Richard Wald, a respected television executive who served as president of NBC News in the 1970s, helped steer coverage at ABC News for decades and taught media industry practices at Columbia Journalism School, has died at age 92.
Richard Wald, a respected television executive who served as president of NBC News in the 1970s, helped steer coverage at ABC News for decades and taught media industry practices at Columbia Journalism School, died Friday.He had a stroke in his sleep Sunday night, according to his son Jonathan, a news industry veteran and former executive producer at both NBC News and MSNBC.
"He was one of the giants of the industry of journalism," he said."When you consider everything he did over the years — whether we're talking about NBC, ABC and ultimately Columbia — I don't think you'll find many of us quite like him." Wald was a newspaperman at his core, beginning his journalism career as a freelancer for The New York Herald Tribune while he was still a student. He later joined the paper's staff, working as a political correspondent, a foreign correspondent, associate editor and managing editor,He came to NBC in 1967 following stints at The Washington Post and the short-lived New York World Journal Tribune.
Wald was a model for the veteran news division president played by actor William Holden in Sidney Lumet's classic satire"Network" , according to a statement from Wald's family. "He was a beloved teacher and mentor to many, and his extensive contributions during his career as a broadcast executive and journalist were extraordinary," the spokesman added.
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