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Long-time Washington Post Executive will head company that produces the PBS NewsHour effective January 2012 ARLINGTON, Va., Oct.

ARLINGTON, Va., May 12, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Jim Lehrer said today that he will take another step toward ending his 36 years of anchoring or co-anchoring the daily public television news broadcast known now as the PBS NEWSHOUR. (Photo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20110512/DC00606) He said, effective June 6, he will no longer be part of the regular daily anchor rotation team, but he will still appear on many Friday evenings to moderate the weekly analysis of Shields and Brooks; syndicated columnist Mark Shields and New York Times columnist David Brooks.

WILLIAMSBURG, Va., April 13, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation will present the Churchill Bell on April 30 to three outstanding American citizens: journalist Jim Lehrer, former Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor and historian Gordon Wood.

WASHINGTON, April 5, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Jim Lehrer, who has set a standard of broadcast excellence at PBS for more than 35 years, has been selected as the winner of the National Press Club's 2011 Fourth Estate Award, the highest honor presented by the world's leading professional organization for journalists. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20080917/NPCLOGO) "Jim Lehrer has embodied the time-tested core values of journalism dating back to when many people had only black and white screens and continuing through today's era of high definition television and social media," said Mark Hamrick, president of the Press Club, after the Club's Board of Governors chose Lehrer for the honor.