TY  - BOOK
AU  - Randall,David
TI  - The great reporters
SN  - 0745322964 (pbk.) :
AV  - PN4871 .R38 2005
PY  - 2005///
CY  - London, Ann Arbor, MI
PB  - Pluto Press
KW  - Journalists
KW  - United States
KW  - Biography
KW  - Reporters and reporting
KW  - History
KW  - 19th century
KW  - 20th century
N1  - Includes index; The world of the reporter -- Meyer Berger, the reporters' reporter -- Nellie Bly, the best undercover reporter in history -- Edna Buchanan, the best crime reporter there's ever been -- James Cameron, the definitive foreign correspondent -- Richard Harding Davies, one of the best descriptive reporters ever -- Floyd Gibbons, the supreme example of a reporter in pursuit of an assignment -- Ann Leslie, the most versatile reporter ever -- AJ Liebling, the most quotable wit ever by-lined -- JA Macgahan, perpetrator of perhaps the greatest piece of reporting ever -- Hugh mcilvanney, the best writer ever to apply words to newsprint -- Ernie pyle, the reporter who never forgot who he was writing for -- William howard russell, the man who invented war corresponding -- George seldes, a reporter who got up the noses of the high and mighty
N2  - Ten men and three women--nine of them Americans and four Britons--receive Randall's crown as "the best reporters who ever lived." That's best with a few qualifiers: in perusing the past two centuries of reportage and writing the longtime UK newspaper editor eliminated radio and television journalists from consideration, as well as teams of reporters (ruling out Woodward and Bernstein of Watergate fame), anyone whose reporting was done for a book, and journalists who were primarily columnists or commentators. Those who made the final cut in Randall's celestial newsroom: William Howard Russell, Edna Buchanan, A.J. Liebling, George Seldes, Nellie Bly, Richard Harding Davis, J.A. MacGahan, James Cameron, Floyd Gibbons, Hugh McIlvanney, Ernie Pyle, Ann Leslie, and Meyer Berger. Each profile includes a b #38;w image of the reporter. Distributed in the US by the U. of Michigan Press. Annotation #169;2006 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com) Distributed by Syndetic Solutions, Inc
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