Charles McDowell Jr. (journalist)

Charles Rice McDowell Jr. (June 24, 1926 – November 5, 2010)[1] was a long-time political writer and nationally syndicated columnist for the Richmond Times-Dispatch and panelist on PBS-TV's Washington Week in Review. McDowell appeared in an interview in Ken Burns' documentary The Congress;[2] provided the character voice for Sam R. Watkins in Burns' documentary The Civil War;[3][4] and provided character voice as well as consultation for Burns' documentary Baseball.[5] McDowell was a Washington and Lee University alumnus and a member of Columbia's Graduate School of Journalism.[6]

  1. ^ Southall, Ashley (November 6, 2010). "Charles McDowell, 84, Commentator". The New York Times. p. D 8. ProQuest 1461145568. Retrieved December 10, 2020 – via ProQuest.
  2. ^ The Congress, retrieved August 13, 2020
  3. ^ "Watch the Civil War". PBS. Retrieved August 13, 2020.
  4. ^ Toledo Blade https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1350&dat=19900923&id=mXwUAAAAIBAJ&pg=6724,6415945. Retrieved August 13, 2020 – via Google News Archive. {{cite news}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)[dead link]
  5. ^ "Baseball . Film Credits". PBS. Archived from the original on January 29, 2020. Retrieved August 13, 2020.
  6. ^ "Harrison Kinney autobiography". Archived from the original on March 2, 2012. Retrieved December 30, 2009.