Dan Rather

Dan Rather represents, for me, the spine of American broadcast journalism. The fact that his career truly began when his Hurricane Carla reporting helped save thousands of lives tells you everything about his instinct for service. Anchoring CBS Evening News for decades while collecting Peabodys, Emmys, and the Murrow Award, he embodied a relentless, sometimes combative commitment to holding power accountable. What impresses me most is that, well past ninety, he keeps speaking and writing. In a fractured media landscape, his sustained credibility and sheer stamina make him a rare and steadying voice.

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Name (English)

Dan Rather

Name (Japanese)

ダン・ラザー

Reading

だん・らざー

Born

October 31, 1931 (age 94)

Origin

Wharton, Texas, United States

Occupation

news presenter / journalist / television producer / opinion journalist

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Scorpio / Goat

High school

Heights High School

University

Sam Houston State University

Awards & achievements

• Peabody Awards
• 1990 News and Documentary Emmy Awards
• Four Freedoms Award – Freedom of Speech
• Radio Television Digital News Association
• Television Hall of Fame
• Academy of Achievement
• 2013 Trustees Award
• 2012 Edward R. Murrow Lifetime Achievement Award

• Official sitehttps://www.danrather.com/
• Xhttps://x.com/DanRather
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan%20Rather
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%80%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%83%A9%E3%82%B6%E3%83%BC
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q733027

Tags

• Texas
• news presenter
• journalist
• television producer

Last updated

September 25, 2026

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.