He was the executive editor and a news anchor for the PBS News Hour on PBS and was known for his role as a debate moderator during U.S. presidential election campaigns, moderating 12 presidential debates between 1988 and 2012.

Jan 23, 2020 · PBS NewsHour co-founder Jim Lehrer, a giant in journalism known for his tenacity and dedication to simply delivering the news, died peacefully in his sleep at home on Thursday, at the age of...

Jan 23, 2020 · Jim Lehrer, the retired PBS anchorman who for 36 years gave public television viewers a substantive alternative to network evening news programs with in-depth reporting, interviews and analysis...

Jan 23, 2020 · Jim Lehrer, the legendary debate moderator and former anchor of the “NewsHour” television program, died Thursday. He was 85. Lehrer’s death was announced by his longtime...

Jan 19, 2025 · Jim Lehrer (born May 19, 1934, Wichita, Kansas, U.S.—died January 23, 2020) was an American journalist and author, best known as an anchor of NewsHour, a nightly television news program airing on the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS).

Jan 23, 2020 · Jim Lehrer was a broadcast journalist well known for hosting “PBS NewsHour” for more than 30 years. Lehrer joined Robert MacNeil to cohost the program in 1976, when it was titled “The ...

Jan 23, 2020 · Jim Lehrer, the venerable journalist who co-founded the PBS' nightly newscast, died peacefully in his sleep Thursday, the network said. He was 85. Lehrer anchored the public...

Jan 24, 2020 · Former PBS NewsHour anchor Jim Lehrer, who co-founded the groundbreaking news show the "MacNeil/Lehrer Report" in 1975 and went on to moderate more presidential debates than anyone in history,...

Jan 23, 2020 · Jim Lehrer, co-host and later host of the nightly 'PBS NewsHour' that for decades offered a thoughtful take on current events, has died, PBS said Thursday. He was 85.

Jan 23, 2020 · It is impossible to quantify Jim Lehrer’s influence on this news program, American journalism, presidential debates or the lives of so many of us. He was an extraordinary journalist, writer,...