Channel One News Broadcasts CBS TV ``60 Minutes'' News Story on Arab and Israeli Teens to More Than 8 Million Teenagers.News & Entertainment Editors LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 2, 2001 "60 Minutes" Reporter Morley Safer Morley Safer (born November 8, 1931) is a reporter and correspondent for CBS News. Safer was born in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. He attended Harbord Collegiate Institute when he was young. He later graduated from University of Western Ontario. Talks With Arab & Israeli Teens Who Visit U.S. To Learn Friendship Delivering award-winning news and information to millions of teenagers daily for the past decade, direct-to-school television broadcaster Channel One News delivered the Emmy Award-winning programming of "60 Minutes" today to its teen audience of more than 8 million teenagers. The "60 Minutes" story, reported by Morley Safer, focuses on "Seeds of Peace," a non-profit, non-political organization that helps teenagers from regions of conflict learn the skills of making peace. Safer visits the "Seeds of Peace" camp that is focused primarily on bringing Arab and Israeli teenagers together before fear, mistrust and prejudice blind them from seeing the human face of their enemy. Safer had visited the camp earlier in the late 1990s and revisits "Seeds of Peace" as it relates to our world today. "Bringing Morley Safer's reporting to our audience of teenagers continues Channel One's tradition of excellence in reporting. Channel One is proud to include programming from some of the world's leading journalists including Peter Jennings and Ted Koppel Edward James "Ted" Koppel (born February 8, 1940) is an American journalist, best known as the former anchorman for the American Broadcasting Company's Nightline. on our network," said Morgan Wandell, Executive Vice President of Programming at Channel One. "Channel One News reporters over the recent years have all moved on to prime positions in the world of broadcasting; Kris Osborne is anchoring CNN's Headline News, Lisa Ling is a co-host of `The View' on ABC ABC in full American Broadcasting Co. Major U.S. television network. It began when the expanding national radio network NBC split into the separate Red and Blue networks in 1928. , Serena Altschul moved on to report news for MTV MTV in full Music Television U.S. cable television network, established in 1980 to present videos of musicians and singers performing new rock music. MTV won a wide following among rock-music fans worldwide and greatly affected the popular-music business. , MSNBC's Monica Novotny began her career as a Channel One News reporter, and Tracy Smith is reporting the news for CBS's `The Early Show.'" Channel One Network, a Primedia company, broadcasts the award-winning Channel One News and is the largest source of news and information for young people. Its 12-minute news broadcast is seen daily by more than eight million students and 400,000 educators in more than 12,000 middle and high schools across the country. More teens watch Channel One News than the evening news on ABC, CBS (Cell Broadcast Service) See cell broadcast. , NBC NBC in full National Broadcasting Co. Major U.S. commercial broadcasting company. It was formed in 1926 by RCA Corp., General Electric Co. (GE), and Westinghouse and was the first U.S. company to operate a broadcast network. and CNN CNN or Cable News Network Subsidiary company of Turner Broadcasting Systems. It was created by Ted Turner in 1980 to present 24-hour live news broadcasts, using satellites to transmit reports from news bureaus around the world. combined. |
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