
Walter's Perspective
A Memoir of Fifty Years in Chicago TV News
Walter Jacobson(Author)
Southern Illinois University Press
Will be published approx. on 30. September 2017
Book
Paperback/Softback
216 pages
978-0-8093-3618-0 (ISBN)
Description
Walter Jacobson's highly readable book Walter's Perspective: A Memoir of Fifty Years in Chicago TV News provides a unique glimpse into the rough-and-tumble Chicago news business as seen through the eyes of one of its legendary players. From his first news job working as a legman for Daily News columnist Jack Mabley in the 1950s to his later role as a news anchor and political commentator at CBS-owned WBBM, Jacobson battled along the front lines of an industry undergoing dramatic changes. While it is ultimately Jacobson's story, a memoir of a long and distinguished (and sometimes highly controversial) career, it is also an insider's account of the inner workings of Chicago television news, including the ratings games, the process of defining news and choosing stories, the media's power and its failures, and the meddling by corporate and network executives.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Carbondale
United States
Illustrations
28 illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 16 mm
Weight
360 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-8093-3618-0 (9780809336180)
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