Not everyone holds the capability to excel in the journalism sector, considering the pressure and challenge that comes with it. Bill Moyers is someone rare who managed to create a name for himself by burning the midnight oil for years. His introduction would be incomplete without mentioning the fact that he was the ninth White House Press Secretary under the Johnson administration from 1965 to 1967. Similarly, he also worked as a network TV news commentator for ten years and remains well-known as a trenchant critic of the corporately structured U.S. news media. So, today we take you close to the personal life, net worth, and career of Bill Moyers.

Bill Moyers’ Whopping Net Worth

When it comes to finances and income, Bill Moyers enjoys a whopping net worth of $1 million as of 2020. With a millionaire status, he enjoys a lavishing lifestyle around all sorts of all modern-day amenities. Despite earning such a hefty salary, he always prioritized the objective of service above everything else. He bagged several awards and honorary degrees for his investigative journalism and civic activities, which undoubtedly helped him earn at a massive rate.

Bill Moyers in a black suit poses for a picture.
Bill Moyers owns a whopping net worth of $1 million. Source: Bill Moyers

Bill Moyers served as the 9th White House Press Secretary from July 8, 1965, to February 1, 1967, under the administration of Lyndon B. Johnson. Talking about Moyers’ journalism career, he served as the publisher for Long Island, New York, daily newspaper Newsday from 1967 to 1970. Later, he started working for PBS, where he hosted a news program called Bill Moyers Journal, which ran until 1981 with a hiatus from 1976 to 1977, and then again from 2007 to 2010.

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In 1976, he moved to CBS, where he worked as an editor and chief correspondent for CBS Reports until 1980. He pushed the ranks quite quickly by becoming the last senior news analyst and commentator for the CBS Evening News with Dan Rather from 1981 to 1986. Furthermore, he produced an interview series named ‘A World of Ideas’ and a 11-part documentary named ‘In Search of the Constitution.’ In August 2011, he announced a new hour-long weekly interview show, ‘Moyers & Company,’ which premiered January 2012.

Bill Moyers’ Early Life

Talking about the early life of Bill Moyers, he was born in Hugo in Choctaw County in southeastern Oklahoma. He is the son of a laborer, John Henry Moyers, and Ruby Johnson Moyers. He spent his entire childhood in Marshall, Texas. Surprisingly, he began his journalism career at the mere age of 16 as a cub reporter at the Marshall News Messenger in Marshall in East Texas.

Bill Moyers caught in the camera while smiling.
Bill Moyers served is known as trenchant critic of the corporately structured U.S. news media. Source: Wikipedia

For education, he studied journalism at the North Texas State College in Denton, Texas. In 1954, US Senator Lyndon B. Johnson handed him the internship opportunity to manage his personal mail. Soon after, Moyers transferred to the University of Texas at Austin, from where he completed his graduation with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Journalism. While in Austin itself, he wrote for The Daily Texas newspaper and became the assistant news editor for KTBC radio and television stations, owned by Lady Bird Johnson.

Bill Moyers’ Blissful Married Life

While Bill Moyers remains extremely vocal about his professional endeavors, he prefers to keep a low-profile of his love life. Despite his attempts to keep his personal life as the details, he couldn’t hide the fact that he is married to longtime lover Judith Suzanne Davidson. He tied the knot with his wife on December 18, 1954. In 2020, the love birds celebrate their 65th marriage anniversary and they couldn’t be happier.

Bill Moyers poses with his wife Judith Suzanne Davidson.
Bill Moyers and his wife Judith Suzanne Davidson tied the knot in 1954. Source: Pinterest

Moyers and his longtime wife share three adorable children, including the CNN producer son, William Cope Moyers. Surprisingly, William struggled with alcoholism and crack addiction, which he described in the book ‘Broken: My Story of Addiction and Redemption.’ Bill’s other son, John Moyers helped the foundation of TomPaine.com. The veteran journalist currently lives in Bernardsville, New Jersey.

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