Edward R. Murrow and the Birth of Broadcast Journalism

Edwards, Bob

ISBN 10: 0471477532 / ISBN 13: 9780471477532

Published by John Wiley & Sons, Inc, Hoboken, NJ, 2004

About this Item

xii, [1], 174, [4] pages. Inscribed by the author on the title page. DJ has slight wear and soiling. Robert Alan "Bob" Edwards (born May 16, 1947) is an American broadcast journalist, a Peabody Award-winning member of the National Radio Hall of Fame. He gained reputation as the first host of National Public Radio's flagship program, Morning Edition. Starting in 2004, Edwards then was the host of The Bob Edwards Show on Sirius XM Radio and Bob Edwards Weekend distributed by Public Radio International to more than 150 public radio stations. Those programs ended in September 2015. Edward R. Murrow KBE (born Egbert Roscoe Murrow; April 25, 1908 - April 27, 1965) was an American broadcast journalist. He was generally referred to as Ed Murrow. He first came to prominence with a series of radio broadcasts for the news division of the Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS) during World War II, which were followed by millions of listeners in the United States. During the war he assembled a team of foreign correspondents who came to be known as the Murrow Boys. A pioneer of television news broadcasting, Murrow produced a series of reports that helped lead to the censure of Senator Joseph McCarthy. Fellow journalists Eric Sevareid, Ed Bliss, Bill Downs, Dan Rather, and Alexander Kendrick consider Murrow one of journalism's greatest figures, noting his honesty and integrity in delivering the news.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Edward R. Murrow and the Birth of Broadcast Journalism
• Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Inc, Hoboken, NJ
• Publication Date: 2004
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0471477532
• ISBN 13: 9780471477532
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: Fourth printing stated.
• Condition: Very good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very good
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)

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Synopsis

"Get it, read it, and pass it on." —Bill Moyers

"Most Americans living today never heard Ed Murrow in a live broadcast. This book is for them I want them to know that broadcast journalism was established by someone with the highest standards. Tabloid crime stories, so much a part of the lust for ratings by today's news broadcasters, held no interest for Murrow. He did like Hollywood celebrities, but interviewed them for his entertainment programs; they had no place on his news programs. My book is focused on this life in journalism. I offer it in the hope that more people in and out of the news business will get to know Ed Murrow. Perhaps in time the descent from Murrow's principles can be reversed." —Bob Edwards

About the Author

BOB EDWARDS has hosted NPR’s Morning Edition, the most popular program in all broadcast media, since its premiere in November 1979. In 1999, he and the program received a prestigious Peabody Award for “two hours of daily entertainment expertly helmed by a man who embodies the essence of excellence in radio.” Also a recipient of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting’s Edward R. Murrow Award, he is the author of Fridays with Red, which chronicled his radio friendship with legendary sportscaster Red Barber.