Daniel Schorr
Daniel Schorr was born in The Bronx, New York, United States on August 31st, 1916 and is the TV Show Host. At the age of 93, Daniel Schorr biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, movies, and networth are available.
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Daniel Louis Schorr (August 31, 1916 – July 23, 2010) was an American journalist who covered world news for more than 60 years.
He was most recently a Senior News Analyst for National Public Radio (NPR).
Schorr received three Emmy Awards for his television journalism.
Early life
Schorr was born in Bronx, New York, the son of Russian immigrants Tillie Godiner and Gedaliah Tchornemoretz. He started his writing career at the age of 13. He met a woman who had jumped or fallen from the roof of his apartment building. After calling the cops, he called Bronx Home News and was paid $5 for his information.
He attended DeWitt Clinton High School in the West Bronx, where he worked on the Clinton News, the school newspaper. He graduated from City College of New York in 1939 while attending the Jewish Daily Bulletin. Schorr served as an assistant news editor for the Jewish Telegraphic Agency from 1934 to 1941. Schorr served in Army Intelligence at Fort Polk, Louisiana, and Fort Sam Houston, Texas, during World War II.
Lisbeth Bamberger, a Berkeley alum, married him in January 1967.
Awards
- Emmy Award for "outstanding achievement within a regularly scheduled news program", 1972, 1973, and 1974.
- George Polk Award for Radio Commentary, for his work on NPR, 1993.
- Alfred I. duPont-Columbia University "Golden Baton" for "Exceptional Contributions to Radio and Television Reporting and Commentary", 1996.
- Edward R. Murrow Award for Lifetime Achievement in Broadcasting, 2002.
- Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters (L.H.D.) degree from Whittier College (2003)