Martin Agronsky (1915 – 1999) was an American journalist and host of the television program Agronsky & Company.
Agronsky was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on January 12, 1915. He graduated from Rutgers University in New Brunswick, New Jersey, in 1936.
Agronsky became a reporter for the Palestine Post, precursor to today's Jerusalem Post, in 1936. In 1937 he left the newspaper to become a freelance journalist. During this period he covered t...
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Martin Agronsky (1915 – 1999) was an American journalist and host of the television program Agronsky & Company.
Agronsky was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on January 12, 1915. He graduated from Rutgers University in New Brunswick, New Jersey, in 1936.
Agronsky became a reporter for the Palestine Post, precursor to today's Jerusalem Post, in 1936. In 1937 he left the newspaper to become a freelance journalist. During this period he covered the Spanish Civil War of 1936-1939. In 1940 Agronsky became a foreign correspondent for NBC, providing coverage of World War II from Europe. In 1943 he became a Washington, D.C.-based correspondent for ABC. Returning to the United States from Europe after the war, he helped to pioneer television coverage of American political conventions in 1948. He also covered the hearings on purported communist infiltration of the United States chaired by Senator Joseph McCarthy. In 1957, he returned to NBC, again as a correspondent. He covered the trial of...
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