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The Washington Reporters

Author : Stephen Hess
Publisher : Brookings Institution Press
ISBN 13 : 0815719973
Total Pages : 189 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (157 download)

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Download or read book The Washington Reporters written by Stephen Hess and published by Brookings Institution Press. This book was released on 2010-12-01 with total page 189 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the vast literature on the way democratic governments work, the role of the press is often overlooked. Yet the press, no less than the formal branches of government, is a public policy institution and deserves to be included in explanations of the governmental process. In The Washington Reporters, Stephen Hess focuses on those who cover the U.S. government for the American commercial news media. His book is based on interviews with reporters and editors and on responses to questionnaires from nearly half of the over 1,200 American reporters in Washington. Analysis of these responses and comparison with the content and placement of over 2,000 of these reporters' news stories permit an unusual—and sometimes startling—perspective on Washington newswork. Mr. Hess demonstrates, for instance, how information in the news regularly comes from the legislative branch of the government, despite the greater number of stories on the presidency; and he shows that Washington news dominates the front pages of daily newspapers across the country, no matter how little may be going on in the nation's capital. The author concludes that "Washington news gathering fragments [media] power, while at the same time it shifts decisions on what is news and how it should be covered to the reporters." The import of this impression is that "reporters are not simply passing along information; they are choosing, within certain limits, what most people will know about government. The freedom given and assumed by these news workers affects the shape of national affairs."

Whatever Happened to the Washington Reporters, 1978-2012

Author : Stephen Hess
Publisher : Brookings Institution Press
ISBN 13 : 0815723881
Total Pages : 244 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (157 download)

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Download or read book Whatever Happened to the Washington Reporters, 1978-2012 written by Stephen Hess and published by Brookings Institution Press. This book was released on 2012-08-12 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Whatever Happened to the Washington Reporters, 1978–2012, is the first book to comprehensively examine career patterns in American journalism. In 1978 Brookings Senior Fellow Stephen Hess surveyed 450 journalists who were covering national government for U.S. commercial news organizations. His study became the award-winning The Washington Reporters (Brookings, 1981), the first volume in his Newswork series. Now, a generation later, Hess and his team from Brookings and the George Washington University have tracked down 90 percent of the original group, interviewing 283, some as far afield as France, England, Italy, and Australia. What happened to the reporters within their organizations? Did they change jobs? Move from reporter to editor or producer? Jump from one type of medium to another—from print to TV? Did they remain in Washington or go somewhere else? Which ones left journalism? Why? Where did they go? A few of them have become quite famous, including television correspondents Ted Koppel, Sam Donaldson, Brit Hume, Carole Simpson, Judy Woodruff, and Marvin Kalb; some have become editors or publishers of the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Chicago Tribune, Miami Herald, or Baltimore Sun; some have had substantial careers outside of journalism. Most, however, did not become household names. The book is designed as a series of self-contained essays, each concentrating on one characteristic, such as age, gender, or place of employment, including newspapers, television networks, wire services, and niche publications. The reporters speak for themselves. When all of these lively portraits are analyzed—one by one—the results are surprisingly different from what journalists and sociologists in 1978 had predicted.

The Washington Reporters

Author : Stephen Hess
Publisher : Brookings Inst Press
ISBN 13 : 9780815735946
Total Pages : 174 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (359 download)

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Download or read book The Washington Reporters written by Stephen Hess and published by Brookings Inst Press. This book was released on 1981 with total page 174 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Washington Correspondents

Author : Leo Rosten
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 472 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book The Washington Correspondents written by Leo Rosten and published by . This book was released on 1974 with total page 472 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Reporting from Washington

Author : Donald A. Ritchie
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0195346327
Total Pages : 429 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (953 download)

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Download or read book Reporting from Washington written by Donald A. Ritchie and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2005-03-15 with total page 429 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Donald Ritchie offers a vibrant chronicle of news coverage in our nation's capital, from the early days of radio and print reporting and the heyday of the wire services to the brave new world of the Internet. Beginning with 1932, when a newly elected FDR energized the sleepy capital, Ritchie highlights the dramatic changes in journalism that have occurred in the last seven decades. We meet legendary columnists--including Walter Lippmann, Joseph Alsop, and Drew Pearson --as well as the great investigative reporters, from Paul Y. Anderson to the two green Washington Post reporters who launched the political story of the decade--Woodward and Bernstein. We read of the rise of radio news--fought tooth and nail by the print barons--and of such pioneers as Edward R. Murrow, H. V. Kaltenborn, and Elmer Davis. Ritchie also offers a vivid history of TV news, from the early days of Meet the Press, to Huntley and Brinkley and Walter Cronkite, to the cable revolution led by C-SPAN and CNN. In addition, he compares political news on the Internet to the alternative press of the '60s and '70s; describes how black reporters slowly broke into the white press corps (helped mightily by FDR's White House); discusses path-breaking woman reporters such as Sarah McClendon and Helen Thomas, and much more. From Walter Winchell to Matt Drudge, the people who cover Washington politics are among the most colorful and influential in American news. Reporting from Washington offers an unforgettable portrait of these figures as well as of the dramatic changes in American journalism in the twentieth century.

Diary of a Misfit

Author : Casey Parks
Publisher : Vintage
ISBN 13 : 0593081102
Total Pages : 369 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (93 download)

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Download or read book Diary of a Misfit written by Casey Parks and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2023-09-26 with total page 369 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Part memoir, part sweeping journalistic saga: As Casey Parks follows the mystery of a stranger's past, she is forced to reckon with her own sexuality, her fraught Southern identity, her tortured yet loving relationship with her mother, and the complicated role of faith in her life. "Most moving is Parks’s depiction of a queer lineage, her assertion of an ancestry of outcasts, a tapestry of fellow misfits into which the marginalized will always, for better or worse, fit." —The New York Times Book Review When Casey Parks came out as a lesbian in college back in 2002, she assumed her life in the South was over. Her mother shunned her, and her pastor asked God to kill her. But then Parks's grandmother, a stern conservative who grew up picking cotton, pulled her aside and revealed a startling secret. "I grew up across the street from a woman who lived as a man," and then implored Casey to find out what happened to him. Diary of a Misfit is the story of Parks's life-changing journey to unravel the mystery of Roy Hudgins, the small-town country singer from grandmother’s youth, all the while confronting ghosts of her own. For ten years, Parks traveled back to rural Louisiana and knocked on strangers’ doors, dug through nursing home records, and doggedly searched for Roy’s own diaries, trying to uncover what Roy was like as a person—what he felt; what he thought; and how he grappled with his sense of otherness. With an enormous heart and an unstinting sense of vulnerability, Parks writes about finding oneself through someone else’s story, and about forging connections across the gulfs that divide us.

Trailblazer

Author : Dorothy Butler Gilliam
Publisher : Center Street
ISBN 13 : 154608343X
Total Pages : 383 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (46 download)

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Download or read book Trailblazer written by Dorothy Butler Gilliam and published by Center Street. This book was released on 2019-01-08 with total page 383 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dorothy Butler Gilliam, whose 50-year-career as a journalist put her in the forefront of the fight for social justice, offers a comprehensive view of racial relations and the media in the U.S. Most civil rights victories are achieved behind the scenes, and this riveting, beautifully written memoir by a "black first" looks back with searing insight on the decades of struggle, friendship, courage, humor and savvy that secured what seems commonplace today-people of color working in mainstream media. Told with a pioneering newspaper writer's charm and skill, Gilliam's full, fascinating life weaves her personal and professional experiences and media history into an engrossing tapestry. When we read about the death of her father and other formative events of her life, we glimpse the crippling impact of the segregated South before the civil rights movement when slavery's legacy still felt astonishingly close. We root for her as a wife, mother, and ambitious professional as she seizes once-in-a-lifetime opportunities never meant for a "dark-skinned woman" and builds a distinguished career. We gain a comprehensive view of how the media, especially newspapers, affected the movement for equal rights in this country. And in this humble, moving memoir, we see how an innovative and respected journalist and working mother helped provide opportunities for others. With the distinct voice of one who has worked for and witnessed immense progress and overcome heart-wrenching setbacks, this book covers a wide swath of media history -- from the era of game-changing Negro newspapers like the Chicago Defender to the civil rights movement, feminism, and our current imperfect diversity. This timely memoir, which reflects the tradition of boot-strapping African American storytelling from the South, is a smart, contemporary consideration of the media.

Chasing History

Author : Carl Bernstein
Publisher : Henry Holt and Company
ISBN 13 : 1627791515
Total Pages : 272 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (277 download)

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Download or read book Chasing History written by Carl Bernstein and published by Henry Holt and Company. This book was released on 2022-01-11 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A New York Times bestseller In this triumphant memoir, Carl Bernstein, the Pulitzer Prize-winning coauthor of All the President’s Men and pioneer of investigative journalism, recalls his beginnings as an audacious teenage newspaper reporter in the nation’s capital—a winning tale of scrapes, gumshoeing, and American bedlam. In 1960, Bernstein was just a sixteen-year-old at considerable risk of failing to graduate high school. Inquisitive, self-taught—and, yes, truant—Bernstein landed a job as a copyboy at the Evening Star, the afternoon paper in Washington. By nineteen, he was a reporter there. In Chasing History: A Kid in the Newsroom, Bernstein recalls the origins of his storied journalistic career as he chronicles the Kennedy era, the swelling civil rights movement, and a slew of grisly crimes. He spins a buoyant, frenetic account of educating himself in what Bob Woodward describes as “the genius of perpetual engagement.” Funny and exhilarating, poignant and frank, Chasing History is an extraordinary memoir of life on the cusp of adulthood for a determined young man with a dogged commitment to the truth.

Reporter

Author : Seymour M. Hersh
Publisher : Vintage
ISBN 13 : 0525521585
Total Pages : 368 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (255 download)

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Download or read book Reporter written by Seymour M. Hersh and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2018-06-05 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Reporter is just wonderful. Truly a great life, and what shines out of the book, amid the low cunning and tireless legwork, is Hersh's warmth and humanity. This book is essential reading for every journalist and aspiring journalist the world over." —John le Carré From the Pulitzer Prize-winning, best-selling author and preeminent investigative journalist of our time—a heartfelt, hugely revealing memoir of a decades-long career breaking some of the most impactful stories of the last half-century, from Washington to Vietnam to the Middle East. Seymour Hersh's fearless reporting has earned him fame, front-page bylines in virtually every major newspaper in the free world, honors galore, and no small amount of controversy. Now in this memoir he describes what drove him and how he worked as an independent outsider, even at the nation's most prestigious publications. He tells the stories behind the stories—riveting in their own right—as he chases leads, cultivates sources, and grapples with the weight of what he uncovers, daring to challenge official narratives handed down from the powers that be. In telling these stories, Hersh divulges previously unreported information about some of his biggest scoops, including the My Lai massacre and the horrors at Abu Ghraib. There are also illuminating recollections of some of the giants of American politics and journalism: Ben Bradlee, A. M. Rosenthal, David Remnick, and Henry Kissinger among them. This is essential reading on the power of the printed word at a time when good journalism is under fire as never before.

Inside the Beltway

Author : Donald Campbell
Publisher : Wiley-Blackwell
ISBN 13 : 9780813814940
Total Pages : 233 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (149 download)

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Download or read book Inside the Beltway written by Donald Campbell and published by Wiley-Blackwell. This book was released on 2003-02-17 with total page 233 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first edition of this book was an indispensable guide to covering the Washington news beat and became a genuine classic in the political reporting arena. The new second edition of Inside the Beltway expands, revises and updates the original to make it an even more essential tool for Washington journalists as well as a timely textbook for college-level public affairs reporting courses. New to this volume is a chapter that explores the press-government relationship, and how the Internet and cable television have altered this relationship. Chapters focusing on regional reporting and on the foreign correspondent in Washington are also new, along with a complete revision of the resource chapter, chock-full of Internet and website listings. Newly acquired interviews with dozens of practicing reporters and editors form the heart of the book. These interesting dialogues help the reader make sense of the political and bureaucratic maze of the nation’s capital. D.C.-based journalists, reporters outside Washington interested in winning promotion to the Washington bureau, government public information officers, journalism students and professors everywhere– all will benefit from the insight, guidance, and step-by-step strategies of Inside the Beltway: A Guide to Washington Reporting, 2nd Edition

Washington Correspondents Past and Present

Author : Ralph M. McKenzie
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 120 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (31 download)

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Download or read book Washington Correspondents Past and Present written by Ralph M. McKenzie and published by . This book was released on 1903 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Will the Last Reporter Please Turn Out the Lights

Author : Robert W. McChesney
Publisher : The New Press
ISBN 13 : 1595587497
Total Pages : 523 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (955 download)

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Download or read book Will the Last Reporter Please Turn Out the Lights written by Robert W. McChesney and published by The New Press. This book was released on 2010-02-09 with total page 523 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Essays by Thomas Frank, Clay Shirky, David Simon, and others: “Anyone concerned about the state of journalism should read this book.” —Library Journal The sudden meltdown of the news media has sparked one of the liveliest debates in recent memory, with an outpouring of opinion and analysis crackling across journals, the blogosphere, and academic publications. Yet, until now, we have lacked a comprehensive and accessible introduction to this new and shifting terrain. In Will the Last Reporter Please Turn Out the Lights, celebrated media analysts Robert W. McChesney and Victor Pickard have assembled thirty-two illuminating pieces on the crisis in journalism, revised and updated for this volume. Featuring some of today’s most incisive and influential commentators, this comprehensive collection contextualizes the predicament faced by the news media industry through a concise history of modern journalism, a hard-hitting analysis of the structural and financial causes of news media’s sudden collapse, and deeply informed proposals for how the vital role of journalism might be rescued from impending disaster. Sure to become the essential guide to the journalism crisis, Will the Last Reporter Please Turn Out the Lights is both a primer on the news media today and a chronicle of a key historical moment in the transformation of the press.

Straight Stuff

Author : James Deakin
Publisher : William Morrow &Company
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 392 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Straight Stuff written by James Deakin and published by William Morrow &Company. This book was released on 1984 with total page 392 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Washington Correspondents, By Leo C. Rosten

Author : Leo Rosten
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 436 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (622 download)

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Download or read book The Washington Correspondents, By Leo C. Rosten written by Leo Rosten and published by . This book was released on 1937 with total page 436 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Washington Black Book

Author : Marina Newmyer
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 582 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Washington Black Book written by Marina Newmyer and published by . This book was released on 1988 with total page 582 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An invaluable tool for everyone who deals with the media in the nation's capital, The Washington Black Book provides the most comprehensive, practically organized information on Washington journalists and press officers available today. Edited and annotated by Washington media specialist Marina Newmyer Ein, here is the inside track into who directs, reports and comments in Washington for the newspapers, magazines, wire services, broadcast outlets and foreign news bureaus. More than just a journalistic "who's who," The Washington Black Book delves into how bureaus work from top to bottom: who owns the publications, how the bureaus interpret their mandate, and the specialized "beats" of their reporters. This vital "tool of the trade" also offers exclusive pointers on how to place stories with specific publicationsowhom to query about story ideas and to whom to address press releases. The new updated 1990 Washington Black Book features an exclusive section on telephone direct dials to White House press "booths" for all major prints and electronic bureaus. A complete guide to Congressional press officials is included, as well as FAX numbers for all major media with bureaus in Washington. A Madison Book."

Covering Washington

Author : Bill Gertz
Publisher : Center for Security Policy
ISBN 13 : 9780985029203
Total Pages : 63 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (292 download)

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Download or read book Covering Washington written by Bill Gertz and published by Center for Security Policy. This book was released on 2012-01-27 with total page 63 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Covering Washington, veteran national security reporter and author Bill Gertz presents a helpful and entertaining handbook for new journalists navigating the nation's capital. Peppering the book with anecdotes from his long career, Gertz dispenses the kind of wisdom you'd pick up if you were lucky enough to work alongside a journalist who's seen it all-in Washington and in capitals around the world. Covering Washington is a perfect companion for someone launching a career as a reporter.

Among Those Present

Author : Nancy Hanschman Dickerson
Publisher : Random House (NY)
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 286 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Among Those Present written by Nancy Hanschman Dickerson and published by Random House (NY). This book was released on 1976 with total page 286 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Relates in detail the biggest stories the author has been involved with in the last twenty-five years--ranging from private evening with presidents to the hectic eighteen-hour days in the milling crowds on the floor at national conventions, from traveling around the world with Vice-President Johnson to accompanying Pat Nixon on her trip around the world, from the beats she scored to the scoops she missed. Above all, her account is replete with amusing and revealing anecdotes about four presidents--Kennedy, Johnson, Nixon and Ford--at work and at play, with heretofore untold particulars about certain puzzling incidents (for instance, exactly why LBJ was chosen as JFK's running mate in 1960, and the reason why Nixon went out to the Lincoln Memorial in the middle of the night to talk to peace demonstrators after the Cambodian incursion in 1970). Interlaced with such stories, Mrs. Dickerson gives a glimpse of just what day-to-day life is like in the capital, and how the nation's business is conducted not only in committee rooms and on the floor of Congress, but in candlelit dining rooms in Georgetown and on country weekends. She is equally candid about her private life, including her beaus during her early years in Washington (JFK and Scoop Jackson, among others); her marriage to C.W. Dickerson and their purchase of Merrywood, where Gore Vidal and Jackie and Lee Bouvier grew up; as well as stories about her own children and an insider's formula on the art of entertaining in Washington."--Jacket flap.