[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 101 (Thursday, July 28, 1994)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
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              GABE PRESSMAN: A JOURNALIST FOR ALL SEASONS

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                         HON. CHARLES B. RANGEL

                              of new york

                    in the house of representatives

                        Thursday, July 28, 1994

  Mr. RANGEL. Mr. Speaker, I'd like to bring to your attention and to 
the attention of my colleagues here in the House, the story of one of 
the finest journalists ever to cover a story, walk a beat, and who 
helped pioneer broadcast journalism to what we know today. That TV 
newsman is none other than Gabe Pressman.
  Gabe Pressman is a true go-getter--that's his style. He helped to 
invent local broadcast journalism and was the first broadcaster in New 
York to take to the streets to cover stories. Pressman is one who still 
tries to make a good story out of complicated and controversial 
community issues.
  His journalism career really began in 1949, where after a 3-year 
stint in the Navy, followed by journalism school and freelancing in 
Europe as well as working in newsrooms around New York and New Jersey, 
Pressman began working in the city hall bureau of the New York World 
Telegram. In 1954, he began working for WRCA radio and WRCA-TV, which 
would later become WNBC and WNBC TV. As it happened, this would be 
Gabe's transition to television and this is where he would remain.
  If one were to describe Gabe Pressman, it would be said that he 
believes in hard news coverage--that news reporters should be known not 
only for their completeness, but for their credibility--that news 
reporters should genuinely care abut the city in which they cover and 
know it well and that no obstacle is ever too great in getting a news 
story. This is the Gabe Pressman that everyone knew--this is the Gabe 
Pressman that we know today.

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