Barbara Walters Tells Her Story
Barbara Walters began her broadcast career on NBC's Today, becoming the program's first female co-host in 1974. Douglas Hopper hide caption
The legendary journalist Barbara Walters reveals her own story in a new autobiography, Audition. She discusses her experience forging a career in an industry once dominated by men. Walters, who's been a mainstay on network television for more than three decades, explains how she's been able to land some of the most highly coveted interviews.
Walters also opens up about some very personal struggles. She talks about learning to accept her mentally disabled sister, and her admitted affair with Sen. Edward Brooke.