Journalists of the United States: Biographical Sketches of Print and Broadcast News Shapers from the Late 17th Century to the Present
by Robert Bingham Downs
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Hundreds of men and women who have shaped the news world throughout the course of U.S. history are in this book. Newspapers, magazines, books, radio and television are all covered. Also covered are illustrators, muckrakers, etiquette columnists, sports reporters, war correspondents, and others.Certain names stand out--Horace Greeley, Elizabeth Cochrane (Nellie Bly), Katharine Meyer Graham, William Randolph Hearst, Henry Luce, Samuel McClure, Benjamin Franklin, Joseph Pulitzer, Edward show more Morrow--but many lesser known figures are included. show lessTags
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- 070.92 — Computer science, information & general works News media, journalism & publishing Documentary media, educational media, news media; journalism; publishing Biography And History Biographies
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- PN4871 .D68 — Language and Literature Literature (General) Literature (General) Journalism. The periodical press, etc. By region or country
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