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Martin Agronsky
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Martin Agronsky was a long-time American news media figure and a fixture of political journalism in Washington, DC in the second half of the twentieth century. He began his career in newspaper journalism, transitioned to radio, and then was successful in television, where he was a political correspondent and commentator of his own syndicated program between 1943 and 1988. His coverage of the Adolf Eichmann trial in Israel won him the Alfred I. DuPont Award (now known as the DuPont-Columbia Award) in 1962.
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| 1915, Jan. 12 | Born, Philadelphia, Pa. |
| 1936 | B.A., Rutgers University, New Brunswick, N.J. |
| 1936-1937 | Reporter, Palestine Post |
| 1937-1940 | Freelance newspaper reporter |
| 1940-1943 | Foreign correspondent, National Broadcasting Co. |
| 1943 | Married Helen Smathers (died 1969) |
| 1943-1957 | Correspondent, American Broadcasting Co., Washington, D.C. |
| 1952 | Awarded George Foster Peabody Award |
| 1957-1964 | Correspondent, National Broadcasting Co. |
| 1961 | Awarded Alfred I. DuPont Award |
| 1964-1968 | Bureau chief, Paris, France, and moderator of Face the Nation, Columbia Broadcasting System |
| 1968 | Received Emmy Award |
| 1969 | News anchor, WTOP-TV, Washington, D.C. |
| 1969-1987 | Host, Agronsky and Company, WETA-TV, Washington, D.C. |
| 1971-1975 | Host, Martin Agronsky's Evening Edition and Agronsky at Large, Public Broadcasting System |
| 1999, July 25 | Died, Washington, D.C. |