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William Ackerman
ACKERMAN, CARL WILLIAM 1890-1970 D EAN OF COLUMBIA GRADUATE SCHOOL OF JOURNALISM Freedom of the Press One of the first systematic instructors of journalism in the United States, Carl William Ackerman was moved by the belief that if the press does not police itself, it will be... Read more |
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Richard Carlile
Richard Carlile , 1790-1843, English journalist, reformer, and freethinker. For his radical writings and efforts to secure the freedom of the press, he spent over nine years in prison. He republished suppressed works by Thomas Paine, William Hone, and others, brought out his own Political Litany ... Read more |
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I F Stone
I. F. Stone 1907-89, American journalist, b. Philadelphia as Isidor Feinstein. Raised in New Jersey, he moved to New York City shortly after beginning his career as a journalist. Later moving to Washington, D.C., he served as an editor of The Nation (1940-46) and subsequently worked on a series... Read more |
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Science Writer
Science Writer All good journalists are storytellers, and science writers are simply journalists who like to tell stories about science. Still, it has only been in the last few decades that science writing has become a profession in its own right, with journalists specifically trained to cover... Read more |
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David Halberstam
David Halberstam 1934-2007, American journalist and author, b. New York City, grad. Harvard (B.A., 1955). A reporter (1956-60) for newspapers in Mississippi and Tennessee, he chronicled the nascent civil-rights struggle. Moving (1960) to the New York Times, he covered the crisis in the Congo,... Read more |
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Daniel Bell
Daniel Bell 1919-, U.S. sociologist. After 20 years as a journalist, he took a degree in sociology and went on to teach at Columbia and Harvard. He has written on contemporary capitalist society and the individual's place within it.... Read more |
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Russ Mitchell
Russ Mitchell 1960– Journalist At a Glance… Sources As a junior in high school, Russ Mitchell knew that he wanted to become a journalist. From his humble beginnings as a night switchboard operator at an ABC affiliate in St. Louis, Mitchell has quickly risen to prominence in... Read more |
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Carl T. Rowan
Carl T. Rowan 1925–2000 Journalist, columnist At a Glance… Began Journalism Career Covered Montgomery Bus Boycott Joined Kennedy Administration Return to Journalism Accused NAACP Chair of Pilfering Selected writings Sources Familiar to Americans as a nationally-syndicated columnist... Read more |
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James Barrett Reston
James Barrett Reston (Scotty Reston), 1909-95, American journalist, b. Clydebank, Scotland. His family emigrated to the United States in 1920. After working briefly for the Springfield (Ohio) Daily News, he joined the Associated Press in 1934. He moved to the London bureau of the New York Times ... Read more |
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Deborah Roberts
Deborah Roberts 1960– Television journalist At a Glance Read more |
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The Thirty Years' Wars: Dispatches and Diversions of a Radical Journalist...
THE THIRTY YEARS' WARS: Dispatches and Diversions of a Radical Journalist 1965-1994...American journalists tend to be...to end The Thirty Years' Wars, I realized...the second war and Dr...a Radical Journalist 1965-1994... |