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Don S. Hewitt (born '''Donald Hewitt''', December 14 1922 ) is an American television news producer and executive, best known for creating '' 60 Minutes '', the CBS news magazine in 1968, currently the longest-running prime time broadcast on American television. Early Life and Career He attended New Rochelle High School in New York, and wrote for the school newspaper. Hewitt attended New York University and started his Journalism career in 1942 as head copyboy for the '' New York Herald Tribune ''. He started at CBS News in 1948 and served as producer-director of the network's evening news broadcast for 14 years. He was also the first director of the landmark documentary news program '' See It Now ,'' coproduced by host Edward R. Murrow and Fred W. Friendly . In 1960 Hewitt was the director of the Presidential Debates between Richard Nixon and John F. Kennedy . Hewitt later became executive producer of the '' CBS Evening News with Walter Cronkite .'' Hewitt was a familiar face in the infamous tobacco industry scandal involving Brown And Williamson and 60 Minutes . He was portrayed in the film '' The Insider '' by actor Philip Baker Hall . Hewitt stepped aside, (although it could be claimed forced aside) as executive producer in 2004 at 81. He is an eight-time Emmy Award winner. Hewitt is the author of ''Tell Me a Story: Fifty Years and 60 Minutes in Television'', in which he chronicles his life as a newsman. He is also the author of the book ''Minute by Minute,'' a look at the history of ''60 Minutes.'' |
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