Books
MacNeil has also written several books, many about his career as a journalist, but, since his retirement from NewsHour, MacNeil has also dabbled in writing novels. His books include
- Breaking News (novel)
- Burden of Desire (novel)
- Eudora Welty: Seeing Black and White
- Looking for My Country: Finding Myself in America
- The People Machine: The Influence of Television on American Politics
- The Right Place at the Right Time
- The Voyage (novel)
- The Way We Were: 1963, The Year Kennedy Was Shot
- The Story of English with Robert McCrum (also seen as a PBS miniseries in 1986)
- Wordstruck: A Memoir
- Do You Speak American?
MacNeil is currently the Chairman of the Board of Directors of the MacDowell Colony. In 1979 MacNeil received a L.H.D. from Bates College. In 1997, he was made an Officer of the Order of Canada, one of Canada's highest civilian honours, for being "one of the most respected journalists of our time".
He is the father of award-winning theatre scenic designer Ian MacNeil.
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The Robert MacNeil Report/The MacNeil/Lehrer Report/The MacNeil/Lehrer Newshour anchor 1975–1995 |
Succeeded by Jim Lehrer as The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer/PBS NewsHour |
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