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Fred W. Friendly (1985)
The Constitution: National Security and the News Media

Fred W. Friendly was a pioneering CBS News producer and distinguished media scholar. He enjoyed a 60-year career as remarkable for its longevity as for its accomplishments. He produced Edward R. Murrow's programs and popularized television news documentary in the decade after World War II by creating CBS Reports. After resigning from CBS as its News Division president in 1966, Friendly found a second career as an author and as creator of a series of moderated seminars on media and society. He is the author of a number of books, including See It Now, edited with Edward R. Murrow, Due to Circumstances Beyond Our Control; The Good Guys, The Bad Guys, The First Amendment; and The Constitution: That Delicate Balance.