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Communication and Media Studies Undergraduate Program Graduate Program in Public Communications Faculty Department News Sperber Award Al Auster Robin Andersen Ann Sperber Joe Wershba Patricia Bosworth Joe Dembo Neil Hickey Edward A. Walsh Digital Media Laboratory Donald McGannon Communication Research Center
Joe Wershba

WershbaJoe 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, a 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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