Robert MacNeil (1931–2024,) born Robert Breckenridge Ware MacNeil and also known as Robin MacNeil, was a Canadian-American journalist, author, and television news anchor best known for co-founding MacNeil/Lehrer NewsHour, a pioneering public television program. He received numerous journalism honors, including two Peabody Awards, and remained active in media and literature.
Born in Montreal, Canada, he grew up in Halifax, Nova Scotia, and graduated from Carleton University (1955.) He began his journalism career in London, working for ITV and Reuters, before joining NBC News, where he covered major events such as the Cuban Missile Crisis and the Civil Rights Movement.
MacNeil gained national recognition for his coverage of the 1973 Senate Watergate hearings, leading to the creation of The Robert MacNeil Report (1975,) later renamed The MacNeil/Lehrer Report and eventually The MacNeil/Lehrer NewsHour. He co-anchored the program until 1995, shaping in-depth journalism on PBS.
His publications include Wordstruck: A Memoir (1989,) The People Machine: The Influence of Television on American Politics (1968,) The Right Place at the Right Time (1982,) The Way We Were: 1963, The Year Kennedy Was Shot (1988,) and Burden of Desire (1992,) a historical novel.
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Parents can plant magic in a child’s mind through certain words spoken with some thrilling quality of voice, some uplift of the heart and spirit.
—Robert MacNeil
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