Bill Moyers, the legendary journalist and a longtime member of the extended PBS family, died Thursday at the age of 91. Moyers was perhaps best known for his long-running programs and documentaries he produced, included the weekly Bill Moyers Journal and the documentary series Joseph Campbell and the Power of Myth, which drew 30 million viewers.
Moyers’ career ranged from youthful Baptist minister to deputy director of the Peace Corps, to President Lyndon B. Johnson’s press secretary to newspaper publisher, senior news analyst for The CBS Evening News and chief correspondent for CBS Reports. But it was for PBS that Moyers produced some of TV’s most cerebral and provocative series.
He was a unique voice of our times that resonated with multiple generations. The Museum of Broadcast Communications calls Moyers “one of the few broadcast journalists who might be said to approach the stature of Edward R. Murrow. If Murrow founded broadcast journalism, Moyers significantly extended its traditions.”
Watch broadcasts that Moyers produced for public television in The Bill Moyers Collection of the American Archive of Public Broadcasting.
The 2025 Emmy-winning FRONTLINE: Two American Families, 1991-2024, for which Moyers was the correspondent, is streaming now on the PBS app, FRONTLINE’s website, and on YouTube.
