Reporting from the Front: The Media and the Military

by Judith Sylvester, Suzanne Huffman

Overview

During what some have called the "most televised war in history," did journalistic objectivity fall by the wayside? Were the experiences of embedded journalists in Iraq markedly different from reporters who went on their own? Reporting from the Front is a provocative look at media and the Iraq War—spanning issues from basic reporting and coverage to ethical dilemmas, personal safety, and training with the military. Featuring interviews with journalists such as Anne Garrels and Ivan Watson of NPR and Bob Schieffer and Byron Pitts of CBS, among others, Reporting from the Front offers personal insights from a wide range of correspondents, producers, editors, photojournalists, media managers, and military and defense officials about reporting on Iraq as well as on previous wars and other conflicts.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780742530607
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date:	10/30/2004
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	280
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.64(d)

About the Author

Judith Sylvester is associate professor at the Manship School of Mass Communication at Louisiana State University. Suzanne Huffman is associate professor of journalism and broadcast journalism sequence head at Texas Christian University.

Table of Contents

Part 1 Introduction
Part 2 Retrospective
Chapter 3 Walter Cronkite, CBS
Chapter 4 Bob Schieffer, CBS
Chapter 5 Joe Galloway, Knight Ridder Newspapers
Chapter 6 Louis A. Day, 199th Light Infantry Brigade
Chapter 7 Neal Conan, NPR
Part 8 Managing the War: The Military
Chapter 9 What Will We Do with 600 Journalists?
Chapter 10 Brian Whitman, Department of Defense
Chapter 11 Major Tim Blair, Department of Defense
Part 12 Managing the War: The Media
Chapter 13 Eason Jordon, CNN
Chapter 14 Bruce Conover, CNN
Chapter 15 Earl Casey, CNN
Chapter 16 Bruce Drake, NPR
Chapter 17 Leonard Apcar, NYTimes.com
Chapter 18 Maria C. Thomas, NPR Online
Chapter 19 Gerry Barker and Chris Kelley, Belo Interactive
Part 20 Visual Journalists
Chapter 21 Cheryl Diaz Meyer, The Dallas Morning News
Chapter 22 Jerome Delay, Associated Press
Chapter 23 Rich Johnson, Detroit Free Press
Part 24 Print Journalists
Chapter 25 Joseph Giordono, Stars and Stripes
Chapter 26 Jim Landers, The Dallas Morning News
Chapter 27 Ed Timms, The Dallas Morning News
Part 28 Television Journalists
Chapter 29 Sarah Dodd, KTVT-TV (CBS)
Chapter 30 Ken Kalthoff, KXAS-TV (NBC5)
Chapter 31 Richard Ray, KDFW-TV (FOX)
Chapter 32 Byron Harris, WFAA-TV (ABC)
Chapter 33 Byron Pitts, CBS
Chapter 34 Jim Axelrod, CBS
Chapter 35 Bill Owens, CBS/60 Minutes II
Part 36 Radio Journalists
Chapter 37 Ivan Watson, NPR
Chapter 38 Anne Garrels, NPR
Part 39 Competition and Complaints
Chapter 40 The 'Most' War
Part 41 Conclusion
Chapter 42 Embeds versus Unilaterals
Part 43 Appendixes

What People are Saying About This

Philip Seib

Reporting from the Front is an invaluable resource for all who study wartime journalism. Judith Sylvester and Suzanne Huffman do a fine reporting job themselves, presenting lesson-filled stories from those who cover the battlefield and those who manage the news.

Elliot Jaspin

Reporting from the Front provides a comprehensive and fascinating series of first-person, behind-the-scenes accounts of media coverage during the U.S. invasion of Iraq.

Editorial Reviews

Reporting from the Front provides a comprehensive and fascinating series of first-person, behind-the-scenes accounts of media coverage during the U.S. invasion of Iraq.

Elliot Jaspin

Reporting from the Front is an invaluable resource for all who study wartime journalism. Judith Sylvester and Suzanne Huffman do a fine reporting job themselves, presenting lesson-filled stories from those who cover the battlefield and those who manage the news.

Philip Seib

This is a very useful study of a different kind of war correspondent-one who works from the inside, raising both reporting opportunities, but also problems. The authors do a good job dealing with both.

Communication Booknotes Quarterly

Describing a different kind of war correspondent—one who does work from the inside—this useful study does a good job of raising issues about the opportunities and the problems inherent in this kind of reporting. Highly recommended.

Choice Reviews

Describing a different kind of war correspondent—one who does work from the inside—this useful study does a good job of raising issues about the opportunities and the problems inherent in this kind of reporting. Highly recommended.

Choice

Reporting from the Front provides a comprehensive and fascinating series of first-person, behind-the-scenes accounts of media coverage during the U.S. invasion of Iraq.--Elliot Jaspin, Cox Newspapers

Reporting from the Front is an invaluable resource for all who study wartime journalism. Judith Sylvester and Suzanne Huffman do a fine reporting job themselves, presenting lesson-filled stories from those who cover the battlefield and those who manage the news.--Philip Seib, University of Southern California

This is a very useful study of a different kind of war correspondent-one who works from the inside, raising both reporting opportunities, but also problems. The authors do a good job dealing with both.--Communication Booknotes Quarterly

From the Publisher

Describing a different kind of war correspondent—one who does work from the inside—this useful study does a good job of raising issues about the opportunities and the problems inherent in this kind of reporting. Highly recommended.

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