Edward R. Murrow and the Birth of Broadcast Journalism
Published on 1. April 2004
Book
Hardback
192 pages
978-0-471-47753-2 (ISBN)
Description
Get it, read it, and pass it on.
?Bill Moyers
""Most Americans living today never heard Ed Murrow in a live broadcast. This book is for them I want them to know that broadcast journalism was established by someone with the highest standards. Tabloid crime stories, so much a part of the lust for ratings by today's news broadcasters, held no interest for Murrow. He did like Hollywood celebrities, but interviewed them for his entertainment programs; they had no place on his news programs. My book is focused on this life in journalism. I offer it in the hope that more people in and out of the news business will get to know Ed Murrow. Perhaps in time the descent from Murrow's principles can be reversed.""
?Bob Edwards
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Publishing group
Turner Publishing Company
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Cloth over boards
With dust jacket
Dimensions
Height: 222 mm
Width: 145 mm
Thickness: 14 mm
Weight
382 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-471-47753-2 (9780471477532)
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Other editions
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E-Book
12/2010
1st Edition
Wiley
€10.49
Available for download
Person
BOB EDWARDS has hosted NPR's "Morning Edition," the most popular program in all broadcast media, since its premiere in November 1979. In 1999, he and the program received a prestigious Peabody Award for "two hours of daily entertainment expertly helmed by a man who embodies the essence of excellence in radio." Also a recipient of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting's Edward R. Murrow Award, he is the author of "Fridays with Red," which chronicled his radio friendship with legendary sportscaster Red Barber.
Content
Acknowledgments. Introduction. 1. Roots. 2. Higher Ed. 3. Anschluss. 4. The Blitz. 5. Over Berlin. 6. Buchenwald. 7. Transition. 8. McCarthy. 9. See It Not. 10. USIA. Afterword. Bibliography. Index.