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Record Nr.

UNINA9910454988203321

Autore

Applegate Edd

Titolo

Advocacy journalists [[electronic resource] ] : a biographical dictionary of writers and editors / / Edd Applegate

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lanham, Md., : Scarecrow Press, 2009

ISBN

1-282-52127-6

9786612521270

0-8108-6929-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (254 p.)

Disciplina

070.92/273

Soggetti

Journalists - United States

Journalism - United States - History

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 212-215) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Lyman Abbott; Joseph Addison; Joseph Alsop; Stewart Alsop; Michael J. Arlen; James Baldwin; Carleton Beals; Sidney Bernard; Ambrose Bierce; Elias Boudinot; Heywood Broun; William F. Buckley Jr.; John Jay Chapman; (Leroy) Eldridge Cleaver; George Creel; Midge Decter; Daniel Defoe; Sarah Margaret Fuller(Marchesa D'Ossoli); Paul Goodman; Vivian Gornick; Meg Greenfield; Germaine Greer; Pete Hamill; Michael Harrington; Nat(han) Hentoff; Jill Johnston; Matthew Josephson; Murray Kempton; Seymour Krim; Jeremy Larner; Michael P. Lerner; Dwight Macdonald

Karl MarxHenry Mayhew; H. L. Mencken; Cleveland LangstonMoffett; Willie Morris; Jack Newfield; George Orwell; Thomas Paine; Westbrook Pegler; Richard Reeves; Robin Reisig; Wilfrid Sheed; Gail Sheehy; Richard Steele; Gloria Steinem; Simeon Strunsky; Harvey Swados; Jonathan Swift; Gore Vidal; Nicholas von Hoffman; William Allen White; Selected Bibliography; Index; About the Author

Sommario/riassunto

This book focuses on the lives of journalists and editors who contributed to advocacy journalism. Each entry contains biographical information about the journalists, their professional careers, major works, and, in some cases, commentary on those works.