Fred W. Friendly Quotes

Fred W. Friendly was born in New York City, New York, USA. He was an American journalist, TV producer, and TV editor. He was a president of CBS News and the creator, along with Edward R. Murrow, of the documentary television program See It Now. He graduated from Nichols Junior College in 1936. He entered radio broadcasting in 1937 at WEAN in Providence, Rhode Island. He wrote, directed, and produced the NBC Radio series The Quick and the Dead during the Summer of 1950. He produced and hosted a ten-part series on PBS, Ethics in America. He also served as a visiting professor at Yale University and Bryn Mawr College.