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Elliot Kirschner

Biography

Elliot Kirschner

Elliot Kirschner is an Emmy Award–winning journalist and documentary filmmaker. After a career at CBS, producing for the "Evening News," "Sunday Morning" and "60 Minutes II," Kirschner joined his longtime collaborator Dan Rather as the senior producer for "Dan Rather Reports." He now develops film, television, digital, and social media projects. An honors graduate of Harvard College, Kirschner lives with his family in San Francisco, where he is building an innovative venture in science communication.

Elliot Kirschner

Books by Elliot Kirschner

What Unites Us: Reflections on Patriotism
by Dan Rather and Elliot Kirschner - Essays, Nonfiction, Political Science

With this collection of original essays, venerated journalist Dan Rather reminds us of the principles upon which the United States was founded. Looking at the freedoms that define us --- from the vote to the press; the values that have transformed us, from empathy to inclusion to service; the institutions that sustain us, such as public education; and the traits that helped form our young country, such as the audacity to take on daunting challenges in science and medicine --- Rather brings to bear his decades of experience on the frontlines of the world’s biggest stories. As a living witness to historical change, he offers up an intimate view of history, tracing where we have been in order to help us chart a way forward and heal our bitter divisions.