Overview

• Moyers’s death at 91 in late June prompted tributes that reflected on his transition from Lyndon B. Johnson’s press secretary to a public television pioneer
• He helped shape PBS’s mission as a member of the 1967 Carnegie Commission by championing debate and giving voice to underheard communities
• He produced landmark investigative programs such as The Secret Government, Frontline’s High Crimes and Misdemeanors and Buying the War that examined government actions and media failures
• His documentaries and interviews earned more than 30 Emmy Awards and 11 Peabody Awards, making him one of public television’s most honored figures
• Conservative backlash led PBS to shorten his news program Now and ultimately cancel his shows, underscoring political challenges facing public media