The TV journalist helped turn the cable network into a powerhouse. By Alex Weprin Senior Editor Bernard Shaw, the venerable TV news anchor who helped turn CNN into a powerhouse, has died. He was 82.

Bernard Shaw, long regarded as the last neutral anchor in TV news, died Thursday at 82. Shaw, the son of a house painter and a housekeeper in Chicago, was shaped by his father's habit of bringing home ...

Bernard Shaw, an acclaimed reporter and former anchor for CNN, has died, his family said in a statement. He was 82. Shaw died Wednesday of pneumonia unrelated to COVID-19, according to their statement ...

Veteran newsman Bernard Shaw, CNN’s first chief anchor who was at the center of every major story covered by the network in its first two decades, has died. He was 82. Shaw died Wednesday of pneumonia ...

He was the first chief anchor for Cable News Network, today known simply as CNN, when it was launched by Ted Turner on June 1, 1980. His reporting ranged from the Tiananmen Square protests in Beijing ...

He gave a fledgling 24-hour cable network gravitas and journalistic heft. Bernard Shaw, the first D.C.-based prime-time anchor for fledgling CNN starting in 1980, has died at age 82. His family said ...

NEW YORK (WABC) -- I never went to journalism school and do not hold a journalism degree, yet I feel blessed to have received the best training possible from the best teacher. I always say I went to a ...

Bernard Shaw, who was CNN’s lead anchor for 20 years and distinguished the network’s coverage of such landmark events as the Gulf War, died Wednesday, the Warner Bros. Discovery-backed outlet ...

Bernard Shaw, CNN’s first chief anchor who was with the network for more than 20 years, has died at age 82 from pneumonia. Shaw’s death was unrelated to COVID-19, CNN confirmed. He is survived by his ...

Legendary news anchor and pioneer Bernard Shaw has died at the age of 82. He was CNN's first chief anchor when the channel launched and covered some of the biggest stories of his time. Judy Woodruff ...

The veteran newsman steered the network through major news stories spanning two decades Anna Lazarus Caplan is a writer-reporter for PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2022. Her work ...