American Journalist: Getting the Story

by Donald A. Ritchie

Book Overview

In 60 essays, this volume profiles American journalists from colonial times to the present--reporters, editors, publishers, photographers, and broadcasters--whose careers reflected major developments in their profession and in the history of the United States. In a speech to Newsweek correspondents in 1963, publisher Philip Graham described journalism as "the first rough draft of history." These journalists confronted and helped to shape the discussion...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 019532837X
• ISBN13: 9780195328370
• Release Date: April 2007
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 7.0" x 10.0"