Former “NBC Nightly News” correspondent Richard “Dick” Valeriani died early Monday at his home in New York City. He was 85.
Valeriani began his news career in the late 1950s at the Associated Press, when he was dispatched to Cuba to report on the Bay of Pigs in 1961. He was hired by NBC News while in Cuba and was the last American journalist ousted from the country following Fidel Castro’s revolution. At NBC, he served for years as an on-air correspondent for “NBC Nightly News” and co-anchored “Today” from the Washington, D.C. bureau.
Valeriani earned recognition for his coverage of the Civil Rights movement in the 1960s. He was assigned as NBC Senior White House Correspondent during the Johnson and Nixon administrations, a role that landed him on President Nixon’s famous “enemies list.” He also covered the State Department and wrote about his time with Secretary of State...
Valeriani began his news career in the late 1950s at the Associated Press, when he was dispatched to Cuba to report on the Bay of Pigs in 1961. He was hired by NBC News while in Cuba and was the last American journalist ousted from the country following Fidel Castro’s revolution. At NBC, he served for years as an on-air correspondent for “NBC Nightly News” and co-anchored “Today” from the Washington, D.C. bureau.
Valeriani earned recognition for his coverage of the Civil Rights movement in the 1960s. He was assigned as NBC Senior White House Correspondent during the Johnson and Nixon administrations, a role that landed him on President Nixon’s famous “enemies list.” He also covered the State Department and wrote about his time with Secretary of State...
- 6/18/2018
- by Tara Bitran
- Variety Film + TV
Richard Valeriani, a longtime NBC News correspondent who covered the civil rights movement and the Johnson and Nixon administrations from the network’s Washington D.C., bureau, died today. He was 85.
He would spend 31 years as an on-air correspondent for NBC Nightly News and often appeared on Today. Colleagues would say Valeriani was “always the first” journalist to get to the scene to report a story, which is how they knew it was significant.
A native of Camden, NJ, who spoke five languages, Valeriani began his news career with the Associated Press in the late 1950s, when he was transplanted to Cuba to live and report on the Bay of Pigs. While in Cuba, he was hired by NBC and was the last American journalist ousted from the communist country.
He went on to cover the Civil Rights movement, for which he won many awards and brought wider national attention to the cause.
He would spend 31 years as an on-air correspondent for NBC Nightly News and often appeared on Today. Colleagues would say Valeriani was “always the first” journalist to get to the scene to report a story, which is how they knew it was significant.
A native of Camden, NJ, who spoke five languages, Valeriani began his news career with the Associated Press in the late 1950s, when he was transplanted to Cuba to live and report on the Bay of Pigs. While in Cuba, he was hired by NBC and was the last American journalist ousted from the communist country.
He went on to cover the Civil Rights movement, for which he won many awards and brought wider national attention to the cause.
- 6/18/2018
- by Erik Pedersen
- Deadline Film + TV
Richard Valeriani, who spent more than three decades as an on-air correspondent for the NBC Nightly News program and played a journalist in Crimson Tide, died Monday at his home in New York City, a publicist announced. He was 85.
Valeriani served as NBC's senior White House correspondent under Presidents Lyndon B. Johnson and Richard Nixon, where he made the latter's "enemies list." He then became the network's man at the State Department, during which time he covered Henry Kissinger, traveling more than 500,000 miles with the secretary of state.
Valeriani wrote about that time ...
Valeriani served as NBC's senior White House correspondent under Presidents Lyndon B. Johnson and Richard Nixon, where he made the latter's "enemies list." He then became the network's man at the State Department, during which time he covered Henry Kissinger, traveling more than 500,000 miles with the secretary of state.
Valeriani wrote about that time ...
- 6/18/2018
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Richard Valeriani, who spent more than three decades as an on-air correspondent for the NBC Nightly News program and played a journalist in Crimson Tide, died Monday at his home in New York City, a publicist announced. He was 85.
Valeriani served as NBC's senior White House correspondent under Presidents Lyndon B. Johnson and Richard Nixon, where he made the latter's "enemies list." He then became the network's man at the State Department, during which time he covered Henry Kissinger, traveling more than 500,000 miles with the secretary of state.
Valeriani wrote about that time ...
Valeriani served as NBC's senior White House correspondent under Presidents Lyndon B. Johnson and Richard Nixon, where he made the latter's "enemies list." He then became the network's man at the State Department, during which time he covered Henry Kissinger, traveling more than 500,000 miles with the secretary of state.
Valeriani wrote about that time ...
- 6/18/2018
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
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