Jim Lehrer Stepping Down From PBS Newshour Anchor Role

Posted on May 12, 2011

Jim Lehrer announced that effective June 6 he will end his 36 years of anchoring or co-anchoring the PBS Newshour. Lehrer will still appear on many Friday evenings to moderate the weekly analysis of Shields and Brooks; syndicated columnist Mark Shields and New York Times columnist David Brooks.

Lehrer says, "I have been laboring in the glories of daily journalism for 52 years ... 36 of them here at the Newshour and its earlier incarnations ... and there comes a time to step aside from the daily process, and that time has arrived."

You can find a video of Lehrer's announcement here.