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Michael Saltz, a winner of an Emmy and other awards, was a senior producer with PBS's The MacNeil/Lehrer Newshour. Beginning with its first iteration in 1974, he retired from The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer in 2009, months before it changed to the PBS NewsHour. In 40+ years in the industry, Saltz was involved in practically every area of TV public affairs as a producer, director, editor, and production manager. Nowadays, he spends his time writing, reading, and doing whatever retired people do at his home in upstate New York, accompanied by his wife and dog. Intermittently, he contributes op-ed columns to his local paper, The Hudson Register-Star. Down the Rabbit Hole, a collection of columns about the January 6th insurrection is available on Amazon.com. Also, he's a board member of School Life Media, an organization that teaches journalism - its practice and ethics - to children in the public school system.
Your book is a revelation. You and your favorite essayists gave the NewsHour a creative distinction I had not anticipated but loved. Robert MacNeilCo-Anchor & Executive EditorThe MacNeil/Lehrer NewsHour With pride, I introduce Michael Saltz to you now - my teacher for nearly twenty years. Richard RodriguezAuthor: Hunger of Memory: The Education of Richard RodriguezDays of Obligation: An Argument with My Mexican FatherBrown: The Last Discovery of America When a creative person finds their unique art form, something no one has ever done in the same way, it is a cause for wonder and celebration. It does not often happen that someone steps out of the box, especially if that box is television, moreover a television news program. But out stepped Michael Saltz and put his hungry, humane talents to work crafting hundreds of beautiful, layered, questioning essays for the MacNeil/Lehrer NewsHour. Now, in his captivating memoir, he is looking back at his life, the winding road that led him out of his childhood among noisy, creative people and into television and the joys - and duress; yes, some of that too - of being true to your talent and finding a place for it to flourish. A moving American story in which, lucky me, I play a small grateful part. Anne Taylor FlemingAssociate Director of the Sun Valley Writers' ConferenceAuthor: Marriage: A Duet As If Love Were Enough When we were out on video shoots, I often thought that his stories about 1950s New York and early television could make a good memoir. I'm just happy that he wrote it. I hope the lessons he learned can help prepare the rest of us for whatever comes next. Clarence Page Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist Editorial board member at the Chicago Tribune One of the many fascinating things about The Winding Road is that it shows how the development of an extraordinary intelligence contributed to the development of an extraordinary place. The book is an elegant memory of both a child growing up and the institution he grew into. Roger Rosenblatt, Author of: Kayak Morning: Reflections on Love, Grief, and Small BoatsRules for Aging, Making Toast: A Family Story, and Cold Moon: On Live, Love, and Rresponsibility
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