Richard Gerard Valeriani

Background

Valeriani, Richard Gerard was born on August 29, 1932 in Camden, New Jersey, United States. Son of Nicholas and Christine (Camerota) Valeriani.

Education

Bachelor, Yale University, 1953. Postgraduate, University Pavia, Italy, 1954. Postgraduate, University Barcelona, Spain, 1954.

Career

He previously covered the Civil Rights Movement for the network and was seriously injured when hit in the head with an ax handle at a demonstration in Marion, Alabama in 1965 in which Jimmie Lee Jackson was shot and killed by Alabama State Trooper James Bonard Fowler. In July 1962, he interviewed Marion King, the wife of Slater King, who had been beaten by policemen in Camilla, Georgia while trying to take clothes to jailed civil rights protesters from Albany, Georgia. Valeriani portrayed himself as a reporter for Cable News Network from the deck of the French aircraft carrier Foch in the 1995 film Crimson Tide, providing the opening newscast which sets up the plot.

As a participant in the events portrayed in the 2015 movie Selma, Valeriani considered the film excellent and substantially accurate in presenting the role of media such as Roy Reed of The New York Times, but found the role of television underplayed.

Achievements

• Richard Gerard Valeriani has been listed as a noteworthy news broadcaster by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

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• book

  • Travels With Henry
  • Travels With Henry by Richard Gerard Valeriani (1979-04-02)

Membership

With Army of the United States, 1955-1956. Member Elihu Society.

Connections

Married Kathie Berlin, April 20, 1980. 1 child, Kimberly.

Father:

Nicholas Valeriani

Mother:

Christine (Camerota) Valeriani

Spouse:

Kathie Berlin

child:

Kimberly Valeriani