Edward R. Murrow and the birth of broadcast journalism / Bob Edwards.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Edwards, Bob, 1947-2024.

Series:

Turning points (John Wiley & Sons)

Turning points

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Murrow, Edward R., 1908-1965.

Murrow, Edward R.

Journalists--United States--Biography.

Journalists.

United States.

Genre:

Biographies.

Physical Description:

xiii, 174 pages ; 21 cm.

Place of Publication:

Hoboken, N.J. : Wiley, [2004]

Summary:

Edwards presents a short popular history of how the creation of broadcast journalism--when Edward R. Murrow broadcast live from rooftops and streets of London under siege during the Battle of Britain--changed the way news was reported, how people in their homes saw war and other breaking events up close for the first time, and how the high standard of journalism Murrow created has evolved.

Contents:

1. Roots 11

2. Higher Ed 19

3. Anschluss 29

4. The Blitz 43

5. Over Berlin 61

6. Buchenwald 79

7. Transition 93

8. McCarthy 105

9. See It Not 125

10. USIA 145.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 167-168) and index.

ISBN:

0471477532

OCLC:

53138579

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