FOG BLOG TV NEWS LOG: AFTER 55 YEARS , NBC'S TOM BROKAW TO RETIRE:

TOM BROKAW WHO HAS WORKED IN TV JOURNALISM FOR 55 YEARS AND WHO TURNS 81 IN FEBRUARY IS SET TO RETIRE.......Brokaw, who turns 81 next month, announced last week that he's retiring from NBC News, where he worked for 55 years. He said he's been overwhelmed and heartened by the outpouring of good wishes from colleagues and people who watched him on TV for many of those years.......He's been away from the power centers himself, and hasn't been to New York since before the onset of the coronavirus pandemic. He has split time between homes in Montana and Florida.

His advice to the industry he's leaving behind has nothing to do with the sort of they-don't-make-'em-like-they-used-to criticism you might get from older people in any business. Brokaw said he's impressed with the work of young journalists at NBC News and elsewhere, and is invested in seeing them succeed.

He believes a reorientation can take place without a significant outlay of money for an industry that has seen a two-decade decline in local news coverage.