Bill Moyers Journal

Bill Moyers Journal was an American television current affairs program that covered an array of current affairs and human issues, including economics, history, literature, religion, philosophy, science, and most frequently politics. Bill Moyers executive produced, wrote and hosted the Journal when it was created. WNET in New York produced it and PBS aired it from 1972 to 1976.

Bill Moyers Journal
2009 title screenshot.
Starring	Bill Moyers
Country of origin	United States
No. of episodes	16 (original); ? (2nd install.); 276 (3rd install.)^[1]
Production
Running time	60 minutes
Release
Original network	PBS
Original release	First series era years 1972 (1972)–1976 (1976) Second series era years 1979 (1979)–1981 (1981) Third series era years 2007 (2007)–2010 (2010)

In 1979, following a nearly three-year hiatus, PBS announced that Bill Moyers Journal would return for a second series, which would cover a broader range of issues in depth. This included election coverage and documentary footage from several U.S. states, among them Florida, Texas, Illinois, Washington, D.C., and Nevada. In addition, among its pop-culture coverage, the Journal reported on the 25th anniversary of the premiere of the long-running NBC talk program The Tonight Show. Like the first installment, the second one was produced by WNET in New York City, and was aired on PBS. The second installment ended in 1981.

For the second time, Bill Moyers Journal returned to television on April 25, 2007.^[2][3] The debut episode was "Buying The War",^[4] which demonstrated how the commercial U.S. media served as an unwitting partner to the Bush administration in convincing the American people that the Iraq War was legitimate and necessary.^[5]

On November 20, 2009, Moyers announced that he would retire from the Journal effective April 30, 2010.^[6] The April 30, 2010, 90-minute special series finale reported on Iowa Citizens for Community Improvement and featured an interview with community organizer Jim Hightower. Moyers concluded with an interview with writer Barry Lopez and a personal reflection on his relationship to journalism.^[7]

Bill Moyers Journal's website provides an extensive video, blog, and transcript archive dating back to 1974, and includes NOW on PBS, the program Moyers hosted from 2002 to 2004, during his hiatus from the Journal.^[8]

Kathleen Hughes

Kathleen Hughes directed episodes of Bill Moyers Journal (2007–2010). In 1985, Hughes received a master’s in journalism from Columbia University.^[9] Hughes was an assistant film editor for Vladimir Horowitz: The Last Romantic (1985) by Albert and David Maysles.^[10][11][12] Hughes has produced, directed, and written documentaries for Bill Moyers (with cinematographer Maryse Alberti),^[13][14] PBS Frontline and ABC News' Turning Point.^[15] Her works have won Emmys, a New York Emmy, the DuPont-Columbia Gold Baton, the Wilbur Award,^[16] the Gracie Award, the Sidney Hillman Prize, the Society of Professional Journalists First Amendment Award, the Harry Chapin Media Award, and the Christopher Award.^[15] Hughes and Abigail Disney directed^[17] The Armor of Light (2015)^{[18][19][20][21][22]} and The American Dream and Other Fairy Tales (2022).^{[23][24][25][26][27][28][29][9][30][31][32]}

References

1. "Series Archive".
2. Jensen, Elizabeth (January 15, 2007). "Bill Moyers and Ken Burns Are Back on the PBS Schedule". The New York Times. Retrieved April 26, 2010.
3. Bill Moyers Journal Returns to PBS Line-Up in April
4. Bill Moyers Journal . Home | PBS
5. Shales, Tom (April 25, 2007). "A Media Role in Selling the War? No Question". The Washington Post. Retrieved April 26, 2010.
6. Jensen, Elizabeth (November 20, 2009). "Bill Moyers to Leave Weekly Television". The New York Times. from the original on November 23, 2009. Retrieved November 21, 2009.
7. "Watch & Listen: April 30, 2010". Bill Moyers Journal. Public Affairs Television.
8. "Archive". Bill Moyers Journal. Public Affairs Television.
9. "Meet the Team". American Dream and Other Fairy Tales. Retrieved September 25, 2022.
10. . British Film Institute. Archived from the original on September 25, 2022. Retrieved September 25, 2022.
11. "Vladimir Horowitz, The Last Romantic". tcmdb. Retrieved September 25, 2022.
12. "Cut to 11: The Maysles Sisters- Before, During and After the Brothers". Women Film Editors. Retrieved September 25, 2022.
13. "Albert and David Maysles papers, 1948-2018". Finding Aids, Rare Book & Manuscript Library. Columbia University Libraries. Retrieved September 25, 2022.
14. "Maryse Alberti". cinematographers.nl. Retrieved September 25, 2022.
15. Greenleaf, Sarah (January 26, 2022). "Sundance 2022 Women Directors: Meet Abigail Disney and Kathleen Hughes – "The American Dream and Other Fairy Tales"". Women and Hollywood. Retrieved September 25, 2022.
16. "The AP, NPR, CNN among winners of RCC's annual Wilbur Awards". Religion Communicators Council. March 5, 2016. Retrieved September 25, 2022.
17. Keogan, Natalia (September 22, 2022). ""A Club You've Always Wanted To Be a Part Of": Abigail Disney and Kathleen Hughes on DCTV Firehouse Cinema's Inaugural Film The American Dream and Other Fairy Tales". Filmmaker Magazine. Retrieved September 25, 2022.
18. "The Team". The Armor Of Light. Retrieved September 25, 2022.
19. "The Armor of Light". Rotten Tomatoes. Fandango. Retrieved September 25, 2022. Release Date (Theaters): Oct 30, 2015 Limited
20. Phillips, Craig (October 5, 2017). "Independent Lens Wins Four 2017 News and Documentary Emmys". PBS.
21. . Tribeca Film Festival. Archived from the original on October 3, 2015. Retrieved September 30, 2015.
22. "The armor of light". THE ARMOR OF LIGHT. Retrieved September 30, 2015.
23. "The American Dream and Other Fairy Tales". Rotten Tomatoes. Fandango. Retrieved September 25, 2022.
24. Loayza, Beatrice (September 22, 2022). "'The American Dream and Other Fairy Tales' Review: A Spotlight on Income Inequality". The New York Times. Retrieved September 25, 2022.
25. "How Should We Feel About The Happiest Place on Earth?". Town & Country. September 23, 2022. Retrieved September 25, 2022.
26. Dry, Jude (September 23, 2022). "Abigail Disney Says Company 'Needs to Prove' It Paused Political Contributions in Florida". IndieWire. Retrieved September 25, 2022.
27. "Abigail Disney Kathleen Hughes American Dream". Getty Images. Retrieved September 25, 2022.
28. Goodman, Amy; González, Juan (September 21, 2022). ""The American Dream & Other Fairy Tales": Disney Heiress Tackles Inequality, Family Legacy in New Film". Democracy Now!. Retrieved September 25, 2022.
29. "About". Fork Films. Retrieved September 25, 2022.
30. "Team". Women in Blue Documentary. Retrieved September 25, 2022.
31. Debruge, Peter (January 28, 2022). "'The American Dream and Other Fairy Tales' Review: The Calls Are Coming From Inside the (Mouse) House". Variety. Retrieved September 25, 2022.
32. Chang, Richard (September 16, 2022). "New Documentary Critical of Disney, Created by a Disney Heiress". Voice of OC. Retrieved September 25, 2022.

External links

• Bill Moyers Journal official site
• Bill Moyers Journal (1972) at IMDb