Bernard Kalb (February 4, 1922 – January 8, 2023) was an American journalist, moderator, media critic, lecturer, and author.
Bernard Kalb Siblings: Who Is Marvin Kalb?
He and his younger brother, journalist Marvin Kalb, traveled extensively with Henry Kissinger on diplomatic missions and later wrote a biography together titled Kissinger. The two brothers also co-authored The Last Ambassador, a novel about the collapse of Saigon in 1975.
Marvin Leonard Kalb is an American journalist. Kalb was the founding director of the Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics, and Public Policy and Edward R. Murrow Professor of Press and Public Policy from 1987 to 1999. The Shorenstein Center and the Kennedy School are part of Harvard University.
Kalb spent 30 years as an award-winning reporter for CBS News and NBC News. Kalb was the last newsman recruited by Edward R. Murrow to join CBS News, becoming part of the later generation of the “Murrow Boys.” His work at CBS landed him on Richard Nixon’s “enemies list”.
At NBC, he served as a chief diplomatic correspondent and host of Meet the Press. During many years of Kalb’s tenure at CBS and NBC, his brother Bernard worked alongside him.