Changes

===1981-2000===

===1981-2000===

Brokaw later stated that the transition from the role of [[White House]] correspondent to Today show host was difficult, because Today was less of a 'hard news' platform<ref>Interview with Today Show, 2004,  http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6521696/</ref>.. Brokaw said that the best part of the job with Today was having the opportunity to travel. Brokaw's job at Today lasted until NBC began looking for a new anchor to work with [[Roger Mudd]].NBC  hoped to bring back the success that NBC CO-anchors, [[David Brinkley]] and [[Chet Huntley]], had brought with their top rated nightly news program, [[NBC Nightly News| ''The Huntley-Brinkley Report'']].  ABC was interested in Brokaw as their new news anchor and the two began to discuss options. Brokaw was almost sure about working at ABC when NBC picked Brokaw as their new Nightly News co-anchor in 1982.<ref>http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6628060/</ref> The co-broadcast did not work and NBC made Brokaw the sole anchor in 1983, the same year reporter [[Peter Jennings]] reclaimed the job as the anchor of ABC's Nightly News. The year before, Dan Rather had replaced [[Walter Cronkite]] as anchor of CBS News.  In 1982 Brokaw was the only anchor to report from the [[Berlin Wall]] when it came down. He also covered the [[Oklahoma City bombing]] in 1995, and later was the first to broadcast from the site of the [[TWA Flight 800]] crash<ref> http://www.usd.edu/extraordinary/brokaw.cfm</ref>. Brokaw wrote his first book in 1998, which became a best seller. In addition to his role as anchor at Nightly News, Brokaw also created some reports for [[60 Minutes]] and appeared in a nighttime news show with [[Katie Couric]] called "Now with Tom Brokaw and Katie Couric."  

Brokaw later stated that the transition from the role of [[White House]] correspondent to Today show host was difficult, because Today was less of a 'hard news' platform<ref>Interview with Today Show, 2004,  http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6521696/</ref>.. Brokaw said that the best part of the job with Today was having the opportunity to travel. Brokaw's job at Today lasted until NBC began looking for a new anchor to work with [[Roger Mudd]].NBC  hoped to bring back the success that NBC CO-anchors, [[David Brinkley]] and [[Chet Huntley]], had brought with their top rated nightly news program, [[NBC Nightly News| ''The Huntley-Brinkley Report'']].  ABC was interested in Brokaw as their new news anchor and the two began to discuss options. Brokaw was almost sure about working at ABC when NBC picked Brokaw as their new Nightly News co-anchor in 1982.<ref>http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6628060/</ref> The co-broadcast did not work and NBC made Brokaw the sole anchor in 1983, the same year reporter [[Peter Jennings]] reclaimed the job as the anchor of ABC's Nightly News. The year before, Dan Rather had replaced [[Walter Cronkite]] as anchor of CBS News.  In 1982 Brokaw was the only anchor to report from the [[Berlin Wall]] when it came down. He also covered the [[Oklahoma City bombing]] in 1995, and later was the first to broadcast from the site of the [[TWA Flight 800]] crash<ref> http://www.usd.edu/extraordinary/brokaw.cfm</ref>. Brokaw wrote his first book in 1998, which became a best seller. In addition to his role as anchor at Nightly News, Brokaw also created some reports for [[60 Minutes]] and appeared in a nighttime news show with [[Katie Couric]] called "''Now with Tom Brokaw and Katie Couric''."  

===2000-2007===

===2000-2007===

==Books==

==Books==

Brokaw's first book, "The Greatest Generation," was released in 1998, and it instantly became a best seller. The 432-page book documented the generation of people that lived through the [[depression]] and the [[Second World War]]. Brokaw was inspired to write the book after he went to cover the fiftieth anniversary of the invasion of Normandy for NBC. Here, while talking to veterans, and walking the beach he had a, "life changing experience," as he stated later<ref> Random House Books, Tom Brokaw, http://www.randomhouse.com/features/brokaw/books_greatest.html</ref>  Brokaw was so encouraged by the letter he received regarding his first book that he decided to right a sequel. In 1999 he began work on his next best seller, "The Greatest Generation Speaks." This book included letter written by people living in the period, including, eyewitness account of the dropping of the atomic bomb and others.  Brokaw released his third book, "An Album of Memories," in 2001. This trilogy was also a book filled with letters documenting the "the greatest generation society has ever produced,” as he stated. His last book, "A Long Way from Home," documented his own life and five-decade career as a broadcast journalist. "A Long Way from Home," was Brokaw's fourth straight bestselling book.  

Brokaw's first book, ''The Greatest Generation'', was released in 1998, and it instantly became a best seller. The 432-page book documented the generation of people that lived through the [[depression]] and the [[Second World War]]. Brokaw was inspired to write the book after he went to cover the fiftieth anniversary of the invasion of Normandy for NBC. Here, while talking to veterans, and walking the beach he had a, "life changing experience," as he stated later<ref> Random House Books, Tom Brokaw, http://www.randomhouse.com/features/brokaw/books_greatest.html</ref>  Brokaw was so encouraged by the letter he received regarding his first book that he decided to right a sequel. In 1999 he began work on his next best seller, ''The Greatest Generation Speaks''. This book included letter written by people living in the period, including, eyewitness account of the dropping of the atomic bomb and others.  Brokaw released his third book, ''An Album of Memories'', in 2001. This trilogy was also a book filled with letters documenting the "the greatest generation society has ever produced,” as he stated. His last book, ''A Long Way from Home'', documented his own life and five-decade career as a broadcast journalist. ''A Long Way from Home'', was Brokaw's fourth straight bestselling book.  

==Film==

==Film==

In addition to Brokaw's work for NBC as a newscaster, he has also created  documentaries series for the organization. In 1989, Brokaw was awarded his first Peabody award for  "To Be An American," a documentary about the history of the American  people. Brokaw's work in Georgia during the civil rights movement came in handy when in 1997 he produced "Why Can't We Live Together," a documentary about racial separation in America's suburbs. He won an Alfred I. duPont-Columbia University Award for Excellence in Broadcast Journalism for the documentary. After September 11, 2001, Brokaw began work on another documentary: in 2003 he released, "America Remembers: 9/11 Air Traffic Controllers." This documentary, which later won an Emmy for Outstanding Interview, consisted of interviews that Brokaw had done with twenty air traffic controllers who dealt with the four hijacked planes. Brokaw examined [[Affirmative Action]] in a documentary he released in 2004, "Tom Brokaw Reports: A Question of Fairness." This documentary won numerous awards including the Peabody award. In 2005, after giving up his post as anchor, Brokaw returned to primetime television with an hour-long documentary, "Tom Brokaw Reports: The Long War". This documentary examined the United States war against terrorism after the September 11th attacks. In the documentaries creation Brokaw traveled the world – from [[Afghanistan]], [[Pakistan]], [[Iran]], [[Saudi Arabia]], [[France]] and [[Washington D.C.]] - to interview intelligence experts, world leaders and those personally affected by the attacks.  Brokaw again was able to use his past experience as a journalist in his creation of another documentary, "The Secret Man: The Story of Watergate's Deep Throat," in September 2005. In December 2005, Brokaw received praise for his new hour long documentary, "Tom Brokaw Reports:  To War and Back," which documented a wounded soldiers arrival back home<ref>MSNBC, “The War and Back, http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10402820/</ref>.   

In addition to Brokaw's work for NBC as a newscaster, he has also created  documentaries series for the organization. In 1989, Brokaw was awarded his first Peabody award for  ''To Be An American'', a documentary about the history of the American  people. Brokaw's work in Georgia during the civil rights movement came in handy when in 1997 he produced ''Why Can't We Live Together'', a documentary about racial separation in America's suburbs. He won an Alfred I. duPont-Columbia University Award for Excellence in Broadcast Journalism for the documentary. After September 11, 2001, Brokaw began work on another documentary: in 2003 he released, ''America Remembers: 9/11 Air Traffic Controllers''. This documentary, which later won an Emmy for Outstanding Interview, consisted of interviews that Brokaw had done with twenty air traffic controllers who dealt with the four hijacked planes. Brokaw examined [[Affirmative Action]] in a documentary he released in 2004, ''Tom Brokaw Reports: A Question of Fairness''. This documentary won numerous awards including the Peabody award. In 2005, after giving up his post as anchor, Brokaw returned to prime time television with an hour-long documentary, ''Tom Brokaw Reports: The Long War''. This documentary examined the United States war against terrorism after the September 11th attacks. In the documentaries creation Brokaw traveled the world – from [[Afghanistan]], [[Pakistan]], [[Iran]], [[Saudi Arabia]], [[France]] and [[Washington D.C.]] - to interview intelligence experts, world leaders and those personally affected by the attacks.  Brokaw again was able to use his past experience as a journalist in his creation of another documentary, ''The Secret Man: The Story of Watergate's Deep Throat'', in September 2005. In December 2005, Brokaw received praise for his new hour long documentary, ''Tom Brokaw Reports:  To War and Back'', which documented a wounded soldiers arrival back home<ref>MSNBC, “The War and Back, http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10402820/</ref>.   

==Criticism==

==Criticism==