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Barbara Walters. By Jesse Springer Jess Goujon. Biographical Information. Born in Boston, Massachusetts on September 25 th 1929. Brought up in a Jewish/Atheist home. Father founded “The Latin Quarter” chain of nightclubs and was a Broadway Producer. Barbara The Babe-a-labe.
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Barbara Walters By Jesse Springer Jess Goujon
Biographical Information • Born in Boston, Massachusetts on September 25th 1929. • Brought up in a Jewish/Atheist home. • Father founded “The Latin Quarter” chain of nightclubs and was a Broadway Producer.
Barbara The Babe-a-labe • Graduated from Miami Beach High school in 1949. • Attended Sarah Lawrence • Was voted 2006 most eligible bachelorette
Barbara is pretty much the Co-everything on the view Co-host, Co-creator, and Co-executive producer The View
Getting Her Rep Up… • Started out as a publicist at McCrary inc. and a writer at CBS news • Joined NBC’s The Today Show as a writer and researcher in 1961 • Designated as NBC’s first female Co-host in 1974 • Most known for hosting 20/20
Her Style and grace • Walters is widely known for her own interview style • Her interviewees rarely stay dry eyed • Instead of posing tough questions she played “softball” tossing out easy questions but usually getting unexpected answers
Opened doors for women journalist She was the first woman Co-anchor Proved that beautiful women can do beautiful work too Barbara Changed the World
Works Cited • "Barbara Walters." Britanica. 1998. Electric Library. Olympia Library, Stanford. 5 Jan.-Feb. 2007. • "Barbara Walters." Wikepedia. 3 Feb. 2007. Wikepedia. 5 Feb. 2007 <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbara_Walters#Early_life>.