Shaw raised eyebrows with his first question to Dukakis, who was then the Democratic governor of Massachusetts. Bush and Michael Dukakis in the lead-up to the 1988 general election. He moderated the second presidential debate between George H.W. He made a particular impression on viewers as an anchor on election nights and other major political events. Shaw was at the forefront of that epochal change in the media industry, delivering breaking news headlines with a speed that was traditionally not available to the anchors of primetime 30-minute news programs. CNN, as it came to be known, helped to fundamentally change the format and pace of TV news.
He then moved over to ABC, working as a Latin America correspondent from 1977 to 1979.īut the most pivotal chapter of his career began the following year when he headed to the Cable News Network, the first 24-hour news channel in the country.
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Shaw's professional journalism career started with a stint as a political reporter at CBS from 1971 to 1977. Marine Corps from 1959 to 1963, according to his CNN biography. He attended the University of Illinois at Chicago, receiving a bachelor's degree in history in 1966. He was an avid reader of newspapers and admired the famed news broadcaster and World War II correspondent Edward R. He aspired to a career in journalism at a young age. Murrow Awards (2001) and the National Association of Black Journalists (2007).īernard Shaw was born on May 22, 1940, in Chicago to Edgar Shaw, a railroad employee and house painter, and Camilla (Murphy) Shaw, a housekeeper. Shaw was inducted into the Broadcasting & Cable Hall of Fame (1999) and received two lifetime achievements honors, from the Edward R. He was widely respected for delivering important news stories with calm authority and gravitas,