Further reflections on Reuven Frank, who died this week, using some of the material from the earlier post.
Link: Kansas City Star | 02/11/2006 | Reuven Frank, the man who built NBC News.
And on the jump, Mike Chapman writes, "When he was named NBC news president for the second time, we cheered."
I worked as a videotape editor at NBC in the early 80's. During my first week, I noted a framed picture of a white-haired gentleman above our supervisor's desk. "Who's that?" I inquired. The supervisor, a life-long member of the technical union and a man best described as "crusty", glared at my rookie question. "That," he said, with a touch of reverence, "is Reuven." Reuven Frank's abilties in the edit room made every editor worth his salt want to work with him. When he became news president for a second time, we cheered. He was one of us, someone who thought in pictues, who never apologized for being in the news business. I've read his book many times. I never met him, but I felt that I knew him. Goodbye, Reuven...thanks for being our conscience at NBC.
Posted by: Mike Chapman | February 10, 2006 at 02:55 PM