Fred Walters is a broadcast executive and journalist who was inducted into the Hall of Fame of the Philadelphia Broadcast Pioneers[1] and in 2013 received the Lifetime Achievement Award of the Pennsylvania Associated Press Broadcasters Association.[2]
Walters was the editor on duty when Westinghouse's KYW[3] began its all-news format in 1965. He played a major role in establishing KYW Newsradio as a respected and successful news operation. When he led the newsroom, it was the only all-news station that was rated Number One in a major American market. He stressed fairness, accuracy, objective analysis, and live reporting.
His columns for the Harrisburg Patriot-News website[4] have been collected into an e-book entitled News Horizons.[5] This is a veteran journalist’s take on the news media, politics, government, and current affairs.
He also wrote a biography of a Revolutionary War hero, John Haslet: A Useful One,[6] an effort prompted largely by a comment of his history professor at Penn, Dr. Thomas Cochran, who said history is best learned through the lives of the people who made it. It’s the story of an Irishimmigrant who settled in Delaware, involved himself early on in the Patriot cause, then organized and led one of the outstanding regiments in the Continental Army, the Delaware Continentals. He was killed at the Battle of Princeton in January 1777, and the legend is that George Washington wept over his body on the battlefield. For the title, Walters drew from an essay by historian Whitefield Bell[7] that while people like Thomas Jefferson and Benjamin Franklin "crowd history’s galleries", it was the people who implemented their visions that were "the useful ones."
Awardsedit
Walters has won awards from the National Headliner Awards, the Society of Professional Journalists, and directed news staffs in Philadelphia and Detroit that were consistently adjudged the best in their state.
Professional membershipsedit
In addition to his journalism credentials, Walters is a member of the Society of Professional Journalists[8] and as president of the Philadelphia chapter chaired the organization’s national convention in 1976. He also was a member of the Pennsylvania Legislative Correspondents' Association,[9] and served one term as its president. He gained formal recognition of broadcasters in the rules of the Pennsylvania General Assembly.
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This biography of a living person needs additional citations for verification Please help by adding reliable sources Contentious material about living persons that is unsourced or poorly sourced must be removed immediately from the article and its talk page especially if potentially libelous Find sources Fred B Walters news newspapers books scholar JSTOR May 2020 Learn how and when to remove this template message Fred Walters is a broadcast executive and journalist who was inducted into the Hall of Fame of the Philadelphia Broadcast Pioneers 1 and in 2013 received the Lifetime Achievement Award of the Pennsylvania Associated Press Broadcasters Association 2 Contents 1 Broadcast career 2 Written works 3 Awards 4 Professional memberships 5 ReferencesBroadcast career editA native Philadelphian Walters began his career with The Associated Press there while still an undergraduate at the University of Pennsylvania after 36 months in the U S Navy Walters was the editor on duty when Westinghouse s KYW 3 began its all news format in 1965 He played a major role in establishing KYW Newsradio as a respected and successful news operation When he led the newsroom it was the only all news station that was rated Number One in a major American market He stressed fairness accuracy objective analysis and live reporting Besides The Associated Press he has worked for the American Broadcasting Company Metromedia Broadcasting and Westinghouse Broadcasting Walters has worked in Harrisburg Philadelphia New York City Detroit and Los Angeles as both reporter and news executive He planned organized and produced coverage of such special events as elections local state and national 1976 United States Bicentennial celebrations in Philadelphia and Valley Forge the 1976 Eucharistic Congress in Philadelphia a quadrennial international event of the Roman Catholic Church held in the United States for the first time in 40 years inauguration of legalized gambling in Atlantic City in 1978 the 1980 papal visit to New York City and the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics Walters also directed local news coverage of several major breaking news stories over the years including the 1972 Pennsylvania floods the bombing of the U S Marine barracks in Beirut in 1983 Vietnam protest demonstrations Watergate hearings the 1969 Moon Landing auto industry labor negotiations the explosion of the Shuttle Challenger in 1986 and many natural disasters such as snowstorms floods fires including California brush fires and earthquakes Written works editHis columns for the Harrisburg Patriot News website 4 have been collected into an e book entitled News Horizons 5 This is a veteran journalist s take on the news media politics government and current affairs He also wrote a biography of a Revolutionary War hero John Haslet A Useful One 6 an effort prompted largely by a comment of his history professor at Penn Dr Thomas Cochran who said history is best learned through the lives of the people who made it It s the story of an Irish immigrant who settled in Delaware involved himself early on in the Patriot cause then organized and led one of the outstanding regiments in the Continental Army the Delaware Continentals He was killed at the Battle of Princeton in January 1777 and the legend is that George Washington wept over his body on the battlefield For the title Walters drew from an essay by historian Whitefield Bell 7 that while people like Thomas Jefferson and Benjamin Franklin crowd history s galleries it was the people who implemented their visions that were the useful ones Awards editWalters has won awards from the National Headliner Awards the Society of Professional Journalists and directed news staffs in Philadelphia and Detroit that were consistently adjudged the best in their state Professional memberships editIn addition to his journalism credentials Walters is a member of the Society of Professional Journalists 8 and as president of the Philadelphia chapter chaired the organization s national convention in 1976 He also was a member of the Pennsylvania Legislative Correspondents Association 9 and served one term as its president He gained formal recognition of broadcasters in the rules of the Pennsylvania General Assembly References edit Hall Of Fame of the Broadcast Pioneers http www broadcastpioneers com bp9 fredwalters html Retrieved 02 20 2015 Roy E Morgan Award for Broadcast Excellence http www upenn edu gazette 0113 notes html Retrieved 02 20 2015 KYWNewsradio http philadelphia cbslocal com station kyw newsradio Retrieved 02 20 2015 News Horizons news commentary blog for Harrisburg s Patriot News http blog pennlive com newshorizons index html Retrieved 02 20 2015 Walters Fred B 2015 News Horizons ISBN 978 0 692 03002 8 Walters Fred B 2005 John Haslet A Useful One ISBN 978 0976982005 Whitefield Bell http articles philly com 2009 01 12 news 25279794 1 aps ben franklin authority Date retrieved 2 22 2015 Society of Professional Journalists http www spj org retrieved 2 22 2015 Pennsylvania Legislative Correspondents Association http www palegislativecorrespondents org retrieved 2 22 2015 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Fred B Walters amp oldid 1158491064, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
