| | '''Ned Brooks''' (1898-1965) was an [[American]] broadcast journalist who is best known for his work as moderator of [[Meet the Press]], a weekly interview program. He served fifteen years (1953-1965) as the second moderator of the hugely popular show.<ref>http://www.broadcastingcable.com/article/CA6397245.html</ref> | | '''Ned Brooks''' (1898-1965) was an [[American]] broadcast journalist who is best known for his work as moderator of [[Meet the Press]], a weekly interview program. He served fifteen years (1953-1965) as the second moderator of the hugely popular show.<ref>http://www.broadcastingcable.com/article/CA6397245.html</ref> |
| − | After Brooks graduated from [[Ohio State University]], he worked as managing editor of [[Ohio]] newspaper, the ''Scripps-Howard''. In 1932, he moved to [[Washington, D.C.]] to become the newspaper chains political correspondent. Brooks began to work for [[NBC]] in 1953, when he served as moderator of the networks radio broadcast, ''Three Star Extra''.<ref>Meet the Press: 50-Years of History in the Making, by Rick Ball (Author), pg. 24</ref> Before taking the position of moderator of''Meet the Press'', he frequently appeared as a panelist. In 1965, he was forced to retire from broadcasting because of illness. Brooks died at the age of sixty-seven in 1969. | + | After Brooks graduated from [[Ohio State University]], he worked as managing editor of [[Ohio]] newspaper, the ''Scripps-Howard''. In 1932, he moved to [[Washington, D.C.]] to become the newspaper chain's political correspondent. Brooks began to work for [[NBC]] in 1953, when he served as moderator of the networks radio broadcast, ''Three Star Extra''.<ref>Meet the Press: 50-Years of History in the Making, by Rick Ball (Author), pg. 24</ref> Before taking the position of moderator of''Meet the Press'', he frequently appeared as a panelist. In 1965, he was forced to retire from broadcasting because of illness. Brooks died at the age of sixty-seven in 1969. |