June 27, 2017
Pioneer tv newsman Gabe Pressman dead at 93
Jack Kemp
He was the first tv newsman to do street reporting. He invented the process by taking a cameraman and one of the bulky 50s era tv cameras out the back door of NBC, with the attached long cable, and asked people on the streets of New York their opinons about news topics. Considering the number of tourists and new immigrants in New York City, those people could have literally been from anywhere in the world. And he interviewed people who were "guys and gals from the neighborhood." He was an icon. NBC brought him back after he retired, he was that good. And he put the young reporters...excuse me, newsreaders...to shame. Megyn Kelly should have asked his advice because she would have learned something she desperately needed to know. Now it is too late to ask Gabe anything. Perhaps young reporters can watch videos of his classic reports. As the artcle below states, he interviewed Elvis, Fidel Castro, Marylin Monroe and went to the Woodstock festival.
Here is a brief quote from the NY Daily News article on Gabe:
http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/gabe-pressman-longtimetv-reporter-dies-93-article-1.3271830
For 60 years, New Yorkers welcomed revered reporter Gabe Pressman into their living rooms on the evening news for good reasons: Accuracy, honesty, veracity.
The pioneering broadcaster, who served as both the inspiration and envy of generations of reporters, died in his sleep early Friday at a Manhattan hospital. He was 93.
The perpetually rumpled Pressman, microphone in hand, became an iconic New York figure during his decades at WNBC-TV, inevitably covering the city’s biggest stories and newsmakers.
The 11-time Emmy-winning dean of New York journalism was among the first, if not the first, local television reporter working in New York City.
Gabe Pressman on the beat: A great TV journalist is dead
"Gabe Pressman always gave you the story straight, and always asked the tough questions that New Yorkers wanted answered,†said Gov. Cuomo.
He was the first tv newsman to do street reporting. He invented the process by taking a cameraman and one of the bulky 50s era tv cameras out the back door of NBC, with the attached long cable, and asked people on the streets of New York their opinons about news topics. Considering the number of tourists and new immigrants in New York City, those people could have literally been from anywhere in the world. And he interviewed people who were "guys and gals from the neighborhood." He was an icon. NBC brought him back after he retired, he was that good. And he put the young reporters...excuse me, newsreaders...to shame. Megyn Kelly should have asked his advice because she would have learned something she desperately needed to know. Now it is too late to ask Gabe anything. Perhaps young reporters can watch videos of his classic reports. As the artcle below states, he interviewed Elvis, Fidel Castro, Marylin Monroe and went to the Woodstock festival.
Here is a brief quote from the NY Daily News article on Gabe:
http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/gabe-pressman-longtimetv-reporter-dies-93-article-1.3271830
For 60 years, New Yorkers welcomed revered reporter Gabe Pressman into their living rooms on the evening news for good reasons: Accuracy, honesty, veracity.
The pioneering broadcaster, who served as both the inspiration and envy of generations of reporters, died in his sleep early Friday at a Manhattan hospital. He was 93.
The perpetually rumpled Pressman, microphone in hand, became an iconic New York figure during his decades at WNBC-TV, inevitably covering the city’s biggest stories and newsmakers.
The 11-time Emmy-winning dean of New York journalism was among the first, if not the first, local television reporter working in New York City.
Gabe Pressman on the beat: A great TV journalist is dead
"Gabe Pressman always gave you the story straight, and always asked the tough questions that New Yorkers wanted answered,†said Gov. Cuomo.
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