Eric Sevareid

Arnold Eric Sevareid (November 26, 1912 - July 9, 1992) was a CBS news journalist from 1939 to 1977. He was one of a group of elite war correspondents - dubbed "Murrow's boys" - because they were hired by pioneering CBS newsman Edward R. Murrow.

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November 26 - 1912 - July 9 - 1992 - CBS - 1939 - 1977

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Sevareid was a child of the American Plains. He was born in Velva, North Dakota. He would write about the Plains influence on him in his early memoir "Not So Wild A Dream"(1946). He graduated from the University of Minnesota in 1935.

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Velva, North Dakota - University of Minnesota - 1935

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Sevareid's first publication, the book Canoeing with the Cree, was the result of a canoe trip, underwritten by the Minneapolis Star, that he made with his friend Walter Port upon their graduation, in 1930, from high school in Minneapolis. After paddling up the Minnesota River and its tributary, the Little Minnesota River, to its source near Browns Valley, Minnesota, they portaged to the Red River of the North, taking that to Lake Winnipeg, then down God's River, Nelson River, and Hayes River to Hudson Bay, a trip of 2250 miles. The book is still in print. He also wrote an a memoir of his early life, "Not So Wild Dream," which covers life in Velva, ND, his family, the Hudson Bay trip, hitch-hiking around the USA, mining in the Sierra Nevada, the depression years, his early journalism, and especially his experiences in WWII. This book is also in print.

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Minneapolis Star - Minneapolis - Minnesota River - Little Minnesota River - Browns Valley, Minnesota - Portage - Red River of the North - Lake Winnipeg - Nelson River - Hudson Bay

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Prior to joining CBS, Sevareid worked for the Minneapolis Journal and the Paris Herald Tribune. During World War II, he broadcast the fall of Paris to the Germans, moving to London thereafter. In 1943, Sevareid was on board a plane that crashed in the jungles of southeast Asia. He helped to lead passengers and crew to safety.

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Minneapolis Journal - Paris Herald Tribune - World War II - Paris - German - London - Asia

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After the war, Sevareid wrote for radio and television from Washington and he also presented documentaries. His "think-pieces" - really editorials and analysis - became a CBS Evening News staple until he retired in 1977. Those pieces made Sevareid a familiar face to millions of viewers around the world.

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Eric Sevareid is a recipient of the state of North Dakota's Roughrider Award.

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North Dakota - Roughrider Award

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