Reporting from Washington: The History of the Washington Press CorpsOxford University Press, 15. mar. 2005 - 432 síður Donald Ritchie offers a vibrant chronicle of news coverage in our nation's capital, from the early days of radio and print reporting and the heyday of the wire services to the brave new world of the Internet. Beginning with 1932, when a newly elected FDR energized the sleepy capital, Ritchie highlights the dramatic changes in journalism that have occurred in the last seven decades. We meet legendary columnists--including Walter Lippmann, Joseph Alsop, and Drew Pearson --as well as the great investigative reporters, from Paul Y. Anderson to the two green Washington Post reporters who launched the political story of the decade--Woodward and Bernstein. We read of the rise of radio news--fought tooth and nail by the print barons--and of such pioneers as Edward R. Murrow, H. V. Kaltenborn, and Elmer Davis. Ritchie also offers a vivid history of TV news, from the early days of Meet the Press, to Huntley and Brinkley and Walter Cronkite, to the cable revolution led by C-SPAN and CNN. In addition, he compares political news on the Internet to the alternative press of the '60s and '70s; describes how black reporters slowly broke into the white press corps (helped mightily by FDR's White House); discusses path-breaking woman reporters such as Sarah McClendon and Helen Thomas, and much more. From Walter Winchell to Matt Drudge, the people who cover Washington politics are among the most colorful and influential in American news. Reporting from Washington offers an unforgettable portrait of these figures as well as of the dramatic changes in American journalism in the twentieth century. |
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... Robert Port, who headed an investigative team for the Associated Press,"and I'm not ashamed to acknowledge that I make moral judgments as an investigative reporter.” Thomas Winship, who served as a Washington correspondent and bureau ...
... Robert Port, who headed an investigative team for the Associated Press,"and I'm not ashamed to acknowledge that I make moral judgments as an investigative reporter.” Thomas Winship, who served as a Washington correspondent and bureau ...
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... Robert R. McCormick. Its news columns advocated McCormick's views, and his hates became the Tribune's. The low rating of its Washington bureau reflected the staff's excessive deference to their publisher rather than the quality of their ...
... Robert R. McCormick. Its news columns advocated McCormick's views, and his hates became the Tribune's. The low rating of its Washington bureau reflected the staff's excessive deference to their publisher rather than the quality of their ...
Síða 11
... Robert Worth Bingham.” Moving to New York, first as a publicity agent for the Motion Picture Producers and Distributors, Krock joined the editorial staff of the New York World, headed by Walter Lippmann. On almost every issue, Krock ...
... Robert Worth Bingham.” Moving to New York, first as a publicity agent for the Motion Picture Producers and Distributors, Krock joined the editorial staff of the New York World, headed by Walter Lippmann. On almost every issue, Krock ...
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... Robert Wagner of New York. At his next press conference, Roosevelt feigned ignorance, saying that all he knew was what he read in the Times. Two weeks later, the administration publicly proposed the National Industrial Recovery Act. On ...
... Robert Wagner of New York. At his next press conference, Roosevelt feigned ignorance, saying that all he knew was what he read in the Times. Two weeks later, the administration publicly proposed the National Industrial Recovery Act. On ...
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... Robert Worth Bingham (the same man who had years earlier forced Krock out of his editorship in Louisville) lay dying in a hospital. Convinced that Krock was cultivating Kennedy to run for president, Roosevelt warned his new ambassador ...
... Robert Worth Bingham (the same man who had years earlier forced Krock out of his editorship in Louisville) lay dying in a hospital. Convinced that Krock was cultivating Kennedy to run for president, Roosevelt warned his new ambassador ...
Efni
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3 Radio Voices | 47 |
4 The Friends of Joe McCarthy | 70 |
5 News Center of the World | 92 |
The Wire Services | 111 |
7 The Business of Being Opinionated | 133 |
9 The Cameras Eye | 183 |
10 Washington Deceit | 218 |
11 Company Town Papers | 241 |
12 Anyone with a Modem | 270 |
Washington DC 2001 | 290 |
A Note on Sources | 303 |
Notes | 309 |
Index | 375 |
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Reporting from Washington: The History of the Washington Press Corps Donald A. Ritchie Takmarkað sýnishorn - 2005 |
Reporting from Washington: The History of the Washington Press Corps Donald A. Ritchie Takmarkað sýnishorn - 2005 |
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