Author: Stanley W. Cloud
Edition: 1ST
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin
Binding: Hardcover
ISBN: 0395680840
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The Murrow Boys: Pioneers on the Front Lines of Broadcast Journalism
In 1937, as World War II loomed, the task of forming a European news staff to cover the coming conflict for CBS radio fell to Edward R.The Murrow Boys review. Murrow. At a time when broadcast news was in its infancy, Murrow trained the talented and daring group of foreign correspondents - ten men and one woman - who came to be known as the Murrow Boys. As the war developed, these young pioneers of radio news had to teach themselves the business, and in the process they invented broadcast journalism. They won the admiration of the nation for their superb, often heroic coverage of the war and the postwar yearsRead full reviews of The Murrow Boys : Pioneers On The Front Lines Of Broadcast Journalism By....
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'A lively colloquial history of broadcast journalism that is so exciting one's impulse is to read it in a single sitting' ('Publishers Weekly'), 'The Murrow Boys' tells the swashbuckling tale of Edward R. Murrow and his legendary band of CBS radio journalists--Charles Collingwood, Howard K. Smith, William Shirer, Eric Sevareid, and others--who covered World War II from the front. 34 photos. Author: Cloud, Stanley W., Olson, Lynne ISBN-10: 0395877539
The Murrow Boys Pioneers of Broadcast Journalism 1 book ships 4 .99 2+ books 4 FREE! Up for bids is this soft cover version of The Murrow Boys: Pioneers on the Front Lines of Broadcast Journalism, which was written by Stanley Cloud and is in VERY GOOD condition (NOT an ex-library book; NO reminder marks; NO punch holes). Publishers Weekly described The Murrow Boys as "a lively, colloquial history of broadcast journalism that is so exciting one's impulse is to read it in a single sitting." It
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This is a bid for a 1996 edition hardcover book in great condition. The title is; "The Murrow Boys Pioneers on the Frontlines of Broadcast Journalism" by Cloud Olson. This book covers CBS Radio and how they reported WW II from Europe. The book starts with the German invasion of Austria and continues to the end of the war. CBS radio was ten men and a women and they reported from many different areas of Europe during the war. Some were at the French-German surrender ceremony in 1940, Omaha Beach
Houghton-Mifflin Co. Boston: 1996. Softcover. Good condition. A riveting entertaining exhilarating warts-and-all story concerning Edward R. Murrow and the men who worked with and for him. Includes an Index. ISBN: 0395680840.
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Murrow. At a time when broadcast news was in its infancy, Murrow trained the talented and daring group of foreign correspondents - ten men and one woman - who came to be known as the Murrow Boys. As the war developed, these young pioneers of radio news had to teach themselves the business, and in the process they invented broadcast journalism. They won the admiration of the nation for their superb, often heroic coverage of the war and the postwar years. But in the decades after World War II the Murrow Boys, and the form of journalism they practiced, fell victim to corporate pressures. By the end of their careers, they would see the Murrow tradition give way to the commercialism and sensationalism associated with broadcast news today. The Murrow Boys - a dramatic narrative that vividly portrays, in addition to Murrow, such giants of journalism as Eric S
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