Eric Sevareid was an American author and CBS news journalist from 1939 to 1977. He became a fixture on CBS Evening News with Walter Cronkite form 1965 to 1977 giving commentaries at the end of thousands of broadcasts.
In July 1965, he was the last journalist to interview Adlai Stevenson at the U.S. embassy in London just days prior to his death.
Sevareid always considered himself a writer first and often felt uneasy behind a microphone and even less comfortable on television.
Eric Sevareid appeared in or on CBS coverage of every presidential election from 1948 to 1976, the year before his retirement.
From Washington D.C. CBS analysis with Eric Sevareid.
Highlights: Comment on Vanguard satellite failure, a question on publicity given to launching.
