Ned Calmer, Reporter on Murrow’s ‘See It Now’

Ned Calmer, an author and television and radio news correspondent who was a reporter on Edward R. Murrow’s “See It Now” documentaries in the 1950s, is dead.

The New York Times reported that he was 78 and died last Sunday in a New York City hospital. The cause of death was not disclosed.

Calmer, whose 11 books included four novels about World War II, was working in Europe for CBS in 1940 when he joined a London-based radio news team that included Murrow, Winston Burdett, Charles Collingwood and Richard C. Hottelet.

He stayed with CBS after the war and covered the founding of the United Nations in San Francisco before moving to Rome for CBS in 1950. Soon after, he became host for “In the First Person,” an early TV interview show, before joining Murrow on “See It Now” in 1952. He also was seen on Walter Cronkite’s acclaimed documentary series, “You Are There” and “CBS Views the Press,” before retiring in 1967 to devote more time to his books.