LEADER 04284nam 2200601 a 450 001 9910812862603321 005 20230721031459.0 010 $a0-292-79534-3 024 7 $a10.7560/714779 035 $a(CKB)1000000000472947 035 $a(OCoLC)298787739 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10188353 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000169013 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11153603 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000169013 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10203881 035 $a(PQKB)11737681 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3443039 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3443039 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10188353 035 $a(DE-B1597)588137 035 $a(OCoLC)1286806990 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780292795341 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000472947 100 $a20060828d2007 ub 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aHarry Reasoner$b[electronic resource] $ea life in the news /$fDouglass K. Daniel 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aAustin $cUniversity of Texas Press$d2007 215 $a1 online resource (293 p.) 225 1 $aFocus on American history series 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 $a0-292-71477-7 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [219]-259) and index. 327 $tFrontmatter -- $tCONTENTS -- $tACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- $tINTRODUCTION -- $tCHAPTER ONE The Most Wonderful Place in the World -- $tCHAPTER TWO A Comfortable Life Upended -- $tCHAPTER THREE Secure at Home, Adrift at Work -- $tCHAPTER FOUR Taking a Chance at CBS News -- $tCHAPTER FIVE On the Air and Everywhere -- $tCHAPTER SIX 60 Minutes and a Bruised Ego -- $tCHAPTER SEVEN At ABC, New Duties and Old Habits -- $tCHAPTER EIGHT Trouble, Turmoil, and Barbara Walters -- $tCHAPTER NINE A Rocky Return to CBS -- $tCHAPTER TEN Behind the Camera, a Difficult Farewell -- $tCONCLUSION -- $tNOTES -- $tBIBLIOGRAPHY -- $tINDEX 330 $aHarry Reasoner was one of the most trusted and well-liked journalists of the golden age of network television news. Whether anchoring the evening newscast on CBS in the 1960s or on ABC in the 1970s, providing in-depth reporting on 60 Minutes, or hosting numerous special programs covering civil rights struggles, the Vietnam War, and Watergate, Reasoner had "that almost mystical quality it seems to take for good television reporting, exuding this atmosphere of truth and believability," in the words of Walter Cronkite. Yet his reassuring manner and urbane, often witty, on-air persona masked a man who was far more complex and contradictory. Though gifted with the intelligence and drive to rise to the top of his profession, Reasoner was regarded by many colleagues as lazy and self-indulgent, a man who never achieved his full potential despite his many accomplishments. Harry Reasoner: A Life in the News covers the entire sweep of this enigmatic journalist's life and career. Douglass K. Daniel opens with Reasoner's Depression-era Midwestern upbringing and follows him through his early work in newspapers and radio before he joined CBS in 1956. Focusing on Reasoner's thirty-five-year tenure in television news, Daniel presents fascinating, behind-the-scenes accounts of Reasoner's key role in founding the top-rated newsmagazine 60 Minutes. He also explores Reasoner's highly publicized move to ABC in 1970, where he anchored the nightly newscast, first with Howard K. Smith and later with Barbara Walters?a disastrous pairing from which Reasoner's career never fully recovered. Based on scores of interviews and unpublished letters, memos, and other primary sources, this first biography of the man once rated second in credibility only to Walter Cronkite illuminates an entire era in broadcast journalism, as well as many of the unique personalities, from Andy Rooney to Mike Wallace, who made that era distinctive. 410 0$aFocus on American history series. 606 $aJournalists$zUnited States$vBiography 615 0$aJournalists 676 $a070.92 676 $aB 700 $aDaniel$b Douglass K$01665104 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910812862603321 996 $aHarry Reasoner$94086607 997 $aUNINA