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Joe Wershba











Joe Wershba Professional writer most of his years. Sports stringer for New York newspapers in high school. High school and college editor. Radio: News writer, editor, director WCBS News, Documentary reporter for Edward R. Murrow & Fred W. Friendly "Hear It Now." (radio and record albums.) Television: Reporter-field producer, Murrow-Friendly "See It Now." Original producer-staff of "60 Minutes." Documentary awards. After CBS retirement, worked on film documentaries in the United States and Asia. Worked on Walter Cronkite's memoirs. Presently engaged in writing articles for a number of magazines. Among awards: Hillman, Emmys, American Bar Association, Peabodys Also:

Recipient of highly prized Silurian award for country's oldest professional news society, for lifetime excellence in journalism. Reporter-columnist for New York Post, nominated for Pulitzer Prize for work on Lee Harvey Oswald Story, 1963.

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