who was Peter Jennings really?
In “Peter Jennings: A Reporter’s Life,” readers will get to know Jennings through the memories of his friends, family, competitors, colleagues and interview subjects. Co-edited by his colleague at ABC News, Lynn Sherr, contributing editor to PublicAffairs, Kate Darnton, and Jennings’ wife and executive vice president/co-founder of The Documentary Group, Kayce Freed Jennings, they retrace every step of his career starting with his first job in Canadian radio to his coverage of major events like the 9/11 attacks. Their stories are full of surprises and revelations. (Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20060208/BORDERSLOGO ) What: Freed Jennings and Sherr are joined by senior news analyst for National Public Radio, Cokie Roberts, and ABC News veteran, Sam Donaldson for a panel discussion on topics from “Peter Jennings: A Reporter’s Life” followed by a question and answer session with the audience and a book signing. When: Wednesday, Nov. 28 at 7 p.m. Where: Borders 1801 K Street NW
In this absorbing biography, readers will get to know Jennings through the memories of his friends, family, competitors, colleagues, and interview subjects. Their stories are full of surprises. Jennings, we learn, was a high school dropout who spent the rest of his life in pursuit of knowledge. He traveled the world in search of stories, a notebook perpetually thrust through his back belt loop. In his front pocket, he carried a miniature copy of the Constitution, a testament to his love for the United States; a Canadian by birth, Jennings acquired American citizenship in 2003. Peter Jennings was a celebrity, of course—a dashingly handsome and elegant man, famous for his ability to charm women and world leaders alike—but in these pages he is remembered as a loyal friend and a devoted family man, who loved nothing more than to canoe with his kids and listen to jazz with his friends in the Hamptons. Not that he was the relaxing sort. Jennings was a task-master, who ripped other reporters’
In this absorbing biography, readers will get to know Jennings through the memories of his friends, family, competitors, colleagues, and interview subjects. Their stories are full of surprises. Jennings, we learn, was a high school dropout who spent the rest of his life in pursuit of knowledge. He traveled the world in search of stories, a notebook perpetually thrust through his back belt loop. In his front pocket, he carried a miniature copy of the Constitution, a testament to his love for the United States; a Canadian by birth, Jennings acquired American citizenship in 2003. Peter Jennings was a celebrity, of coursea dashingly handsome and elegant man, famous for his ability to charm women and world leaders alikebut in these pages he is remembered as a loyal friend and a devoted family man, who loved nothing more than to canoe with his kids and listen to jazz with his friends in the Hamptons. Not that he was the relaxing sort. Jennings was a task-master, who ripped other reporters’ p
In this absorbing biography, readers will get to know Jennings through the memories of his friends, family, competitors, colleagues, and interview subjects. Their stories are full of surprises. Jennings, we learn, was a high school dropout who spent the rest of his life in pursuit of knowledge. He traveled the world in search of stories, a notebook perpetually thrust through his back belt loop. In his front pocket, he carried a miniature copy of the Constitution, a testament to his love for the United States; a Canadian by birth, Jennings acquired American citizenship in 2003.
