He began his career working for
Stars and Stripes while serving in the
Korean War, before going on to work for the
City News Service in LA. Noyes worked at
CBS2 from 1961 to 1972. He was an inspiration for the television character
Lou Grant. In 1975 he and
Dick Carlson were recipients of the
Peabody Award for their reporting on the fraudulent practices of
G. Elizabeth Carmichael. After he retired from news he published a number of books. In 2008
The Real L.A. Confidential was released, it detailed some of Los Angeles' most infamous crimes. He was also a long-term member of the board of the
8-Ball Emergency Fund for Journalists, which provides grants to journalists. ==Bibliography==