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...ABC News correspondent Barbara Walters received the Goldsmith Career Award for Excellence in Journalism at the Kennedy School of Government's ARCO Forum last night...
Westin's appointment came as a surprise to many in the news division. While both NBC and CBS have recently opted for news presidents with substantial producing experience (CBS's Andrew Heyward and NBC's Andrew Lack are both former newsmagazine producers), Westin is a lawyer who joined ABC in 1991 as general counsel. He moved up quickly, becoming head of the network's in-house production units and then president of the network, overseeing news, sports, entertainment and other operations. Yet Westin, caught between strong division chiefs and his immediate superior, Iger, found his duties constricted, and he jumped...
Those in TV news are often suspicious of outsiders, but Westin gets good initial marks from ABC staff members. He has been a vocal defender of the news division in legal matters, like the recent battle against the Food Lion supermarket chain over a PrimeTime Live hidden-camera report on allegedly unsanitary practices. "He's a really strong supporter of the division, including financially, which is where the real test is," says political analyst Jeff Greenfield. "I like him enormously," says special correspondent Cokie Roberts, who got to know Westin while he was ABC's Washington-based counsel. "He respects...
...manage the news division on a day-to-day basis. (He'll have an even tougher time if executive vice president Friedman, whom Arledge reportedly opposed as his successor, decides to leave.) "I have a passion for news and a respect for what has been done here at ABC News," says Westin. "That doesn't mean I don't have things to learn. But I have Roone, who is the best teacher." He's learned one thing already: how to treat a legend...
...vary widely in terms of quality. The series has nearly 500 producers, associate producers, researchers and technical-staff members deployed in up to 10 different production teams around the country churning out 130 episodes a year. Two of the units are actually contracted divisions of cbs News Productions and abc News Productions. This is a savvy, cost-effective move on A&E's part, given those organizations' vast photo and film archives. Says Cascio: "The big rule around here is, you've got to find the baby picture...