| When the News Went Live: Dallas 1963 Contributor(s): Huffaker, Bob (Author), Mercer, Bill (Author), Phenix, George (Author) |
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ISBN: 1589791398 ISBN-13: 9781589791398 Publisher: Taylor Trade Publishing OUR PRICE: $23.70 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: October 2004 Annotation: Broadcast journalism came of age in the Kennedy Assassination crisis and helped to hold a mourning nation together. Four reporters on the scene relate their experiences. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Media Studies - History | United States - 20th Century |
| Dewey: 973.922 |
| LCCN: 2004003825 |
| Physical Information: 1" H x 6.3" W x 9.1" (1.15 lbs) 207 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1960's - Geographic Orientation - District of Columbia - Geographic Orientation - Texas - Locality - Washington, D.C. - Locality - Dallas, Texas - Chronological Period - 20th Century |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: When routine coverage of JFK's Dallas visit suddenly evolved into reporting a worldwide tragedy, KRLD reporters assumed the duty of reassuring a shocked nation and an anxious world. Broadcast journalism came of age in that crisis, and KRLD News earned the profession's highest honor for its on-the-scene reporting. The writers worked in support of Dan Rather and Walter Cronkite as they reported the first on-camera murder and initiated the first continuous live coverage. Reporters who were part of this watershed in broadcast journalism have had four decades to consider events that were too fast and stunning to allow emotional detachment or reflection. They have never written their account of what happened on the scene in Dallas in 1963 until this book, and no other group had quite the behind-the-scene perspectives these four shared. |