In a broadcast news career spanning four decades, Marvin Kalb has distinguished himself as one of the leading journalists in America. Hired at CBS News by the legendary Edward R. Murrow, Kalb has served as chief diplomatic correspondent for CBS News and NBC News and as moderator of Meet the Press. For the past 16 years he has hosted The Kalb Report, which is distributed by OETA and American Public Television.

In an intimate discussion with host Dick Pryor, Kalb discussed challenges of modern journalism, the future of newspapers, the rise of opinion programs, Edward R. Murrow and The Kalb Report.

In November 2008, NewsHour's Executive Editor and Anchor Jim Lehrer became the first recipient of the prestigious Gaylord Prize for journalism excellence, presented by the University of Oklahoma Gaylord College. While Lehrer was in Oklahoma, OETA's Dick Pryor visited with him about Lehrer's Oklahoma connections, the 2008 presidential campaign, the importance of public broadcasting and the future of journalism.

With a journalism career spanning five decades, Jim Lehrer has become one of the most recognizable and most trusted journalists in America. The program maintains an unrivaled standard of excellence and fairness, and Lehrer has been chosen to moderate presidential and vice-presidential debates for the past six elections.

My 23 hours with Marvin Kalb began on October 28, 2009, over dinner at the Skirvin Hotel in Oklahoma City. With friends from FOI Oklahoma, Inc. and the Ethics & Excellence in Journalism Foundation (underwriters of The Kalb Report), we talked about Oklahoma and Mr. Kalb's remarkable career in journalism. He told us about his days as a correspondent in the Soviet Union, CBS News, and his second career as a journalism professor. He formed his words carefully and spoke with the authority that more than 30 years in broadcasting conveys. After a couple of hours we called it an evening, in part so the Bronx native could get to his room to catch the World Series game between the New York Yankees and Philadelphia Phillies.