Joseph Wershba was born on August 19, 1920 in Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA. He was a producer, known for 60 Minutes (1968), Scandalize My Name: Stories from the Blacklist (1998) and Good Night, and Good Luck. (2005). He was married to Shirley Wershba. He died on May 14, 2011 in Manhasset, New York.
Graduated Brooklyn College (Brooklyn, New York, USA) 1941.
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Joe Wershba started at CBS in the late 1940s, working first on the radio and then moving over to television journalism. Joe worked with Edward R. Murrow on some of the most famous See It Now (1951) programs, including the courageous shows that challenged the tactics of Joseph McCarthy. He was one of the first producers assigned to work with Don Hewitt on 60 Minutes (1968), and has won at least 2 Emmys, but as Joe says, "If you're in the business long enough everybody wins awards."
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Recipient of highly prized Silurian award for country's oldest professional news society, for lifetime excellence in journalism. Reporter-columnist for New York Post, nominated for Pulitzer Prize for work on Lee Harvey Oswald Story, 1963.
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During the early 1960s, he was a writer for the New York Post and an occasional contributor to Forward.
Producer
Title
Year
Status
Character
60 Minutes
1976
TV Series documentary producer - 1 episode
CBS Reports
TV Series documentary producer - 2 episodes, 1964 - 1965 co-producer - 1 episode, 1964
See It Now
1951
TV Series documentary producer
Writer
Title
Year
Status
Character
CBS Reports
1965
TV Series documentary writer - 1 episode
Miscellaneous
Title
Year
Status
Character
Good Night, and Good Luck.
2005
consultant - as Joe Wershba
Thanks
Title
Year
Status
Character
Good Night, and Good Luck.
2005
the producers wish to thank - as Joe Wershba
Scandalize My Name: Stories from the Blacklist
1998
Documentary thanks
Self
Title
Year
Status
Character
Television in America: An Autobiography
2002
TV Series documentary
Himself
Scandalize My Name: Stories from the Blacklist
1998
Documentary
Himself (broadcast journalist)
American Masters
1990
TV Series documentary
Himself
See It Now
1952-1953
TV Series documentary
Himself
Archive Footage
Title
Year
Status
Character
I Know What I Saw
2009
TV Movie documentary
Himself - CBS Reporter, 1966
Known for movies
60 Minutes (1976) as Producer
Scandalize My Name: Stories from the Blacklist (1998) as Thanks
$400,000
