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'''David Brinkley''' (1920-2003) is a famous broadcast journalist who is most remembered for his work at [[NBC]] where he served as a news anchor. Over his journalism career Brinkley has covered twenty-two political conventions, eleven presidents; along with three assassinations, four wars, and over two-thousand weeks of news. One of his greatest achievements was his work as co-anchor of, [[NBC Nightly News|''The Huntley-Brinkley Report'']].  

'''David Brinkley''' (1920-2003) is a famous broadcast journalist who is most remembered for his work at [[NBC]] where he served as a news anchor. Over his journalism career Brinkley covered twenty-two political conventions, eleven presidents; along with three assassinations, four wars, and over two-thousand weeks of news. One of his greatest achievements was his work as co-anchor of, [[NBC Nightly News|''The Huntley-Brinkley Report'']].  

He and his co-anchor, [[Chet Huntley]], received over eight [[Emmy Award]]s for the Report, which was the  number one watched show during its fifteen year history.<ref> http://www.nps.gov/home/historyculture/upload/MW,pdf,HuntleyBio,b.pdf</ref>After When Huntley left the news show in 1970, Brinkley became sole anchor of [[NBC Nightly News]]. He soon became tired of the job and was known to NBC owners as the “grumpy old newsman.”<ref>http://www.museum.tv/archives/etv/B/htmlB/brinkleydav/brinkleydav.htm</ref> Brinkley left his spot as anchor of the network in 1971, and became a commentator for the NBC Nightly News, which was now anchored by [[John Chancellor]]. In 1981, after serving some more time as co-anchor for NBC Nightly News, [[ABC]] asked Brinkley to join their network as anchor of, ''This Week'', a [[Sunday]] interview news program.  He accepted the job and asked [[conservative]], [[George Will]], to join him on his new program, ''This Week with David Brinkley''. To counterweight the conservative commentator, ABC hired [[liberal]], [[Sam Donaldson]], to join the program. In 2003, Brinkley died at the age of 82 in [[Houston]], [[Texas]].   

He and his co-anchor, [[Chet Huntley]], received over eight [[Emmy Award]]s for the Report, which was the  number one watched show during its fifteen year history.<ref> http://www.nps.gov/home/historyculture/upload/MW,pdf,HuntleyBio,b.pdf</ref>After When Huntley left the news show in 1970, Brinkley became sole anchor of [[NBC Nightly News]]. He soon became tired of the job and was known to NBC owners as the “grumpy old newsman.”<ref>http://www.museum.tv/archives/etv/B/htmlB/brinkleydav/brinkleydav.htm</ref> Brinkley left his spot as anchor of the network in 1971, and became a commentator for the NBC Nightly News, which was now anchored by [[John Chancellor]]. In 1981, after serving some more time as co-anchor for NBC Nightly News, [[ABC]] asked Brinkley to join their network as anchor of, ''This Week'', a [[Sunday]] interview news program.  He accepted the job and asked [[conservative]], [[George Will]], to join him on his new program, ''This Week with David Brinkley''. To counterweight the conservative commentator, ABC hired [[liberal]], [[Sam Donaldson]], to join the program. In 2003, Brinkley died at the age of 82 in [[Houston]], [[Texas]].