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Record Nr.

UNINA9910811971503321

Titolo

Looking back at the Arkansas gazette [[electronic resource] ] : an oral history / / edited by Roy Reed

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Fayetteville, Alaska, : University of Arkansas Press, 2009

ISBN

1-61075-249-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (330 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

ReedRoy <1930->

Disciplina

071.67/73

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Preface; The Cast; 1. Mr. Woodruff's Newspaper; 2. The Old Man; 3. Mr. Heiskell's Newspaper; 4. Gazette People: At Work and Play; 5. The Newsroom: Thick with Smoke, Excitement, and Tomfoolery; 6. Stories: Scoundrels, Heroes, and Lesser Species; 7. Harry Ashmore; 8. 1957; 9. Gannett and Be Damned; 10. The War: Mr. Hussman's Paper; 11. The Last Days; 12. P.S.; Suggestions for Further Reading; Index

Sommario/riassunto

<div>Roy Reed is the author of Faubus (University of Arkansas Press) and Looking for Hogeye (University of Arkansas Press). He was an Arkansas Gazette reporter for eight years before becoming a national and foreign correspondent for the New York Times and then a longtime professor of journalism at the University of Arkansas.</div>