How the Media Works
How did Jim Lehrer's "Newshour"
land the first TV interview with Drew Faust? (That I know of, anyway.)
Well, of course, the Newshour is a natural place for a substantive conversation.
But it doesn't hurt that Lehrer is close friends with Derek Bok: the two traveled to the Galapagos together, and to a friend's villa in Italy last fall. The trips were inspired by a book club Sissela Bok belongs to...