Russert, Tim

Russert, Tim
▪ 2009
Timothy John Russert, Jr. 
      American journalist

born May 7, 1950, Buffalo, N.Y.

died June 13, 2008, Washington, D.C.
as the insightful moderator (1991–2008) of the television program Meet the Press—the long-running (since 1947) Sunday morning talk show that became a mainstay in American political discourse—established himself as a tough but evenhanded interviewer and became one of the most influential political commentators of his era. Russert studied political science at John Carroll University (B.A., 1972), University Heights, Ohio, before earning a law degree (1976) from the Cleveland-Marshall College of Law. That same year he worked on the successful U.S. Senate campaign of Daniel Patrick Moynihan; Russert later served as Moynihan's chief of staff. During the New York gubernatorial race of 1982, Russert joined the campaign staff of Mario Cuomo, and he continued to advise Cuomo after his election. Two years later Russert left the political arena to become an executive at the Washington Bureau of NBC, and in 1988 he was made its bureau chief. Russert was the recipient of numerous honours, including an Edward R. Murrow Award (2001) and an Emmy Award (2005). He was also the author of two best-selling books, Big Russ and Me: Father and Son, Lessons of Life (2004) and Wisdom of Our Fathers: Lessons and Letters from Daughters and Sons (2006).

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▪ American journalist
byname of  Timothy John Russert, Jr. 
born May 7, 1950, Buffalo, N.Y., U.S.
died June 13, 2008, Washington, D.C.

      American journalist who, as moderator (1991–2008) of the television program Meet the Press, was one of the most influential political commentators of his day.

      Russert studied political science at John Carroll University (B.A., 1972) in Ohio before earning a law degree from Cleveland-Marshall College of Law in 1976. That same year he worked on the successful U.S. Senate campaign of Daniel Patrick Moynihan (Moynihan, Daniel Patrick); he later served as Moynihan's chief of staff. During the New York gubernatorial race of 1982, Russert served on the campaign staff of Mario Cuomo. In 1984 he began working at the Washington Bureau of the National Broadcasting Co., Inc. (NBC), and four years later he was made its bureau chief. In 1991 he took over as moderator for Meet the Press, NBC's long-running Sunday morning political talk show. Russert established himself as a tough but evenhanded interviewer, and, during his 17-year tenure as moderator, Meet the Press remained one of the most important outlets for political discourse in American media.

      Russert was the recipient of numerous honours, including an Edward R. Murrow Award (2001) and an Emmy (2005). He was also the author of two best-selling books, Big Russ and Me: Father and Son, Lessons of Life (2004) and Wisdom of Our Fathers: Lessons and Letters from Daughters and Sons (2006).

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