS correspondent, Bradley also won an Bmmy and Alfred I. duPont-Coiumbia University and Oversees Press Club Awsrds fbr "The Boat People:" an Bmmy, George Poster Peabody and Ohio State Awards fbr "The Boston Goes to China," a report on the historic visit by the Boston Symphony Orchestra to China; and an Bmmy and Alfred I. duPontColumbia University Awards fbr "Blacks In America: With Deliber-
ate Speed?"
His coverage of the plight of Cambodian refegoea also won a George Polk Award in Journalism fbr reports broadcast on the "CBS Evening News With Walter Cronkite" and "CBS News Sunday Morning," He also received an Alfred I. duPont-Coiumbia University citation fbr a segment on CBS News' Magaxine series. The Bd Bradley presentation will begin at 7 p.m. March I In the Walker Theatre. For tickets and more information, call MS Preduc-
dons *297-2905
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"60 Mmitce" oo-edKor Id Bradley talka Bach Sunday at 7 p.m., wHhmonkeatthetrpogodoln Phnom he brings the world Penh while on aoelgnment recently in into our living rooms. Cambodia. (Photo by Mml Idmundo, War, peace, love, hate, CM Howe) crime, punishment,
music, culture — you
name it, Bd Bradley covers the whole gamut. The CBS news correspondent and "60 Minutes" co-editor says he was "put on earth
to report "
"I'm not sure why I er\Joy this, maybe I’m just nosy. I like to know what's going on, all the different issuee end problems," said Bradley in a telephone interview with Tht Rtcarder from London, where he is on assign-
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17m stories he covers range from the present war in the Persian Gulf to a profile of e Wyoming teenager convicted of murdering Ms father. He has profiled Grammy Awardwinning musician, Quincy Jones, and exposed defects in the Audi 5000. In the peat few weeks though, moet of Ms
stories on "60 Minutes" and on CBS News have been on the various aspects of the current crisis In the Middle But, so quite naturally he has some Insights about how the news Is being reported there. Bradley is no novice to war reporting. In 1972 he worked for the CBS Saigon Bureau and was wounded wMie on assignment in Cambodia. In March 1975, he volunteered to return to Indochina and covered the fail of Cambodia and Vietnam. He said news coverau of Operation Desen Storm Is very different from news coverage during the Vietnam War. "I just came back from Israel and Saudi Arabia and what Is so different from any other war Is that (Ms ia more controlled not the way we are uaed to covering war," he said. Bradley said although reponen have good access from the Saudis, information ia ahared by a pool of reporters. The already limited coverage Is also compounded by the fact that
Portra of bloc improved "So, oh a professional Isvsl tbs majority art string African Americans performing as capable, competent professionals, some better than
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«li Is such a remote war, you can't get at WMle in peat yean, there were few AMIt," he said. can-American role models in the news inBom in Philadelphia, Pa. in 1941, Bradley dustry, now, he aaid, there an more people joined CBS News as a strinaer In the Paris to correct mispereepdons of Maeka, bureau In September 1971, He said over the "So, on a professional level, (he majority years, ha has watched the news Industry are seeing African Americana performing y change to become more accepting of African capable, competent professionals, some bet-
Americans.
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"The war is a perfect example; 20 yei ago In Vietnam mere was only one othe Mack reporter... Whan I walked into the briefing room in Saudi AraMa, there were African Americans, Hispanics and
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The fact that there are more African
Americans in the media has quits naturally > __ had an Impact on media portrayal of Macks, veterannewshound said, Is to work hard, he mvs. There an better images because "Get there earlier than anyone else, leave people sn African Americans reporting, Bra- after everyone else and hone your skills."—
dley said. He admits there are not y many A.G.
minorities in the news media y he would like •»
ter than others, and on the other hand, we bring sensitivity, a wealth of knowledge and better understanding of Mrtain issues, he
said.
The CBS co-editor urged African-Ameri-can journalists to do y many storiy y they can. "Don't push yourself imo a comer to
do only one type of story,"
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