Mike Wallace

Mike Wallace -- Media Man Putting News in Perspective

David Tereshchuk | Posted 05.03.2012

David Tereshchuk

Among the many references during the ceremony to Mike's high-profile performance-skills in his long tenure at 60 Minutes, there was, thank God, some recognition that sheer journalism lay at the core of his work.

Mike Wallace Memorial: New York City Embraces The Great Journalist One Last Time

Liz Smith | Posted 05.03.2012

Liz Smith

How I wish that every person in the world who loved, admired, hated, decried my onetime boss, Mike, could have seen what happened in Rose Hall just as I experienced it.

Journalists Turn Out For Mike Wallace Memorial

AP | DAVID BAUDER | Posted 05.02.2012

NEW YORK (AP) — Chris Wallace turned and blew a kiss to a giant portrait of his father, "60 Minutes" journalist Mike Wallace, after memorializing hi...

Mike Wallace Makes Barbra Streisand Cry

Reese Schonfeld | Posted 04.26.2012

Reese Schonfeld

Remembering that Mike had interviewed Barbra on 60 Minutes, I went to YouTube and found the piece titled Barbra Streisand crying -- Mike Wallace Interview. Mike reminds Barbra of their 1961 friendship, but never mentions his protective instincts.

TV's 17 Best Issue-tainment Shows of All Time

Evan Shapiro | Posted 04.19.2012

Evan Shapiro

TV is a medium of great power, influence... and profit. One can simultaneously entertain and inspire (enspire?) -- and garner big ratings while doing it. Here is my list of TV's 17 Best Issue-tainment Shows of All Time.

Mike, Me and a Final Coincindence

Reese Schonfeld | Posted 04.26.2012

Reese Schonfeld

About Mike, I have only one more tale to tell, and it happened by pure coincidence. Mike Wallace was always a ladies man.

'60 Minutes' Pays Tribute To Mike Wallace

Posted 04.16.2012

"60 Minutes" paid tribute to Mike Wallace with an hour-long retrospective on the broadcasting legend on Sunday. Wallace, the iconic journalist cre...

Chris Wallace's Moving Tribute To His Father

Posted 04.15.2012

Just one week after famed broadcast journalist and "60 Minutes" icon Mike Wallace died, his son, Chris, who anchors Fox News' Sunday morning news prog...

The Disappearing Ink of Our Cultural Literacy

Paul LaRosa | Posted 04.13.2012

Paul LaRosa

These days, some of the young -- though smart when it comes to the Internet and Twitter and Facebook -- are kind of clueless when it comes to cultural touchstones.

I Remember More Than '60 Minutes' With Mike Wallace

Liz Smith | Posted 04.11.2012

Liz Smith

"I love you, Mary Elizabeth" -- "And I love you Myron!" This is the manner in which the great Mike Wallace ended an interview with me on "60 Minutes"...

Brief Encounter With Mike Wallace, the Vineyard's Famous Renter

Bernard Starr | Posted 04.10.2012

Bernard Starr

Mike Wallace was best known as the hard-hitting investigative journalist on 60 Minutes. But there was another side to him. He helped untold numbers of people suffering from depression when he went public about his own battles with the disorder.

Chris Wallace Speaks Out About Father Mike Wallace's Death

Posted 04.10.2012

Fox News anchor Chris Wallace released a statement on Monday about the death of his father, "60 Minutes" icon Mike Wallace. Wallace died on Saturda...

The Humility of Mike Wallace

Michael D'Antonio | Posted 04.09.2012

Michael D'Antonio

The respect Mike Wallace reserved for 'the story' showed he was too devoted to traditional journalism to put himself at the center of any report -- even his own memoir -- and made it impossible for me to argue with him.

My Quarter Century With Mike Wallace

Barry Lando | Posted 04.09.2012

Barry Lando

I worked on 60 Minutes for more than 26 years, most of the time as a producer with Mike Wallace. He brought so much to the team: an uncanny ability to seize the essence of a story, to sense an opening in a tense interview, then thrust with a rapier-like question for the journalistic kill.

My Colleague, Mike Wallace

Beth Knobel | Posted 04.09.2012

Beth Knobel

At CBS, I got to see the tough Mike in action several times. My favorite was in 2005, when Mike came to interview Russian President Vladimir Putin.

The Day Mike Wallace Called Me a "Bastard"

Dan Kennedy | Posted 04.09.2012

Dan Kennedy

In late 1997 I heard that Mike Wallace, the legendary 60 Minutes reporter, had been in town to do a critical story on the Boston Globe's reporting about Ray Flynn's relationship with alcohol. So I called him up.

Barbara Walters Tears Up Remembering Mike Wallace

Posted 04.09.2012

Barbara Walters grew teary-eyed on Monday's "The View" when she remembered broadcasting legend Mike Wallace, who passed away on Saturday. News of ...

WATCH: Mike Wallace's '60 Minutes' Colleagues Share Candid Memories

The Huffington Post | Jack Mirkinson | Posted 04.09.2012

Some of Mike Wallace's longtime colleagues gathered on Monday's "CBS This Morning" to remember the iconic "60 Minutes" journalist, who died on Saturda...

How I (Almost) Made Mike Wallace Cry (and Why I'm Not Sorry)

Todd Richissin | Posted 04.09.2012

Todd Richissin

I met Mike Wallace only once, many years ago, but I'd like to think I actually got to know him in the two hours we spoke.

Scooped By Mike Wallace

newyorker.com | Posted by Seymour M. Hersh | Posted 04.09.2012

Mike Wallace, who died on Sunday, was a superb role model. His success came the hard way--he was self-made, with a relentless determination to tell th...

Colleagues, Friends React To Death Of Mike Wallace

AP | The Associated Press | Posted 04.09.2012

Reaction to the death of longtime "60 Minutes" correspondent Mike Wallace: ___...

Hello Goodbye: Why the Great Mike Wallace Instantly Forgot His Beatles TV Exclusive

Martin Lewis | Posted 04.08.2012

Martin Lewis

As we salute the memory of Mike Wallace -- it's a little known fact that among his many notable accomplishments, he was the first American to introduce the Beatles on U.S. TV.

Remembering Mike Wallace

Bill Moyers | Posted 04.09.2012

Bill Moyers

I was trying to make a journalist out of myself after several years in politics and government; he had already made a journalist out of himself after several years as an entertainer. And he was generous toward the new kid on the block, as to so many others.

Mike Wallace's Legacy

Joe Peyronnin | Posted 04.10.2012

Joe Peyronnin

His hard-hitting approach to investigative journalism and take-no-prisoners interviewing style helped define the program in its early years. And Mike conducted his interviews, legends, movie stars and crooks, with the same intensity. He would say, "I'm just nosy."

WATCH: Mike Wallace's Legendary Interviews

Posted 04.08.2012

Famed CBS journalist Mike Wallace has died at the age of 93. The longtime "60 Minutes" correspondent interviewed a variety of world leaders, polit...