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Record Nr.

UNINA9910809378703321

Autore

Ritchie Donald A. <1945->

Titolo

Reporting from Washington : the history of the Washington press corps / / Donald A. Ritchie

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, c2005

ISBN

0-19-771583-4

1-280-96573-8

0-19-534632-7

1-4294-6186-1

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (429 p.)

Collana

Oxford scholarship online

Disciplina

071/.3

Soggetti

Journalism - Objectivity - United States - History - 20th century

Press and politics - United States - History - 20th century

Journalism - Political aspects - United States - History - 20th century

Reporters and reporting - United States - History - 20th century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Notes : p. [309]-374.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

The news bureaus and the New Deal -- Race, rules, and reporting -- Radio voices -- The friends of Joe McCarthy -- News center of the world -- Flash : the wire services -- The business of being opinionated -- Off the women's page -- The camera's eye -- Washington, deceit -- Company town papers -- Anyone with a modem -- Washington, D.C., 2001.

Sommario/riassunto

A chronicle of news coverage in the nation's capital offers a portrait of the people who cover Washington politics and celebrities, as well as the dramatic changes in American journalism over the course of the 20th century.