Mike Wallace

Born: 1918-5-9

Birthplace: Brooklyn, Massachusetts, U.S.

Height: 6' (1.83 m)

Profession: Host, reporter

Nationality: America

Graduate School: University of Michigan

Representative Works: "Between You and Me"

Mike Wallace (Mike Wallace, May 9, 1918 ~ April 7, 2012), was born in a Jewish family in Massachusetts, USA, American news reporter and host. Graduated from The University of Michigan ^[1] .

Since 1968, he has served as the host of the Columbia Broadcasting System's ace TV news section " 60 Minutes ", interviewing many important news figures, including the eighth President of the United States of America , Martin Luther King , Yitzhak Rabin , محمد ياسر عبد الرحمن عبد الرحمن عبد الرؤوف عرفات القدوة الحسيني , Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin, etc. ^[2] . On September 2, 1986, he interviewed Deng Xiansheng in Ziguangge, Zhongnanhai ^[3] . In 1989, he received an honorary doctorate of law from the University of Pennsylvania; in the same year, The University of Michigan awarded Wallace an honorary doctor of law. On August 15, 2000, I interviewed Jiang Zemin in Beidaihe ^[4] . On March 14, 2006, Wallace announced through the Columbia Broadcasting System that he would no longer participate in the work of "60 Minutes" "full-time" due to health problems ^[5] . On April 7, 2012, Mike Wallace died in a nursing center in New Canaan, Fairfield County, Connecticut, at the age of 93 ^[6] .

Early Experience

Wallace was born in Brookline, a town outside of Boston in Norfolk County, Massachusetts, in 1918. Parents : Frank Wallace and Gina Wallace are Russian Jewish immigrants. Wallace is the fourth and youngest child . His father's early career was a wholesale grocer and later became a successful insurance broker . Later, Wallace entered the Edward Devson Community Elementary School and became alumni with John F. Kennedy , who was one year older than him . At Brookline High School, Wallace served as the school's first violinist in the symphony orchestra. After graduating from high school with a B-, Wallace entered The University of Michigan in 1935 . During his studies at The University of Michigan, he worked as a reporter for the Michigan Daily News and also participated in the school radio station .

Personal Life

Wallace's parents are Jews from Russia, a typical Boston citizen family. His father works for an insurance company and his mother is a housewife. The first wife Norma Gaby, the second wife of film star Buff, and the third wife of female painter Lorraine Perigord.

Chris Wallace, Wallace's youngest son, is also a journalist. In 1962, his eldest son, 19-year-old Peter, died in a mountaineering accident in Greece .

Character Evaluation

Celebrity Evaluation

In the United States, Wallace is a household name. The name represents hard news, investigative news, and non-evasive, non-relenting, and aggressive questioning.

As a show host, he has always been the backbone of the TV industry, and his outstanding contributions cannot be measured. His death was a huge loss for Columbia Broadcasting System.

Mike Wallace was once a role model in the distant sense of Chinese journalists.

Media Evaluation

As the host of the famous news section, Wallace has an excellent news vision and sense of smell. In addition to the news smell, Wallace's interview is also extremely well prepared. Head-to-head with the President of the United States of America and heads of state or focus figures is not the whole of Wallace's career as a journalist. Wallace is very concerned about various social issues and advocates journalists to pay attention to actual social issues. Wallace is good at tracking news reports, and can often be very profound when exposing social problems. Wallace hopes to become "the mouthpiece of the public interest", but he does not blindly cater to public tastes. The serious news program "60 Minutes" even deviated from fashion. For a while, Wallace interviewed many gangsters. Because of the strong storytelling of these people, they were very popular with the audience, but Wallace did not. According to market conditions, people who think that the drama is too dramatic may entertain the interviews and dispel the seriousness, so such interviews are reduced.

For anyone who hides dirty secrets, there are 4 English words that can scare them-'Mike Wallace is here' (Mike Wallace is here). Wallace's interview style perfectly combines a gentle, friendly tone and interrogation-style word front. He is good at suddenly changing the topic during small chats, making interviewees caught off guard, and confiding in a panic to reveal rich news.

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