Reporting from Washington by Donald A Ritchie

Reporting from Washington by Donald A Ritchie

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This is the first comprehensive history of the Washington press corps during the twentieth century. Through profiles of Washington reporters for the major news media, wire services, syndicated columnists, and investigative reporters, this study considers their liberal and conservative leanings, and evaluates them on a scale from objectivity to advocacy.

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Reporting from Washington by Donald A Ritchie

This is the first comprehensive history of the Washington press corps during the twentieth century. Through profiles of Washington reporters for the major news media, wire services, syndicated columnists, and investigative reporters, this study considers their liberal and conservative leanings, and evaluates them on a scale from objectivity to advocacy.
Sprinkled throughout is a treasure trove of pithy quotes from some of journalism's most prominent practitioners, praising, explaining and disparaging their chosen profession * Book World *
Donald Ritchie has been Associate Historian of the United States Senate for almost three decades. A past president of the Oral History Association, he is the author of Doing Oral History, American Journalists: Getting the Story, and Press Gallery: Congress and the Washington Correspondents. He is a popular public speaker and a frequent commentator on C-SPAN.
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ISBN 13 9780195178616
ISBN 10 0195178610
Title Reporting from Washington
Author Donald A Ritchie
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Hardback
Publisher Oxford University Press Inc
Year published 2005-04-14
Number of pages 412
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.