Friendly, Fred W (1916-1998)

US television producer and broadcast journalist, who helped develop the television documentary format. He worked with Edward R Murrow on See It Now (1951-58) and produced CBS Reports (1958-64). He resigned as CBS News president in 1966 when the network refused to air Senate hearings on Vietnam, going on to produce various television specials and series on public affairs. In 1981 he took up a post as journalism professor at Columbia University. He was born in Providence, Rhode Island.