Mike Walter

About Mike Walter

Mike Walter is general news anchor for CCTV America and was for six years the morning anchor at WUSA, Washington, D.C.’s CBS station. He is the writer and director of the documentary film “Breaking News, Breaking Down,” about emotional responses journalists have to covering stories involving trauma and violence.

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How to Do an Interview—When Trauma Is the Topic

By Karen Brown, Mike Walter and Ruth Teichroeb• Features• December 15, 2009

‘It’s just a totally different landscape when dealing with someone who’s been traumatized. They don’t know the rules, and what’s so essential in these interviews is to give the person choices about a whole host of things …’ Read more

Tears Are Part of Telling the Story

By Mike Walter• Features• December 15, 2009

‘That day in the bedroom Gary asked the questions; he fought the urge to cry. He did his job.’ Read more