Robert MacNeil

Survival Kit | May 6, 2010
Robert MacNeil has covered most of the major news stories of the last fifty years: the civil rights movement, the Vietnam war, the assassination of JFK, Watergate, September 11; and as co-anchor of the MacNeil/Lehrer News Hour for 20 years, he helped shape our consciousness of world events. He’s also written novels and works of non-fiction examining the nature of language and the news business. Let’s try to find out what makes this respected newsman tick, by taking a look in his survival kit.
His List:

1. O.E.D. 2nd edition on CD-Rom or multi-volume
2. Sailboat (if island) or skis (if snowed-in cabin)
3. Late Beethoven quartets
4. Georges Simenon’s Maigret novels
5. William Faulkner
6. Gardening materials
7. Cooking Materials
8. Writing materials

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