Jeff Fager
Jeff Fager
Jeff Fageris the former Chairman of CBS News and the current Executive Producer of 60 Minutes, the hour-long CBS news magazine created in 1968...
air bad besides everybody gets managing quality stories
It's like managing an all-star team. Not everybody gets in as many innings, but the quality of the play is better. This place has always been competitive. They all want to get on the air so they're making their stories better. Who's that bad for besides the competition?
listens mike responds wallace
She listens . If you look at what Mike Wallace has done so well all these years, he listens to what's being said and responds with a question. She's got that ability.
chiefs happens hold joint lives please telling
They were telling us lives were in danger, could we please hold off and it was a plea from the Joint Chiefs of Staff. That's not something that happens every day.
conduct glad impact interviews mike occasional piece powerful report work
I'm glad he'll be around to do an occasional interview. He's had such a powerful impact on all of us who work here, on how we conduct interviews and how we report stories, that there will always be a piece of Mike in everything we do.
broadcast fits mike pin pulls remember role
In some ways, it fits even better with what his role is on the broadcast these days. Mike still has it. He still pulls it off. Sometimes he can't remember what he had for breakfast, but he can still pin someone down on an interview.
amazing celebrate chance hard incredible legacy sad
It's hard for all of us to get used to. It's a sad day, but it's also a chance to celebrate an incredible legacy and an amazing guy.
action almost asking broadcast conduct decades four glad heart impact interviews mike millions nights occasional piece powerful questions report since soul sunday wallace work
Mike Wallace has been the heart and soul of this broadcast since he and Don (Hewitt) started it almost four decades ago. Millions and millions of Americans have tuned in to '60 Minutes' on Sunday nights over all those years to see him in action and to find out what questions he would be asking each week. I'm glad he'll be around to do an occasional interview. He's had such a powerful impact on all of us who work here, on how we conduct interviews and how we report stories, that there will always be a piece of Mike in everything we do.
business chasing conduct exciting finally interview katie people wonder
Katie is a world-class reporter. There aren't many people in this business who can conduct an interview as well as she can. It's no wonder Don Hewitt was chasing her for years to be on this broadcast, and it's exciting that it's finally going to happen.
anchor face hard matter prominent time tough transition
It's been tough for him. Let's face it: It's a big transition from the anchor chair, no matter where you go. But he's really working hard at it. It's just going to take some time to get used to not doing what he had been doing in such a prominent place for so long.
kindness talked wants
We've all kind of talked him out of it. This year, he wants to do it.
moments version yahoo
What you get on Yahoo is an expanded version of different moments in the story.