Longtime broadcast journalist and commentator Daniel Schorr died July 23 at age 93. A native of the Bronx, Schorr began his 23-year career with CBS News as a foreign correspondent landing the first televised interview with then-Soviet Union Premier Nikita Khrushchev in 1957. Later Schorr wound up on the "enemies list" of President Richard Nixon for his coverage of the Watergate scandal. In 1979 Schorr began the first chief Washington correspondent of the newly formed Cable News Network. From 1985 until July 10 of this year he provided analysis on current events for many National Public Radio news programs including a regular stint on the Saturday "Weekend Edition" anchored by Scott Simon. Daniel Schorr wrote a number of books in his later years including "Come to Think of It: Notes on the End of the Millenium" (Viking, 2008) which can be found at the Merrick Library.
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