Barbara walters journalist biography book

In The Rulebreaker, Susan Page conducts interviews and extensive archival research to discover that Walters was driven to keep herself and her family afloat.

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The Rulebreaker: The new biography of legendary journalist Barbara Walters | The Excerpt

On a special episode (first released on Thursday, April 11) of The Excerpt podcast: At age 47, Barbara Walters broke the glass ceiling for women in broadcast journalism, becoming co-anchor of a network evening news program at ABC.

She would go on to land big interviews, from U.S. presidents to world leaders like Vladimir Putin and Fidel Castro but also celebrities like the singer Courtney Love and boxer Mike Tyson. Through it all, Walters brought a signature style of interviewing.

Her interview subjects laughed with her and cried with her.

A portrait of the first lady of television journalism explores Walters' relationship with her father, her sister, and her daughter, the men in her life.

A “smart, juicy, deeply reported” (Katie Couric) biography of the most successful female broadcaster of all time—Barbara Walters—a woman.

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The definitive biography of the most successful female broadcaster of all time—Barbara Walters—a woman whose personal demons fueled an ambition that broke all.

Barbara Walters Did the Work.

Actor Patrick Swayze even danced with her. What drove this bold and ambitious woman? Here to talk about the incredible life and career of Barbara Walters is USA TODAY Washington Bureau Chief Susan Page. Susan’s new book “The Rulebreaker: The Life and Times of Barbara Walters” takes readers behind the glamour of the famous broadcaster to share the story of a