Marilyn Berger

Marilyn Berger Biography

Marilyn Berger Hewitt (born August 23, 1935), is an American broadcast and newspaper journalist and author. She worked for newspapers including the New York Times and Washington Post, and hosted local television news programs in New York City.

Newspaper career

Berger worked as a foreign correspondent for Newsday on Long Island from 1965-1970. From there she moved on to the Washington Post where she became a bit player in the Watergate Scandal. Berger reported that Richard Nixon White House staffer Ken Clawson had bragged to her about authoring the Canuck Letter, a forged letter to the editor of the Manchester Union Leader that played a large part in ending the campaign of Senator Edmund Muskie. She also reported on the Cold War arms race and China. She would later contribute to the New York Times.

Television

After leaving the Post Berger went to work for NBC News, hosted at the public television news program The Advocates, and was an anchor on the nightly news on public television station WNET in New York.

Author

In 2010 Berger wrote This is a Soul, covering the journey of Dr Rick Hodes into Africa to help sick children.

Personal

Berger holds a Masters Degree from the Columbia School of Journalism. In April 1979 she married Don Hewitt, creator of 60 Minutes. They remained married until his death in August 2009. The couple had no children, but in 2009, right before Hewitt's death, the couple became the legal guardians of a young boy from Ethiopia.

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