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MacNeil Returns to ‘NewsHour’ for Autism

Series

http://mediadecoder.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/03/29/macneil-returns-to-newshour-for-autism-series/

Veteran journalist MacNeil

will return to the “PBS NewsHour†in April for a six-part series of

reports on autism, the program said Tuesday.

The

series will mark the first time Mr. MacNeil, who stepped down as the

program’s co-anchor in 1995, has reported for the “NewsHour†in a

decade, although he has continued to do occasional work for PBS in recent

years, and excerpts of some of those programs have aired on the

newscast.

What drew him back for the autism reports was a personal tie; his

6-year-old grandson Nick has autism, “NewsHour†said in a release,

adding that it was the first time in Mr. MacNeil’s five decades as a

journalist that he has chosen to bring his own family into a

story.

The reports are being produced by journalist Caren Zucker, who

also has a 16-year-old autistic son.

“NewsHour†said the series, which is scheduled to be broadcast April

18 through April 26, will profile the experience of children with autism

and its impact on families, including Mr. MacNeil’s. It will also

explore the medical research into causes of autism and the public policy

issues it raises.

Mr. MacNeil, an NBC News correspondent earlier in his career, started

anchoring a half-hour nightly newscast called the “ MacNeil

Report “ for PBS in 1975. The following year, it was renamed “The

MacNeil/Lehrer Report†when then Washington correspondent Jim Lehrer

joined the anchor desk.

The program, which has been honored with every major broadcast journalism

award, continues to be anchored by Mr. Lehrer. It became the

“NewsHour†when it expanded to an hour in 1983.

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[Guest guest]

Will they talk seriously about the epidemic or will they

merely talk around it?

MacNeil Returns to ‘NewsHour’ for Autism

Series

http://mediadecoder.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/03/29/macneil-returns-to-newshour-for-autism-series/

Veteran journalist MacNeil

will return to the “PBS NewsHour†in April for a six-part series of

reports on autism, the program said Tuesday.

The

series will mark the first time Mr. MacNeil, who stepped down as the

program’s co-anchor in 1995, has reported for the “NewsHour†in a

decade, although he has continued to do occasional work for PBS in recent

years, and excerpts of some of those programs have aired on the

newscast.

What drew him back for the autism reports was a personal tie; his

6-year-old grandson Nick has autism, “NewsHour†said in a release,

adding that it was the first time in Mr. MacNeil’s five decades as a

journalist that he has chosen to bring his own family into a

story.

The reports are being produced by journalist Caren Zucker, who

also has a 16-year-old autistic son.

“NewsHour†said the series, which is scheduled to be broadcast April

18 through April 26, will profile the experience of children with autism

and its impact on families, including Mr. MacNeil’s. It will also

explore the medical research into causes of autism and the public policy

issues it raises.

Mr. MacNeil, an NBC News correspondent earlier in his career, started

anchoring a half-hour nightly newscast called the “ MacNeil

Report “ for PBS in 1975. The following year, it was renamed “The

MacNeil/Lehrer Report†when then Washington correspondent Jim Lehrer

joined the anchor desk.

The program, which has been honored with every major broadcast journalism

award, continues to be anchored by Mr. Lehrer. It became the

“NewsHour†when it expanded to an hour in 1983.

\

Sheri Nakken, former R.N., MA, Hahnemannian

Homeopath

Vaccination Information & Choice Network, Washington State, USA

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Vaccine Dangers, Childhood Disease Classes & Homeopathy

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