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When David Westin became president of ABC News in March 1997, the division was treading water. "It looked like all the really important news was behind us," he writes. Hardly. For the next thirteen years, Westin would preside over ABC News during some of the most important and perplexing events in its history:• President Clinton's impeachment• The tied 2000 presidential election• The 9/11 attacks• Conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan• The swift boat smear campaign against Senator John KerryExit Interview is a behind-the-scenes look at Westin's tenure and the major news that marked it. He takes us inside the chaos of the newsroom--alongside major players such as Peter Jennings, Barbara Walters, Diane Sawyer, and Bob Woodruff--where what looks clear and certain from the outside is often mired in conflict and urgency.
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David Westin was President of ABC News from 1997 to 2010. He is the author of Exit Interview, which will be published in May 2012 by Sarah Crichton Books, an imprint of Farrar, Straus & Giroux. Exit Interview tells the story of what went on behind the scenes in covering events such as President Clinton's impeachment, the tie 2000 election, the 9/11 attacks, wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, and the economic crisis of 2008. During his time, ABC News earned 11 George Foster Peabody Awards, 13 Alfred I. DuPont Awards, five George Polk Awards, more than 40 News & Documentary Emmys, and more than 40 Edward R. Murrow AwardsHe now heads NewsRight, a for-profit company representing hundreds of news organizations licensing original news reporting for the Internet.
