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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... February 1932. Close examination showed him that while the bureau's re- porters each held a regular beat , the lines between them so overlapped that several of them might interview the same official independently and file dif- ferent ...
... February 1932. Close examination showed him that while the bureau's re- porters each held a regular beat , the lines between them so overlapped that several of them might interview the same official independently and file dif- ferent ...
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... February 13 , 1937 , after four years of trying , Krock formally interviewed President Roosevelt . He took no notes and instead rushed back to the Times bureau to reconstruct the talk from memory . Then he sent the text back to the ...
... February 13 , 1937 , after four years of trying , Krock formally interviewed President Roosevelt . He took no notes and instead rushed back to the Times bureau to reconstruct the talk from memory . Then he sent the text back to the ...
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... February 1944 the NNPA convened a conference in Wash- ington . Roosevelt , then running for his fourth term , invited thirteen NNPA editors and publishers to the White House . Three days later Harry McAlpin joined the rest of the White ...
... February 1944 the NNPA convened a conference in Wash- ington . Roosevelt , then running for his fourth term , invited thirteen NNPA editors and publishers to the White House . Three days later Harry McAlpin joined the rest of the White ...
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... February 4 , 1955 , and Lautier was approved by a margin of 377 to 281. Only one member resigned in protest . " My only reason for asking membership is to have access to the noted speakers at the club , " Lautier said . After being ...
... February 4 , 1955 , and Lautier was approved by a margin of 377 to 281. Only one member resigned in protest . " My only reason for asking membership is to have access to the noted speakers at the club , " Lautier said . After being ...
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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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