Jim Lehrer Makes Room for Dual-Anchor Format at ‘NewsHour’

PBS changing show’s format to preserve it.

For the first time since Gerald Ford was president, Jim Lehrer will not have his name on next week’s PBS newscast.

He is giving up television’s biggest perk, making way for a dual-anchor format with a rotating set of correspondents that will change the look and feel of one of the capital’s most enduring journalistic institutions.

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