Ned Calmer | |
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| Born | Edgar Calmer July 16, 1907 Chicago, Illinois |
| Died | March 9, 1986(1986-03-09) (aged 78) New York City |
| Occupation | Journalist |
Ned Calmer (July 16, 1907 – March 9, 1986)[1] was a Chicago-born American journalist and writer. He was a long-timeCBS News analyst and close associate ofEdward R. Murrow.
Calmer was bornEdgar Calmer in Chicago, Illinois.[2] He attended theUniversity of Virginia.
Calmer was hired byEdward R. Murrow to work forCBS in 1940. He worked abroad and in the United States as a member of the war time news team known asMurrow's Boys. Other notable members includeCharles Collingwood,William L. Shirer,Richard C. Hottelet andLarry LeSueur.
During his tenure at CBS Calmer also hosted theCBS World News Roundup. The radio show began on March 13, 1938, in response to growing tensions in Europe. It was originally hosted by veteran newsmanRobert Trout and included short wave reports from London, Paris, Vienna, Rome and Berlin.
In addition to Trout and Calmer several other notable Murrow's Boys and journalists hosted and rose to prominence through CBS World News Roundup. They includeEric Sevareid,Charles Collingwood,Howard K. Smith,Bill Lynch andWinston Burdett.
Calmer had a limited-run prime-time interview program,In the First Person in 1950, and he was the newsman onGood Morning in 1956–1957. He was also seen at times onCBS Views the Press,See It Now, andYou Are There.[2]
From 1927 Calmer worked for seven years at various European publications. Those included theParis Tribune and the Paris Herald which were the European editions of theChicago Tribune and theNew York Herald.[1]
Calmer was an accomplished writer and novelist in addition to his journalistic career. His first novel,Beyond the Street, was published in 1934 byLittle, Brown and Company. During his time in Paris, Calmer became a friend ofErnest Hemingway, who offered him advice on writing and also helped finance a trip back to the United States for Calmer and his wife and daughter. Calmer authored more than a dozen other books during his lifetime, includingThe Strange Land (1950), about combat in Europe,The Anchorman (1970), on the influence of television, andThe Winds of Montauk (1980), a family story.
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