Bill Lichtenstein (born October 3, 1956) is an American print and broadcast journalist and documentary producer. Lichtenstein is president of the Peabody Award-winning independent media production company, Lichtenstein Creative Media, Incorporated.
Lichtenstein's radio work began in 1970, at Boston radio station WBCN-FM, as a volunteer, and later as an announcer and newscaster. He produced investigative reports for ABC News in the 1980s; and later help revolutionize the public's view and understanding of mental health issues through the production of public media, documentary films and groundbreaking public education campaigns. Lichtenstein and his company also pioneered the use of emerging media, including the 3-D virtual reality community, Second Life.
Lichtenstein has written widely for such publications as The Nation, Village Voice, New York Daily News, Boston Globe and Huffington Post and from 1980 until 2005 was on the faculty of the New School University.
His work has been honored with more than 60 major journalism awards, including a Peabody Award; a Guggenheim Fellowship; eight National Headliner Awards; Cine Golden Eagle; a United Nations Media Award; Casey Medal for Meritorious Journalism; and three National News Emmy Award nominations.
Read more about Bill Lichtenstein: Early Life, ABC News, Investigative Reporter, Lichtenstein Creative Media, Dr. Fred Goodwin and The Infinite Mind, New York Times Op-Ed
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“[My one tennis book] was very, very old. It had a picture of Bill Tilden. I looked at the picture and that was how I learned to hold the racket.”
—Maria Bueno (b. 1939)