

Edward R. Murrow and the Birth of Broadcast Journalism
Author: Bob Edwards
Narrator: Bob Edwards
Unabridged: 4 hr 30 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Tantor Media
Published: 10/15/2004
Categories: Nonfiction, Biography & Autobiography, History, Wars, World War Ii
Synopsis
Long before the era of the news anchor, the pundit, and the mini-cam, one man blazed a trail that thousands would follow. Edwards brings to life the great stories Murrow covered and brought into American living rooms for the first time - the rooftop reports of the London Blitz, bombing raids over Berlin, and the 1954 broadcast that helped bring down Senator Joe McCarthy - as well as the ups and downs of his career at CBS. Edwards reveals how Murrow dramatically impacted public opinion and how the high standards he lived by influenced an entire generation of broadcasters.