Daniel Schorr

Daniel Schorr (born August 31, 1916) is a journalist who has covered the world for more than 60 years. He is now a senior news analyst for National Public Radio.

Journalism During the Cold War

Following several years as a stringer, in 1953 he joined CBS News with Edward R. Murrow. In 1955, with the post-Stalin thaw in the Soviet Union, he received accreditation to open a CBS bureau in Moscow. In June 1957, he obtained an exclusive interview with Nikita Khrushchev, the Soviet Communist party chief. It aired on CBS's Face the Nation. Schorr left the Soviet Union later that year. When he applied for a new visa, it was denied by the Soviets. They offered no explanation.

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Stringer - 1953 - CBS News - Edward R. Murrow - 1955 - Stalin - Soviet Union - Moscow - 1957 - Nikita Khrushchev - Face the Nation

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In January 1962, he aired the first examination of everyday life under communism in East Germany, The Land Beyond the Wall: Three Weeks in a German City, which the New York Times called a "journalistic coup". After agreeing not to foster "propaganda" for the United States, Schorr was granted the rights to conduct the interviews in the city of Rostock. By airing everyday life, Schorr painted a picture of the necessity for a Communist state to seal itself off from the west in order to survive.

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1962 - East Germany - New York Times

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