Michael Saltz

Michael Saltz, a winner of an Emmy and other awards, was a senior producer with PBS's The MacNeil/Lehrer Newshour. Beginning with its first iteration in 1974, he retired from The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer in 2009, months before it changed to the PBS NewsHour. In 40+ years in the industry, Saltz was involved in practically every area of TV public affairs as a producer, director, editor, and production manager. Nowadays, he spends his time writing, reading, and doing whatever retired people do at his home in upstate New York, accompanied by his wife and dog. Intermittently, he contributes op-ed columns to his local paper, The Hudson Register-Star. Down the Rabbit Hole, a collection of columns about the January 6th insurrection is available on Amazon.com. Also, he's a board member of School Life Media, an organization that teaches journalism - its practice and ethics - to children in the public school system.