Great reporters
Randall, David 1951-
Great reporters - London Pluto Press 2005 - vi,280p. ill. ; 23 cm.
Includes index.
The world of the reporter -- Meyer Berger, the reporters' reporter -- Nellie Bly, the best undercover reporter in history -- Edna Buchanan, the best crime reporter there's ever been -- James Cameron, the definitive foreign correspondent -- Richard Harding Davies, one of the best descriptive reporters ever -- Floyd Gibbons, the supreme example of a reporter in pursuit of an assignment -- Ann Leslie, the most versatile reporter ever -- AJ Liebling, the most quotable wit ever by-lined -- JA Macgahan, perpetrator of perhaps the greatest piece of reporting ever -- Hugh mcilvanney, the best writer ever to apply words to newsprint -- Ernie pyle, the reporter who never forgot who he was writing for -- William howard russell, the man who invented war corresponding -- George seldes, a reporter who got up the noses of the high and mighty.
9780745322964
2005006707
Journalists--United States--Biography.
Reporters and reporting--History--United States--19th century.
Reporters and reporting--History--United States--20th century.
PN4871 / .R38 2005
070.92273 / RA-G
Great reporters - London Pluto Press 2005 - vi,280p. ill. ; 23 cm.
Includes index.
The world of the reporter -- Meyer Berger, the reporters' reporter -- Nellie Bly, the best undercover reporter in history -- Edna Buchanan, the best crime reporter there's ever been -- James Cameron, the definitive foreign correspondent -- Richard Harding Davies, one of the best descriptive reporters ever -- Floyd Gibbons, the supreme example of a reporter in pursuit of an assignment -- Ann Leslie, the most versatile reporter ever -- AJ Liebling, the most quotable wit ever by-lined -- JA Macgahan, perpetrator of perhaps the greatest piece of reporting ever -- Hugh mcilvanney, the best writer ever to apply words to newsprint -- Ernie pyle, the reporter who never forgot who he was writing for -- William howard russell, the man who invented war corresponding -- George seldes, a reporter who got up the noses of the high and mighty.
9780745322964
2005006707
Journalists--United States--Biography.
Reporters and reporting--History--United States--19th century.
Reporters and reporting--History--United States--20th century.
PN4871 / .R38 2005
070.92273 / RA-G