Edward r murrow biography book

His Life and Times

Communications and Media Studies

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Murrow is the biography of America’s foremost broadcast journalist, Edward R. Murrow. At twenty-nine, he was the prototype of a species new to communications—an eyewitness to history with power to reach millions. His wartime radio reports from London rooftops brought the world into American homes for the first time. His legendary television documentary See It Now exposed us to the scandals and injustices within our own country. Friend of Presidents, conscience of the people, Murrow remained an enigma—idealistic, creative, self-destructive. In this portrait, based on twelve years of research, A. M. Sperber reveals the complexity and achievements of a man whose voice, intelligence, and honesty inspired a nation during its most profound and vulnerable times.

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In this superb biography, Sperber tells the story of a reporter/commentator who set standards for broadcast news integrity. Part of CBS's fledgling news operation staff, Murrow honed his journalistic skills in London prior to WW II. Before and after the US joined the world conflict, he was describing the horror of Nazism via daily live CBS radio reports--from a rooft

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Edward R. Murrow: An American Original

November 11,

Edward R. Murrow grew up in a small logging community on the Olympic Peninsula of Washington, State. The area is now famous for Olympic National Park. He worked in logging camps in the Sol Duc Valley on breaks in his schooling until he went off to Washington State University. He could not afford his higher aspirations of attending an east coast college. Defaulting to Washington State proved to be fortuitous as it was here that he encountered Ida Lou Anderson, a speech and drama instructor. She had graduated from WSU just a few years earlier. Ida Lou, who at the age of eight, was stricken with polio. Her life became an "unremitting struggle against sickness and pain". Despite her handicap and deformity from polio, she became a gifted student and actress and came back to WSU to teach speech and drama. When Edward R. Murrow asked to attend her class, she turned him down because she did not take first-year students. He persisted, and the second time he asked, she relented. She poured all her knowledge into him, setting on the career we know today. He acknowledged her in all he did after that.

This book is not only a biography of this passionate journalist; it is a look at the history of world events, broadcasting from to , the

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Murrow, His Philosophy and Times

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