A true pioneer of American broadcasting, Emmy winner Barbara Walters battled her way through the male-dominated world of network news and emerged as an iconic figure in TV history. Walters was innovative and fiercely competitive from her beginnings at NBC in the early 1960s, where she brilliantly navigated network-imposed limitations on the type of work “girls” could do. A writer, researcher, producer, and eventual on-air co-host of “The Today Show” (NBC, 1952- ), Walters continually pushed boundaries and her tenacious pursuit of hard news resulted in some of the biggest “scoops” of the era.
