Newsroom; No. 171

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Series
Newsroom
Episode Number
No. 171
Producing Organization
KQED-TV (Television station : San Francisco, Calif.)
Contributing Organization
The Walter J. Brown Media Archives & Peabody Awards Collection at the University of Georgia (Athens, Georgia)
AAPB ID
cpb-aacip-526-9z9086498q
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Description
Episode Description
Mel Wax anchors the program. The reporters are all gathered together in the newsroom. As they read their reports, still photographs and footage clips are shown. Chester Hancock and Trevor Thomas report on the Battle of People's Park in Berkeley. Includes extensive footage of students and police and of speeches by faculty member and poet Denise Levertov, Episcopal priest Dick York, and student body president Dan Siegel. The first in-studio guest is Harvard biologist Dr. George Wald. Dr. Wald talks about the events at Berkeley and more broadly about the conflict between the younger and older generations, and about the military industrial complex. Next, reporter Ed Radenzell reports on the resignation of Supreme Court justice Abe Fortas. Tom DeVries reports on a meeting between Dolores Huerta and other activists representing the United Farm Workers and Safeway Supermarket officials regarding Safeway's decision to sell California table grapes that were not picked by union members. The next studio guest is Sen. Vance Hartke of Indiana, who discusses legislation that he has proposed to create a cabinet-level Department of Peace. Vance suggests such a department could work toward domestic peace between the generations as well as international peace, such as ending the war in Viet Nam. George Dusheck reports on a hearing regarding a Utah mining company's application to quarry basalt from Apperson Ridge in Alameda County. Bill [DeRay] reports on a possible rapid transit line in the Golden Gate Bridge District. Finally, Bob Bastian shows and discusses his political cartoons.
Series Description
"'NEWSROOM' is a lively daily telecast of news and news analysis (M-F, 7-8 p.m.). An experimental approach, adding depth and understanding to daily TV news, "NEWSROOM" consists of extensive reports by experienced reporters who cover their own stories, informal discussion, live interviews and film studies."--1968 Peabody Awards entry form.
Broadcast Date
1968
Asset type
Episode
Media type
Moving Image
Duration
01:01:26.116
Credits
Associate Director: Bernklau, Rod
Director: Grieve, David D.
Executive Producer: Wax, Mel
Producer: Grieve, David D.
Producing Organization: KQED-TV (Television station : San Francisco, Calif.)
Reporter: Wax, Mel
Writer: Wax, Mel
AAPB Contributor Holdings
The Walter J. Brown Media Archives & Peabody Awards Collection at the University of Georgia
Identifier: cpb-aacip-2c3e79eb827 (Filename)
Format: 2 inch videotape: Quad
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Citations
Chicago: “Newsroom; No. 171,” 1968, The Walter J. Brown Media Archives & Peabody Awards Collection at the University of Georgia, American Archive of Public Broadcasting (GBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC, accessed April 20, 2024, http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-526-9z9086498q.
MLA: “Newsroom; No. 171.” 1968. The Walter J. Brown Media Archives & Peabody Awards Collection at the University of Georgia, American Archive of Public Broadcasting (GBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC. Web. April 20, 2024. <http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-526-9z9086498q>.
APA: Newsroom; No. 171. Boston, MA: The Walter J. Brown Media Archives & Peabody Awards Collection at the University of Georgia, American Archive of Public Broadcasting (GBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC. Retrieved from http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-526-9z9086498q