A talk with the woman who paved the way for female journalists on television
In Barbara Walters' corner office at ABC News， where her gleaming Emmys-10 of them-are lined up on a radiator， there's a framed reminder of how far she has come. It's a photo of Walters' on-air TV debut in 1956， when she was a writer for CBS' The Morning Show. She and four other young women are smiling， reclined on the floor， in modest noe-piece bating suits. "It's in the book，" Walters says.
Her memoir， Audition， deals with her ups and downs， in life and work-what she calls "the whole package." But not quite. She writes， "I am now in my 70s， and that is as specific as I will get."
No other woman in TV journalism has had a longer career， with more hits and flops， scoops and controversies， praise and ridicule. She rose from being NBC's Today Girl， in her 30s， to become Today's first female co-host in 1974.
In 1976， she was disastrously teamed with Harry Reasoner， as co-anchors of ABC's Evening News. Reasoner didn't think much of her and didn't hide it. But she "survived，" as she puts it， and went on to a long career at ABC interviewing celebrities and politicians， everyone from Monica Lewinsky to Egypt's Anwar Sadat and Israel's Menachem Begin （together， for the first time）。
A loving mother and a good journalist
She is asked what she has often asked others： how does she want to be remembered？ "On a personal level， as a loving mother. On a professional level， I don't want to be remembered… as an interviewer who make people cry， which I don't do anymore， but as a good journalist.
Word
ABC （n） abbreviation for American Broadcasting Company： an organization that produces and broadcasts programs on television in the U.S
Emmys （n） a prize given each year in the U.S. to actors and other people involved in making television programs
Radiator （n） a device， usually a container filled with water， that sends out heat， often as part of a heating or cooling system
CBS （n） abbreviation for Columbia Broadcasting System： a network that produces and broadcasts programs on television programs in U.S.
Ups and downs （idiom） a combination of good and bad thins that happen to someone
Scoops （n） a news story discovered and published by one newspaper before all the others
NBC （n） abbreviation for National Broadcasting Company： a company that produces and broadcasts television programs in the U.S.
Disastrously （adv） in an extremely bad or unsuccessful manner.
Anchors （n） a person who reports the news and manages reports by others on a television or radio program.
In Barbara Walters' corner office at ABC News， where her gleaming Emmys-10 of them-are lined up on a radiator， there's a framed reminder of how far she has come. It's a photo of Walters' on-air TV debut in 1956， when she was a writer for CBS' The Morning Show. She and four other young women are smiling， reclined on the floor， in modest noe-piece bating suits. "It's in the book，" Walters says.
Her memoir， Audition， deals with her ups and downs， in life and work-what she calls "the whole package." But not quite. She writes， "I am now in my 70s， and that is as specific as I will get."
No other woman in TV journalism has had a longer career， with more hits and flops， scoops and controversies， praise and ridicule. She rose from being NBC's Today Girl， in her 30s， to become Today's first female co-host in 1974.
In 1976， she was disastrously teamed with Harry Reasoner， as co-anchors of ABC's Evening News. Reasoner didn't think much of her and didn't hide it. But she "survived，" as she puts it， and went on to a long career at ABC interviewing celebrities and politicians， everyone from Monica Lewinsky to Egypt's Anwar Sadat and Israel's Menachem Begin （together， for the first time）。
A loving mother and a good journalist
She is asked what she has often asked others： how does she want to be remembered？ "On a personal level， as a loving mother. On a professional level， I don't want to be remembered… as an interviewer who make people cry， which I don't do anymore， but as a good journalist.
Word
ABC （n） abbreviation for American Broadcasting Company： an organization that produces and broadcasts programs on television in the U.S
Emmys （n） a prize given each year in the U.S. to actors and other people involved in making television programs
Radiator （n） a device， usually a container filled with water， that sends out heat， often as part of a heating or cooling system
CBS （n） abbreviation for Columbia Broadcasting System： a network that produces and broadcasts programs on television programs in U.S.
Ups and downs （idiom） a combination of good and bad thins that happen to someone
Scoops （n） a news story discovered and published by one newspaper before all the others
NBC （n） abbreviation for National Broadcasting Company： a company that produces and broadcasts television programs in the U.S.
Disastrously （adv） in an extremely bad or unsuccessful manner.
Anchors （n） a person who reports the news and manages reports by others on a television or radio program.