Oral history interview with Joan Konner, 2005

Scope and Contents

Family background: childhood in Paterson, New Jersey, relationship with parents; education at Sarah Lawrence College and Columbia Journalism School; employment: early work at the Bergen Record, broadcast journalism at National Broadcasting Company, transfer to Channel 13 Public Television, production of "Artists of New Jersey" series, work on "Danger: Radioactive Waste" project; experiences with Bill Moyers in public television; professional experience at Columbia University School of Journalism; NBC hiring practices; views on the women's movement; experiences with workplace discrimination; political impact of the "Danger: Radioactive Waste" documentary; experience as judge for the John Oakes Award; reminiscences of early relationship with Oakes

Subjects

• Albarelli, Gerry, interviewer.
• Interviews.
• Journalism--Awards.
• Journalists--Interviews.
• Konner, Joan--Interviews.
• Oakes, John B. (John Bertram), 1913-2001.
• Oral histories (literary works)

Access Conditions

Copyright by the Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York, 2006