Ned Calmer

Calmer had a limited-run prime-time interview program, In the First Person in 1950, and he was the newsman on Good Morning in 1956–1957. He was also seen at times on CBS Views the Press, See It Now, and You Are There.

He was an actor, known for In the First Person (1949), Years of Crisis (1950) and Longines Chronoscope (1951).

Calmer was hired by Edward R. Murrow to work for CBS in 1940. He worked abroad and in the United States as a member of the war time news team known as Murrow's Boys. Other notable members include Charles Collingwood, William L. Shirer, Richard C. Hottelet and Larry LeSueur.

During his tenure at CBS Calmer also hosted the CBS World News Roundup. The radio show began on March 13, 1938 in response to growing tensions in Europe. It was originally hosted by veteran newsman Robert Trout and included short wave reports from London, Paris, Vienna, Rome and Berlin.

Calmer was an accomplished writer and novelist in addition to his journalistic career. His first novel, Beyond the Street, was published in 1934 by Little, Brown and Company. During his time in Paris, Calmer became a friend of Ernest Hemingway, who offered him advice on writing and also helped finance a trip back to the United States for Calmer and his wife and daughter. Calmer authored more than a dozen other books during his lifetime, including The Anchorman (1970), on the influence of television, and The Winds of Montauk (1980), a family story.

From 1927 Calmer worked for seven years at various European publications. Those included the Paris Tribune and the Paris Herald (the European editions of the Chicago Tribune and the New York Herald).

Ned Calmer was born on July 16, 1907 in Chicago, Illinois, USA.

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