The great reporters
Randall, David, 1951-
The great reporters [electronic resource] / David Randall. - London ; Ann Arbor, Mich. : Pluto Press, 2005. - vi, 280 p. : ill., ports.
Includes index.
The world of the reporter : how, when and where the job has changed in 150 years -- William Howard Russell : the man who invented war corresponding -- Edna Buchanan, the best crime reporter there's ever been -- A.J. Liebling : the most quotable wit ever by-lined -- George Seldes : a reporter who got up the noses of the high and mighty -- Nellie Bly : the best undercover reporter in history -- Richard Harding Davies : one of the best descriptive reporters ever -- J.A. Macgahan : perpetrator of perhaps the greatest single piece of reporting ever -- James Cameron : the definitive foreign correspondent -- Floyd Gibbons : the supreme example of a reporter in pursuit of an assignment -- Hugh Mcilvanney : the best writer ever to apply words to newsprint -- Ernie Pyle : the reporter who never forgot who he was writing for -- Ann Leslie : the most versatile reporter ever -- Meyer Berger : the reporters' reporter.
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
9781849644587 (electronic bk.)
Journalists--United States--Biography.
Reporters and reporting--History--United States--19th century.
Reporters and reporting--History--United States--20th century.
Electronic books.
PN4871 / .R38 2005
070.92/273
The great reporters [electronic resource] / David Randall. - London ; Ann Arbor, Mich. : Pluto Press, 2005. - vi, 280 p. : ill., ports.
Includes index.
The world of the reporter : how, when and where the job has changed in 150 years -- William Howard Russell : the man who invented war corresponding -- Edna Buchanan, the best crime reporter there's ever been -- A.J. Liebling : the most quotable wit ever by-lined -- George Seldes : a reporter who got up the noses of the high and mighty -- Nellie Bly : the best undercover reporter in history -- Richard Harding Davies : one of the best descriptive reporters ever -- J.A. Macgahan : perpetrator of perhaps the greatest single piece of reporting ever -- James Cameron : the definitive foreign correspondent -- Floyd Gibbons : the supreme example of a reporter in pursuit of an assignment -- Hugh Mcilvanney : the best writer ever to apply words to newsprint -- Ernie Pyle : the reporter who never forgot who he was writing for -- Ann Leslie : the most versatile reporter ever -- Meyer Berger : the reporters' reporter.
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
9781849644587 (electronic bk.)
Journalists--United States--Biography.
Reporters and reporting--History--United States--19th century.
Reporters and reporting--History--United States--20th century.
Electronic books.
PN4871 / .R38 2005
070.92/273