Mike Wallace (1918-2012) on interviewing the Ayatollah
We wanted to honor the life and career of journalist Myron “Mike” Wallace (1918-2012). Two tapes in our archive feature Wallace telling the story of one of the defining moments of his career: his interview with the Ayatollah Khomeini during the Iran hostage crisis. One of the tapes is a 1985 program by camcorder pioneer and video artist Skip Blumberg called “Interviews with Interviewers… About Interviewing” (also featuring interviews with Susan Stamberg, Studs Terkel, and Barbara Walters). The other is […]
