Reporters Who Made History: Great American Journalists on the Issues and Crises of the Late 20th Century

by Steven M. Hallock

Overview

This volume looks back at the last half of the 20th century through the work and reminiscences of ten of the era's preeminent jourbanalists.

Reporters Who Made History: Great American Jourbanalists on the Issues and Crises of the Late 20th Century looks at a series of extraordinary chapters in the American story through the eyes of ten giants of jourbanalism: Helen Thomas, Anthony Lewis, Morley Safer, Earl Caldwell, Ben Bradlee, Georgie Anne Geyer, Ellen Goodman, Juan Williams, David Broder, and Judy Woodruff.

Taking each of these jourbanalists in turban, Hallock focuses on his or her work in the course of a single decade, drawing on the author's interviews with the jourbanalist, archival research, memoirs, and critical studies. These exemplars of the best postwar American news reporting never took the easy path of simply restating policies and uncritically regurgitating press releases. Instead, their skeptical, independent, and searching methods of investigative and analytical jourbanalism actually influenced the course of the very events they covered and significantly shaped our understanding of our national past.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780313380266
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date:	11/25/2009
Pages:	332
Sales rank:	1,026,168
Product dimensions:	6.20(w) x 9.30(h) x 1.40(d)

About the Author

Steven M. Hallock PhD, is assistant professor of jourbanalism at Point Park University in Pittsburgh, PA.

Table of Contents

Foreword, Patrick S. Washburban
Preface
Acknowledgments
1 Onto the World Stage
2 The '50s of Anthony Lewis and Helen Thomas: Reds and Blacks and Peace
3 The '60s of Morley Safer and Earl Caldwell: War and Protests and Assassinations and Civil Rights
4 The '70s of Ben Bradlee and Georgie Anne Geyer: Scandal and Peace with Honor and Foreign Intrigue
5 The '80s of Juan Williams and Ellen Goodman: Reagan and Fallen Empire and Values
6 The '90s of David Broder and Judy Woodruff: Clinton and Monica and Political Divide
7 Like the Times, the Industry Is a-Changin'
Afterword
Index

What People are Saying About This

Bob Schieffer CBS News Chief Washington Correspondent

"Hallock gets some of our best reporters to reflect on the big stories they covered during the last half of the 20th Century.

The result: a raft of entertaining tales and valuable insight into the events that shaped modern America."

Bob Schieffer CBS News Chief Washington Correspondent

"Hallock gets some of our best reporters to reflect on the big stories they covered during the last half of the 20th Century.

The result: a raft of entertaining tales and valuable insight into the events that shaped modern America."

Alicia C. Shepard author of Woodward and Bernstein: Life in the Shadow of Watergate

"Hallock uses the fascinating reminisences of 10 journalism giants to give a compelling look at the last 50 years of journalism."

Bob SchiefferCBS News Chief Washington Correspondent

"Hallock gets some of our best reporters to reflect on the big stories they covered during the last half of the 20th Century.
The result: a raft of entertaining tales and valuable insight into the events that shaped modern America."

Alicia C. Shepard author of Woodward and Bernstein: Life in the Shadow of Watergate

"Hallock uses the fascinating reminisences of 10 journalism giants to give a compelling look at the last 50 years of journalism."

Editorial Reviews

Hallock (jourbanalism, Point Park U., Pittsburgh, PA) has some 30 years of experience in the newspaper business as an editor and writer. Exploring American jourbanalism from 1950 to 2000, he examines the work of ten giants of print, broadcast, and wire service jourbanalism, focusing on his/her work over the course of a single decade and the jourbanalist's reflections on that era: Anthony Lewis and Helen Thomas (1950s), Morley Safer and Earl Caldwell (1960s), Ben Bradlee and Georgie Anne Geyer (1970s), Juan Williams and Ellen Goodman (1980s), and David Broder and Judy Woodruff (1990s). Combining information from interviews with the jourbanalists conducted by the author, archival research, memoirs, and critical studies, the text is organized into chronological chapters forming a decade-by-decade history of American jourbanalism — and the country as a whole — during the second half of the 20th century.” —Reference & Research Book News

“"…eye-opening and fresh…The book's voices of optimism, coupled with a healthy dose of realism, should resonate with college instructors and their students.” —Jourbanalism History

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