William (Bill) Moyers (born
June 6,
1934) is an
American journalist.
He was born in Hugo, Oklahoma and was raised in Texas. Moyers began his journalism career at age 16 as a cub reporter[?] at the Marshall News Messenger in Marshall, Texas. He and his wife, Judith Davidson Moyers[?], have three grown children.
During the
Kennedy Administration[?], Moyers was appointed as Deputy Director of the
Peace Corps (1961–63). When Johnson took office after the
Kennedy assassination[?], Moyers became special Assistant to
President Johnson[?] and also served as Johnson's press secretary from 1965 to 1967.
Best known for his work as a journalist, Moyers served as
publisher for the
Long Island, New York daily
Newsday from 1967–70. In 1986, Moyers and his wife Judith Davidson formed Public Affairs Television. One of their first productions was the popular
PBS series
Joseph Campbell and the Power of Myth (1988).