The Murrow Boys: Pioneers on the Front Lines of Broadcast Journalism
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| Rating | : | 4.14 (559 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0395877539 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 445 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-08-19 |
| Language | : | English |
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Brimming with personalities and anecdotal detail, it also serves up a sharp-eyed account of where the craft went wrong after the war, when vanity and commercialism increasingly intruded."This is history at its best," said Ted Anthony of AP News.. Murrow and his legendary band of CBS radio journalists - Charles Collingwood, Howard K. Publishers Weekly described The Murrow Boys as "a lively, colloquial history of broadcast journalism that is so exciting one's impulse is to read it in a single sitting." It t
Cloud, a former Washington bureau chief for Time, and his wife, Olson, former White House correspondent for the Baltimore Sun, have written a lively, colloquial history of broadcast journalism that is so exciting one's impulse is to read it in a single sitting. With the end of the war, we see "the boys" as they evolve in a changing America, resisting television (they all, at first, hated it); McCarthyism (Sevareid, Murrow and, especially, Collingwood would be fearless); hubris (Shirer became so arrogant he was fired); and the CBS corporate structure (William S. William L
How radio and TV news got started. A Customer Great book for news junkies, World War II buffs, and anyone who has ever gotten shafted on the job! The authors showed how these men made CBS the Tiffany network, and how it discarded every single one of them, including the great Ed Murrow. An insightful look at network news, and why there's not much depth to it. Interesting to see what went on "behind the scenes" with some of the most famous (and not familar) names in broadcast journalism. Not a boring chapter in the book!. Dennis Kieffer said If you are interested in early international news this is a great read.. This is the story of foreign correspondents starting in the late 19If you are interested in early international news this is a great read. This is the story of foreign correspondents starting in the late 1930's and through World War II. Edward R. Murrow got the team together in England and ran the foreign correspondents from there. Older readers will remember listening to some of these correspondents on the radio or television. Its a story of the experiences the correspondents went through being in a war torn environment including the front lines. Politics are part of the game they must play. If you are interested in early international news this is a great read.. 0's and through World War II. Edward R. Murrow got the team together in England and ran the foreign correspondents from there. Older readers will remember listening to some of these correspondents on the radio or television. Its a story of the experiences the correspondents went through being in a war torn environment including the front lines. Politics are part of the game they must play. If you are interested in early international news this is a great read.. Interesting stories It is aqmazing how many of this single Amazon Customer Interesting stories It is aqmazing how many of this single group went on to make their own names in the business.