About Brian Lamb
(Biography provided by Purdue University, 1/6/10) Brian Lamb is the CEO of C-SPAN Networks. He's been at the helm of the public affairs channel since he helped the cable industry launch it 32 years...
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My 23 hours with Marvin Kalb began on October 28, 2009, over dinner at the Skirvin Hotel in Oklahoma City. With friends from FOI Oklahoma, Inc. and the Ethics & Excellence in Journalism Foundation...
View ArticleThe Conversation of Democracy
He learned the lessons of a hardscrabble life in Hugo, Oklahoma during the Great Depression. Born into a working class family, he was raised by his mother and grandparents following his father's early...
View ArticleAmerica's Historian
By the age of eleven, Ken Burns already knew what he wanted to do for a living. His goal was to become a filmmaker. Now, almost 50 years later, Burns has achieved his boyhood dream, and then some....
View ArticleJim Lehrer On the Record
In November 2008, NewsHour's Executive Editor and Anchor Jim Lehrer became the first recipient of the prestigious Gaylord Prize for journalism excellence, presented by the University of Oklahoma...
View ArticleMarvin Kalb On the Record
In a broadcast news career spanning four decades, Marvin Kalb has distinguished himself as one of the leading journalists in America. Hired at CBS News by the legendary Edward R. Murrow, Kalb has...
View ArticleMike Boettcher On the Record
Ponca City native and University of Oklahoma graduate Mike Boettcher has spent more than thirty years as a news correspondent for CNN, ABC and NBC. During that time he has reported on some of the...
View ArticleBill Moyers On the Record
Bill Moyers On the Record Born in Hugo, Bill Moyers spent his first three years in Oklahoma and maintained close ties to the state even after his family moved south of the Red River to Marshall,...
View ArticleKen Burns On the Record
The reknowned documentary filmmaker, Ken Burns, discusses his craft and life's work with Dick Pryor in Ken Burns On the Record, debuting Sunday, September 23, 2012 at 9:30 p.m. on OETA. Burns' newest...
View ArticleBrian Lamb On the Record
The founder and longtime CEO of C-SPAN discusses how he made his vision of a national network devoted to government and politics a reality. This pioneer of cable television tells the story of C-SPAN...
View ArticleJudy Woodruff On the Record
For more than three decades, Judy Woodruff has been one of the most high-profile American journalists. She was White House and Today Show Chief Washington correspondent for NBC News from 1977 to 1983....
View ArticleC-SPAN: Promoting Government Transparency
Brian Lamb is the epitome of a man with a vision, who made that vision a reality. And, the impact of Lamb's innovation is unmistakeable on American politics. Lamb was the driving force behind C-SPAN,...
View ArticleInside Politics
Judy Woodruff accepted the Gaylord Prize for Journalism Excellence from the University of Oklahoma's Gaylord College of Journalism and Mass Communication on November 12, 2012 - just six days after the...
View ArticleBob Dotson On the Record
NBC News Correspondent Bob Dotson launched his professional journalism career at WKY-TV (now KFOR-TV) in Oklahoma City in 1969. After six years as Special Projects Director, he moved to NBC News with...
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