Peter Jennings will be remembered as one of America's most inspirational and distinguished journalists of our times. Peter Jennings covered many of the most defining moments in the world's post-war history: he witnessed the Berlin Wall coming up in the 1960s and down in 1989, the struggle for equality in South Africa, the Gulf War and most recently, the September 2001 terrorists attacks. ~ Paul Martin, Prime Minister of Canada
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Martin commemorates Jennings as a defining journalist who covered major global events.
- In plain terms
- He covered history and will be remembered.
- What can you take from it?
- Journalists help shape public memory.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- Whose reporting shaped your worldview?
- What moments define your era?
Another view
It overlooks collaborative work behind major coverage.
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He was so natural; so good live... He knew how to talk to everybody. ~ Peter Mansbridge, CBC-TV
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