Tom Fenton

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Tom Fenton
Born (1930-04-08) April 8, 1930 (age 94)
Baltimore, Maryland
OccupationTelevision correspondent

Thomas Trail Fenton (born 8 April 1930) is a former television correspondent who retired in 2004 after a 34-year career with CBS News.[1][2]

Fenton graduated from

Lebanon Crisis
.

Career in journalism

After leaving the navy, Fenton began his career in journalism as a domestic and foreign correspondent for the

Days of May" in Paris. His 1968 reporting earned Fenton an award from the Overseas Press Club
.

Fenton joined CBS News as a

Indo-Pakistani War of 1971, the 1973 Yom Kippur War, and the 1974 Turkish invasion of Cyprus. When Ayatollah Khomeini overthrew the Shah of Iran in 1979, Fenton was the first western journalist to interview Iran's new leader. He later returned to Tehran to report on the Iran hostage crisis
.

In 1991, Fenton was in

wars in the Balkans, and violence in the Middle East and Africa
.

During his CBS career, Fenton served as the network's Bureau Chief in Rome, Italy, (1970-1973), Tel Aviv, Israel, (1973-1977), Paris, France, (1977-1979), London, United Kingdom, (1979-1994), Moscow, Russia, (1994-1996), and London again (1996-2004).

After retiring, Fenton wrote the book, Bad News: The Decline of Reporting, the Business of News, and the Danger to Us All, published in 2005,

ISBN 0-06-079746-0
).

References

  1. ^ "CBS News' Tom Fenton Retires - CBS News". www.cbsnews.com. 2004-12-16. Retrieved 2023-11-23.
  2. ^ "Tom Fenton, of CBS News, retires at 74". Baltimore Sun. 2004-12-17. Retrieved 2023-11-23.
  3. ^ "After Words with Tom Fenton | C-SPAN.org". www.c-span.org. Retrieved 2023-11-23.

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