Walter's perspective : a memoir of fifty years in Chicago tv news / Walter Jacobson ; with a foreword by Bill Kurtis.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Jacobson, Walter, 1937-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Television journalists--Illinois--Chicago--Biography.

Television journalists.

Journalists--Illinois--Chicago--Biography.

Journalists.

Jacobson, Walter, 1937-.

Jacobson, Walter.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (216 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Carbondale : Southern Illinois University Press, 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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 1950's 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 contro

Contents:

Once a Cubs fan

I'm a legman

The city news bureau, Queen Elizabeth, and me

Jacobson vs. Royko

New to tv: from JFK to Muhammad Ali

The first Mayor Daley

My mouth runneth over

From reporter to commentator

From commentator to anchor!

Heat from Jesse Jackson

Madame mayor

Bill Kurtis and the golden age of tv news

Brown and Williamson vs. Walter Jacobson

A new mayor, a controversial minister, and an old nemesis

Council wars and newsroom woes

Another Mayor Daley and another tv station

Blago, Barack, and my orchestrated exit

Good-bye to Fox

The ups and downs of celebrity

Yanked from retirement

Epilogue.

Notes:

Includes index.

ISBN:

1-283-58884-6

9786613901293

0-8093-3113-6

OCLC:

856870458