Murrow’s Boys, or “The Murrow Boys,” were the CBS broadcast journalists most closely associated with Edward R. Murrow during his years at the network, specifically the years before and during World War II. For other uses, see CBS (disambiguation). ... Edward R. Murrow, U.S. newscaster, pioneer in Broadcast journalism Edward R. Ed Murrow KBE (born Egbert Roscoe Murrow), (April 25, 1908 – April 27, 1965) was an American journalist. ... Combatants Allies: • Poland •UK & Commonwealth • France/Free France • Soviet Union • United States • China . ...

Murrow recruited a number of newsmen and women to CBS during his years as a correspondent, European news chief and executive. The Boys were his closest professional and personal associates. They also shared Murrow’s preference for incisive, thought-provoking coverage of public affairs, abroad and at home.

The original Boys

The journalists most often cited as Murrow’s Boys are those who worked for and with him covering the war for the CBS Radio Network, and who set the highest standards for radio and later TV journalism. Murrow recruited most of them, and mostly from wire services. Their story is the subject of the 1996 book The Murrow Boys, by Stanley Cloud and Lynne Olson. The CBS Radio Network provides news, sports and other programming to more than 1,000 radio stations throughout the United States. ...

The original Boys, and some of their notable CBS beats during the war, included:

• William L. Shirer, who covered the rise of Nazi Germany for CBS from 1937 until the end of 1940 and later wrote a successful memoir about the years, Berlin Diary
• Eric Sevareid, who covered the fall of France and the Blitz of London, later covering the war's progress in Great Britain, Italy, Germany and Asia
• Tom Grandin, a scholar who covered the fall of France before abruptly leaving CBS in 1940
• Larry LeSueur, who covered the Blitz, the German battle against the Soviet Union, and key World War II fighting in France
• Charles Collingwood, who covered the Blitz and World War II fighting in North Africa and France
• Howard K. Smith, who covered Germany before Pearl Harbor and later reported from Switzerland and France
• Winston Burdett, who covered Eastern Europe, North Africa and Italy
• Bill Downs, who covered Russia, France and Germany
• Mary Marvin Breckinridge, the only woman among the first generation of Boys, who covered Great Britain, Scandinavia and the Low Countries
• Cecil Brown, who covered Rome, Eastern Europe, Singapore, North Africa
• Richard C. Hottelet, who covered Great Britain, France and Germany

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Other Murrow associates in Europe

Several other CBS journalists worked for and with Murrow during the crisis years in Europe, though they’re not mentioned as being in the circle of Boys. They include Bill Shadel, Charles Shaw, Ned Calmer, Douglas Edwards, John Charles Daly, Paul Manning and Betty Wason. Douglas Edwards (1917-1990) Douglas Edawrds was born July 14, 1917 in Ada, Oklahoma. ... John Charles Daly (full given name John Charles Patrick Croghan Daly AKA John Daly) born February 20, 1914 died February 24, 1991), a native of Johannesburg, South Africa was a journalist, game show host, radio personality, actor, and author. ...

The second generation

After World War II, Murrow returned to New York and briefly served as CBS’s vice president for public affairs – similar to the current role of CBS News. president. Murrow recruited several promising journalists in the mold of the original Boys, some of whom became close enough to Murrow that they’re seen as a second generation.

They include:

• David Schoenbrun, who covered France
• Daniel Schorr, who covered the Soviet Union and Germany
• Alexander Kendrick, who covered Great Britain and later became Murrow's first biographer
• Robert Pierpoint, who covered the Korean War before becoming a CBS News White House correspondent
• George Polk, who covered the Middle East and Turkey and was killed while covering Greece in 1948
• Marvin Kalb, who covered Moscow and Washington for CBS

Dan Schorr stayed with CBS News until 1976. He later joined the Cable News Network, and is today a senior news analyst for National Public Radio, often delivering commentaries in the Murrow mold. Daniel Schorr (born August 31, 1916) is a journalist who has covered the world for more than 60 years. ... Marvin L. Kalb (born June 9, 1930) is a journalist in the United States perhaps best remembered as being the host of Meet the Press from 1984 to 1987. ... CNN or Cable News Network is a cable television network that was founded in 1980 by Ted Turner & Reese Schonfeld [1]. It is a division of the Turner Broadcasting System, owned by Time Warner. ... NPR logo NPR redirects here. ...

Kalb, the last journalist recruited by Murrow to CBS, was joined by his brother Bernard at the network in the 1960s and 70s. The Kalbs later moved on to NBC. Marvin Kalb is now a Fox News contributor and is now a Washington-based senior fellow for Harvard University. Fox News Channels slogan is We Report, You Decide The Fox News Channel is a U.S. cable and satellite news channel. ... Harvard University (incorporated as The President and Fellows of Harvard College) is a private university in Cambridge, Massachusetts. ...

Many journalists, including some at CBS, include these "post-war" associates in the group of Boys, though authors Cloud and Olson limited their own list to the World War II crew.

Other colleagues

Though they’re not considered Murrow’s Boys, several other notable journalists worked closely with Murrow during his years at CBS, They include:

• Robert Trout, legendary correspondent who preceded Murrow at CBS and coached Murrow in radio broadcasting.
• Fred Friendly, co-producer with Murrow of radio's Hear It Now and TV's See It Now
• Palmer Williams, Murrow and Friendly’s operations director on See It Now.
• Joseph Wershba, a reporter who worked with Murrow on Hear It Now and See It Now.
• Don Hewitt, the director of See It Now in its early years, who borrowed from the format to create 60 Minutes'.'
• Edward P. Morgan, who produced Murrow’s CBS Radio show This I Believe in the 1950s. The program presented people’s personal philosophies on morality and faith.
• Raymond Gram Swing, a radio commentator who worked closely with Murrow to foster understanding between the British and Americans during the war years. He later took over production of This I Believe from Swing.

Friendly later became CBS News president and even later taught at Columbia University, introducing the Murrow standards to generations of young journalists. Hewitt later worked closely with Williams and Wershba during the early years of 60 Minutes. Robert Trout (1908 - 2000) was an American broadcast news reporter, best known for his radio work during World War II and for various firsts: first to report live congressional hearings, to transmit from a flying airplane, and by some definitions the first to broadcast a daily news program and to... Fred W. Friendly (October 30, 1915–March 3, 1998) is the former president of CBS News and the creator, with Edward R. Murrow of the documentary television program See It Now. ... See It Now was a television newsmagazine and documentary broadcast by CBS in the 1950s. ... Don Hewitt, broadcaster, born 14 December 1922. ... Sixty Minutes was also the replacement for the BBC current affairs programme Nationwide. ... Columbia University is a private university in the Morningside Heights neighborhood of Manhattan, New York City and a member of the Ivy League. ...