Edward R Murrow And The Birth Of Broadcast JournalismTurning Points In History

by Bob Edwards

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— Bill Moyers ""Most Americans living today never heard Ed Murrow in a live broadcast. This book is for them I want them to know that broadcast journalism was established by someone with the highest standards. Tabloid crime stories, so much a part of the lust for ratings by today's news broadcasters, held no interest for Murrow. He did like Hollywood celebrities, but interviewed them for his entertainment programs; they had no place on his news programs. My book is focused on this life in journalism. I offer it in the hope that more people in and out of the news business will get to know Ed Murrow. Perhaps in time the descent from Murrow's principles can be reversed.""
— Bob Edwards

Genres: Biography, Journalism, Nonfiction, History, Biography Memoir, Politics, Audiobook

Paperback

First published January 1, 2004

Reviews

[Tamhack · Rating 3 out of 5]

It is discouraging to look at how far broadcasting has fallen from the first vision of Edward R. Murrow--who thought radio and television to should be an avenue to teach and inform the public. He was a man of integrity and was not afraid to stand up for what was right. He started to see the evolution of "commercial" broadcasting and tried to forewarn people that this would be the death of 'true' broadcasting.

[Shain Thomas · Rating 5 out of 5]

Edwards, Bob. (2004). Edward R. Murrow and the Birth of Broadcast Journalism. New Jersey: John Wiley & Son.


“I’m standing on a rooftop looking out over London. At the moment everything is quiet. For reasons of national as well as personal security, I’m unable to tell you the exact location from which I’m speaking.” (Murrow, 1941). This is a direct quote from a broadcast Edward R. Murrow did when he was a correspondent for CBS. Bob Edwards used this quote in the introduction to his book Edward R. Murrow and the Birth of Broadcast Journalism, the focus of this review (Edwards, 2004).

Once upon a time, way back when people had lives far simpler than today, people used to take the time it required to read. These people would read words. These words would form sentences. These sentences would themselves form paragraphs. Sometimes, unless the book was written for a young child to read, these paragraphs would form chapters. These words, sentences, paragraphs, and chapters would form the basis of what we call books. This might come as a shock to many people. To you, I say this: Open your minds to a life less ordinary. Read a book.

There are many books and other writings, which talk about the life and career of Edward R Murrow with Bob Edwards adding to the existing works. The author has elaborated the journalist’s insight, brevity as it also compared the past with today’s happenings. There does not seem to be a maximum length for writers to adhere. Edward’s contribution to journalistic literature is no more than 200 pages in length. It is part of a series offering insight of world events that were covered by influential journalists (Cleary, 2004).

Edwards, a former host of morning show in NPR, provides a comprehensive overview of contribution Murrow gave to journalism. One cannot cover very much in ten short chapters; however, with a painstaking consisnce, a high level of detail has been incorporated into what few pages there are. Please pay particular attention to Murrow’s days in radio during World War II (Murray, 2004). The book devotes chapter six to outline Murrow broadcast in Nazi concentration camp as chapter seven covers careers in television broadcast. (Cleary, 2004).

Murrow evidentially got some of the internal issues discussed from his external news sources of information and informants. In spite the gloom and doom, each chapter has demonstrated Murrow’s personality, which is a dynamic trait as evidenced by the loyalty of “Murrow Boys.” It is these words, sentences, paragraphs, and chapters which show Murrow’s sense of humor, which is important in describing his character (Cleary, 2004).

The afterwards for what was written provides perspectives on today’s broadcast news on the context of Murrow’s early work in the foundation of the profession as well as recruiting individuals who would dominate it. The book also assumes ways Murrow might work today with the current increases in limitations of corporate control. This provides and indicates the failure of transmission because of erosion of standards due to changes and regulations the government made in regard ownership.

Each chapter, in its own way, has a natural flow to it. The writing itself, to a certain degree, is speculative. One could argue that this style of writing stems from the author’s experiences rather than that of the subject matter. The evidence supplied draws the reader’s attention to Murrow’s attention to the programming of public affairs. This programming was financially supported by Ford Foundation (Strout, 2010).

Further, the book has a short bibliography and contains only twenty-three books than the rest of the book. It comprises of two works by Ed Bliss, Walter Cronkites and Edwards. Bliss has played a key role in ensuring this book develops making it a dedication to him and the wife (Cressman, 2006). Other inclusions in the book are three works of Cronkite and Fred Friendly with other three people who writes biographies of Murrow. Additionally, the book has four broadcast excerpts from a London rooftop of British bombing on Berlin.

Edward R. Murrow and the Birth of Broadcast Journalism brings nothing new in the limelight or breaks a new ground. It only provides Murrow’s story to readers who are not able to read Murrow’s full-length biography (Cressman, 2006). It has managed to do this in an enjoyable and fashionable manner to the reader. The few bibliographical notes denote that the research done was not exhaustive, rather than a summary of the earlier works by other writers.

In addition, the book traces the developments and the history of early innovations of Murrow triumphs, careers, and illness challenges faced in later life. It has played a vital function in communicating the subjects of Murrow’s programs and how the contents were manipulated as well as the consequences (Strout, 2010). The author asserts that someone looking for in-depth information and resources would rather look elsewhere than use doctored information. It has summarized the controversial program, “Harvest of shame” to one page (Cleary, 2004).

The economy of language makes this book an excellent supplemental reading for any student taking a course in mass communication. It represents and paints a vivid picture in gathering and reporting news. Reading all this will equip students with information and understanding about the developments of mass communication as well as broadcasting journalism.

Furthermore, instructors and lecturers must emphasize the relationship between the author and the influential former professor’s friend, Ed Bliss since he was a friend to Murrow. This acts as a cautionary tale for methodological reasons. The book is important for current students taking broadcast journalism because it will make them gain appreciation on ways short form broadcaster translated tom print media.



References – APA Citation Style

Cleary, J. (2004). [Edward R. Murrow and the Birth of Broadcast Journalism]. Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly, 81(3), 706-708

Cressman, D. L. (2006). Review And Criticism: Book Review—Edward R. Murrow and the Birth of Broadcast Journalism. Journal Of Broadcasting & Electronic Media, 50(1), 160-161.

Edwards, Bob. (2004). Edward R. Murrow and the Birth of Broadcast Journalism. New Jersey: John Wiley & Son.

Murray, M. D. (2004). Edward R. Murrow and the Birth of Broadcast Journalism (Book). American Journalism, 21(3), 113-114.

Murrow, Edward R. (1941). This is London. New York: Simon & Schuster.

Smith, D. (2004). Edward R. Murrow and the Birth of Broadcast Journalism (Book). Library Journal, 129(8), 122.

Strout, L. N. (2010). The Edward R. Murrow of Docudramas and Documentary. Media History Monographs, 12(1), 1-21.

[Jimmy Cline · Rating 2 out of 5]

It was a choice between this and A.M. Sperber's 795 page tome. I'm interested in Murrow, but not enough to commit myself to reading the latter, not just yet anyway. This is unfortunate because Edwards' biography on Murrow really contains nothing more than the amount of information that watching Good Night, and Good Luck, or reading the Wikepedia entry on him has to offer. The writing is pretty bland and humorless, and even though he manages a concise enough account of Murrow's career, a lot of information still seems omitted here. Murrow was tackling some controversial issues and stories, while spearheading innovative ideas and approaches to radio and television journalism; these events need more elaboration, and Edwards' book is just too brief.

The afterword to this biography is slightly more inspired. Although the fanatical tone makes it sound like a gushy rant about someone who Edwards thinks is an American hero. I mean, he is, but I feel that most biographies should either stylistically strive to capture the personality of the figure, or offer a dry recapitulation of their life and times. This book does neither, and it reads like one of those young-adult bios.

It does, however, contain the famous 1958 RTNDA speech, which I feel is a great introduction to Murrow's integrity and brilliance.

http://media.www.mediaethicsmagazine....

[Glenna · Rating 4 out of 5]

Very interesting.

[Kevin · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book was written by Bob Edwards and chronicles the life of the famous radio and TV news journalist: Edward R Murrow. A little background – I grew up listening to the famous record series “I Can Hear It Now (1933-1945)“. I’m not sure why my mom bought them for me as a child, but I have distinct memories of listening to these albums (actually, 78rpm LPs, as in “Long Playing” for all you music streamers) along with my copy of “The Lone Ranger“. Incidentally, anyone interested can hear much of, if not all of, the records on YouTube. You can certainly hear enough of Murrow’s voice to appreciate what he sounded like to Americans who were just discovering radio.

The book is a fascinating account of the parallel track of radio and TV news journalism with early to mid-20th century world / American history. The main body is 166 pages in my hardbound copy and I found it a VERY fast read. If you have any interest in the history of broadcast journalism this is a terrific introduction. Having grown up during the 1960’s, when many of the names in the book were faces on my TV every evening, the book really brought back memories. Of particular interest, the “Afterword” runs about 13 pages and more or less precisely describes the news we see on TV (broadcast and 24-hour cable) today. The book would be highly recommended based on the “Afterword” itself, but I found the whole book fascinating. Final recommendation: Highly recommended! Needless to say, there will be quotes to follow on my blog…

[Michele · Rating 4 out of 5]

A surprising book about a journalist I admired (nice to be old enough to remember him, at least a little) by a journalist I really admired (sorry to have seen him leave NPR). The biography is really interesting and the Afterword is worth reading even if you do not read the book.

It is a little book, more like a very long essay. I love that it had a point of view. As for that Afterword, it, too, has a point of view, about broadcast journalism/news reporting being all about the bottom line, dollar wise, and about the role of television in democracy. Contrast, for instance, the Walter Cronkite evening news, with teasers about "Dan Rather reporting from the White House, Roger Mudd from Capitol Hill, Marvin Kalb from the State Department, Peter Kalisher and Bert Quint from capitals around the world, Daniel Schorr from some Washington agency or other, analysis by Eric Sevareid, and perhaps, as the cherry on the sundae, Charles Kuralt On the Road" with today's evening news of crime, terror, back fence stories, and light pieces. When news became entertainment, trying to appeal to emotions rather than intellect, it ceased being important.

[Pamela · Rating 3 out of 5]

I was prompted to read this book after hearing an interview with Bob Edwards on "The Daine Rheem Show". It is a small book but triggers much thought.

I knew little about Murrow at the start. In terms of learning about the man and his impact on broadcast journalism, this was a fabulous book. What a figure! I also knew little about the history of broadcast journalism, though I have watched the changes during my adult life. I learned a lot about that as well, and the last 10 pages or so chronicle those recent changes and provide an understanding of the reasons for them.

At first I was disappointed in the writing style of Edwards, a lot of "history" as chronological fact. But the style shifts, further into the book, as the man Morrow is more a central figure in the development of broadcast journalism. It became more compelling for me. And in the final pages, Edwards does not hesitate to add perspective and commentary, which I appreciated.

Overall a good read.

[Kalen · Rating 4 out of 5]

Fantastic, especially for such a short book. It's obvious that Bob Edwards had a lot of respect for Murrow--it shines through in every page. Lots of fascinating tidbits I didn't know about Murrow, including the fact that he chain-smoked his way through a television program he delivered on the dangers of smoking. This short read is worthwhile if, for nothing else, the excerpt from the October 1958 speech he delivered to the Radio-Television News Directors Association. It's as relevant today as it was then and I expect he is rolling in his grave over what passes as news today. In the afterword, Edwards puts Murrow into context--the context of his own time plus provides explanation about why he would not be a success today--we had him when we needed him--in the pioneering days of radio and TV journalism.

[Kirsti · Rating 4 out of 5]

Very surprised to learn that Edward R. Murrow, that paragon of ethical behavior, repeatedly lied on his job applications. This led to some dilemmas, such as when a women's college invited him to be its president and then found out that he not only didn't have a master's degree but was also only 26.

Also surprised to learn that he integrated a national student government awards dinner 34 years before segregation was outlawed. The hotel managers refused to serve African Americans, so the white diners received the plates and passed them to the black people, which the hotel staff thought was hilarious.

This is clearly a labor of love by Bob Edwards, who is a Peabody Award-winning radio journalist.

[Douglas · Rating 4 out of 5]

Edwards is a great admirer of Murrow. However he does point out some of Murrow's weak spots. Murrow smoked 65 cigarettes a day, lied on his resume earlier in life and held a grudge against Walter Cronkite. About 1/5 of the book is Murrow's own writing. During the days when recordings were not allowed in radio broadcast, Murrow used striking metaphors and quotes from classic literature in his broadcast. Edwards ended the book by stating why Murrow would not fit in today's commercial journalistic environment. Edwards says Murrow was very bitter when "See It Now" was canceled. It seems some of Edward's own bitterness from being let go from "Morning Edition" just before publishing this book may be coming through in this book as well.

[Kelly Holmes · Rating 4 out of 5]

I listened to the audio version of this book during a road trip. I'd already seen Good Night and Good Luck, so I felt like I had an idea of what we'd be learning about Murrow in this book. I was wrong. This man led a full, rich, and amazing life. He achieved so many wonderful things, not the least of which was setting our expectations about what journalism could (and should) be. I think the one thing I took away from the book is that if I see good journalism, I should let the station know. Too often, I just send emails when I get all huffy about something and not when I see good, balanced reporting on issues important to the community and the country.

[Janet L · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is a sweet little book by Bob Edwards that reminds us that broadcast journalism was not inevitable. Edward R Murrow invented it -- from the rooftops of London during the blitz to McCarthyism, ERM brought the world into homes -- first radio, then television, often brutally unfiltered. My favorite part of this book was the afterword where Edwards muses on how ERM would react to broadcast journalism today -- when news programs' successes are measured by profits, where there is so much sensationalism, and where the concept of "breaking news" has totally lost its meaning. Needless to say, he concludes that Murrow would be pretty disappointed if not outraged.

[Chow · Rating 5 out of 5]

Wonderful, quick read that makes me appreciate my husband's job and the mid-20th century history. I also understand the movie "Good Night, and Good Luck".

I hope my kids read this book someday.

I share a lot of Murrow's values.

[Erwin Thomas · Rating 4 out of 5]

Bob Edwards’s Edward R. Murrow and The Birth of Broadcast Journalism is a meaningful biography on one of CBS’s stalwart broadcasters. "Egbert Roscoe Murrow was born on April 24, 1908, at Polecat Creek in Guilford Country, North Carolina." He lived in a log cabin that had no electricity, plumbing, or heat except for a fireplace that doubled as the cooking area. He and his family later settled in Seattle, some thirty miles from the Canadian border. Edward attended high school in the town of Edison, four miles south of Blanchard where he was active in the orchestra, the glee club, sang solos in operettas, played baseball and basketball, drove a school bus, and was president in his senior year of the student body.
English teacher Ruth Lawson was his mentor and convinced him to join the debating team. After graduating from high school Ed spent the next year working in the timber industry. Soon he followed his brothers’ footsteps and enrolled at Washington State College in Pullam. There he learned to express his feelings about the meaning of words, and he became a star pupil. Ed Murrow conquered Washington State having excelled as an actor and debater, and served as ROTC cadet colonel, becoming not only the president of the student body, but also head of the Pacific Student Presidents Association. His class of 1930 was about to join the workforce during the Great Depression.
Soon Ed was off to New York City to run the national office of the National Student Federation Association (NSFA). He cocreated and supplied guests for the University of the Air for CBS. Dr, Stephen Duggan served as advisor to NSFA, and was director of the Institute of International Education (IIE). In 1932 he hired Ed Murrow as his assistant. Ed’s involvement with speakers in America and overseas brought him to the attention of Ed Klauber of CBS, who hired him. His first assignment would be in Europe, so he set sail for England.
It was while in Europe during the war years that Ed R. Murrow became famous. He is known for broadcasting war news, hiring an excellent staff away from the wire services, and initiating hookups with newsmen that were reporting from European capitals. It should be remembered that American broadcasting was still in its embryonic stage. NBC and CBS mainly broadcast entertainment, music, and talk shows. But it was Murrow who was the first to introduce Americans, and the world to live news broadcasts about Hitler’s adventurism on the European continent.
When Murrow was back in New York City at CBS, one of his more popular shows on TV was See It Now. He and producer Fred Friendly were responsible for the downfall of Joseph McCarthy who was perpetrating the Red Scare in America. By this time a number of innocent Americans had lost their jobs, suffered, and ridiculed. Another crowning achievement of Murrow was his documentary entitled Grapes of Wrath about migrant farm workers in the United States. For a little over three years Edward R. Murrow further worked as director of USIA. He died on April 25, 1965 at age fifty-seven years

[John Ryan · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book was an incredible complement to the Walter Cronkite book I just finished. I had both for some time and it was an interesting coincidence that I read one nearly after the other. The two had much in common but Murrow’s never forgave Cronkite for accepting then turning down a job when his current employer increased his pay to match or exceed the CBS offer. Later, it is mentioned in this book, the two were matched together at a democratic party convention but the chemistry clearly didn’t work – for them or their audience.

Murrow had both a more impactful life and tragic life than I ever knew. He did terrific work to get German journalists and those standing up to the Nazi’s out of that country, including Jewish people, during the depression when it was hard to get them jobs when so many were laid off. He also took on McCarthy not just in his performance, which I knew about, but by funding a lawyer for a friend who had been blacklisted.

The scenes of London during the war were amazing, especially when reading this during this worldwide epidemic with so much fear and people losing their lives rather indiscriminately. The author said that Murrow would not use bomb shelters because he didn’t want to rely on them. Rather he staked out his own life and did new techniques like putting a microphone on the ground to allow listeners in the US understand what it was like in London when citizens walked to shelters, seemingly not alarmed despite the situation.

The book gives a quick, overall view of WWII, something that would be helpful to one who didn’t read about the war. It gave many interesting accounts of the journalist who covered the war but none as compelling as when Murrow visited Buchenwald, perhaps the ‘best concentration camp in Germany.” He spoke about men coming up to him to “speak to me, to touch me, professors from Poland, doctors from Vienna, men from all of Europe.” He said that when he visited the hospital, it was full and the doctor said 200 had died the day before from “tuberculosis, starvation, fatigue, and there are many who have no desire to live. It was very difficult.” He spoke of going to the clean kitchen, and the German in charge was a Communist and had been there for nine long years. He showed Murrow a picture of his daughter who was in Hamburg and he had not seen her in 12-years. The man showed the “daily ration – one piece of brown bread about as thick as your thumb, on top of it a piece of margarine as big as three sticks of chewing gum,” and that and a little stew was what they ate in 24-hours.

The tour went on with two doctors, the Fenchman and the Czech, agreed that about 6,000 died during March and the German added back in the winter of 1939, when the Poles began to arrive without winter clothing, they died at the rate of approximately nine hundred a day. The tour of the crematorium was worse. But what was powerful is how they all followed and idealized one man who kept them wanting to live: Franklin Roosevelt.

That was the highlight of the book but when Murrow returned, despite having various possibilities, he went into journalist at CBS and was disappointed that the station was more interested in profits than news. He had successful shows but continued to fight with the brass on McCarthy (with an interesting story about how ALCOA pulled from the show due to being in a public fight), civil rights, and a documentary called “Harvest of Shame,” exposing the conditions of farm workers.

The book briefly touched on his three years in public service at the USIA and mentions how he helped to start a fourth network – public broadcasting.

The book has a lot of insider stories on broadcasting and the fight between corporate profits and news delivery. It says that the legacy of Edward R. Murrow died March 6, 1981 when Walter Cronkite did his last broadcast for The CBS Evening News despite the two men not caring for one another.

[Wil Courtney · Rating 3 out of 5]

The writing for the book is great and for those wanting an introduction to Murrow (exactly why I picked up the book), it serves as a great entry into the life of the greatest journalists the industry has ever seen. Edwards hits all the points a Murrow biography must hit and teases at the beginning discussions a little bit about who he is. It’s a tease that, in my opinion, never came to fruition.

The book says what Murrow did in his life with punctuality and ample detail, but did little to ever help me understand who the man with “dark moods” was. Murrow was described as to being one of the most social men in all of the world but never said to have any friends. Why? Don’t tell me he was a lonely extrovert: show me.

What sat with me the most (and eventually ended up irritating me) was the afterword. Edwards gives his opinion on Murrow’s legacy and it’s a captivating, if not a little gloomy, take. Murrow being what the industry needed is fair and its commentary on the nature of current journalistic versus capitalistic demands is on the money. But, and maybe for my optimism, I can’t concede that there won’t ever be another “Murrow” again. Journalism is an industry in dramatic need of change, reform and innovation - qualities that Murrow specifically provided to the field nearly a hundred years ago.

It’s hard to be all that critical though. Again, this is an introduction to the man, not a full-fledged deep dive into who he was. I’ve already wish-listed several of the books indexed in this one.

[Jerry Jares · Rating 5 out of 5]

The beauty of this audio set is that the voice of Edward R Murrow is liberally sprinkled throughout the performance and the book is read by its author. Considering the huge impact Ed Murrow had on broadcast journalism, it is shocking to find out that he died right after celebrating his 57th birthday.

At its inception, radio was a medium that offered live broadcasts as well as other entertainments. However, Murrow thought it was important (in the 1930s & 1940s) to explain to unconcerned Americans what was really going on in Europe, leading up to and during World War II. Murrow unmasked Senator McCarthy to the American public. However, Murrow fell to corporate politics and the rating games at CBS.

In spite of the short length of this audio (4 CDs and 4.5 hours), the author is pithy and really understands his subject. The 'Afterword' was particularly interesting. I feel that I know so much more about Edward R Murrow after hearing this audio.

[Lance Hillsinger · Rating 5 out of 5]

Edward R. Murrow and the Birth of Broadcast Journalism by Bob Edwards is a straightforward account of the life of the famous broadcaster. The first chapter starts with Murrow’s most famous broadcast from London. The narrative generally runs chronologically and is written in a crisp, journalistic manner.

Besides the London broadcast, the author wisely included passages from some of Murrow’s other famous broadcasts. Murrow, as Edwards points out, was one of a kind.

Older readers, like this reviewer, will recognize many names, like Walter Cronkite, Howard K. Smith, and Eric Sevareid in the narrative. So few journalists in today’s world have the same standards of excellence and objectivity.

[Hannah]

logging this mainly because it's, like, the third audiobook I have managed to finish in my life and I believe that finishing books when it's hard should be recognized!

in a classic me move, I picked this up because I had a very specific research question ("what audio equipment would you need in the early 1940s to do a man-on-the-street interview a la Murrow's VE Day broadcasts, and how would you operate it") and thought this biography generally covering war correspondence in the years 1908-1965 would be a good resource for answering it. why did I think that? it wasn't

[Debbie Jacob · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is a good, concise biography of Edward R. Murrow, and especially important for its inclusion of some of Murrow's on-the-spot coverage of World War II from London. The report from an Allied bomber on a mission is unforgettonable -- not just because it is groundbreaking reporting, but from the way Murrow delivered emotional reports in an unemotional way. The end is especially important. Bob Edwards hails Edwards' work without glamorising him, showing how he would not have been able to do what he did in the 40s in today's journalism. Edwards' voice is perfect for the audio book.

[MisterFweem · Rating 5 out of 5]

There's a lot packed into the 175 pages in this book. It's a good introduction to Murrow for anyone (like me) who has heard the name and known the reputation but not reallly much beyond that. Where Murrow has something important to say, author Bob Edwards stands aside and lets Murrow speak, which is a good thing for a biography, particularly one of this brevity.

[Dotty · Rating 4 out of 5]

After reading "Suspect Red" by l.M. Elliott, I wanted to read more about Edward Murrow and others of that time period. This book did not disappoint. Great picture of the journalist and of his times.

[Anne S · Rating 5 out of 5]

I listened to the audio version, read by the author. I’m glad I did, as it included actual audio of some of Murrow’s work. While reading the book would have been quite wonderful on its own, hearing the man added something extra to the experience.

[Maryann · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great book, especially on audible or tape. The narrator is good and there are many recordings of Ed's early broadcast clips. Oh how I remember that voice during war time and after. That's when news was for serious information, not to make money.

[Dany Doncel · Rating 5 out of 5]

An informative, inspiring, and at times funny book. As a radio anchor and reporter myself, just starting out in the field, this book really gave me some new perspectives that I can think on when I do my work.

[Shelley Diamond · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book gives you lots of details about Murrow and the Murrow Boys. It also includes transcripts of several of his famous speeches, including ones from the WWII London bombings and the McCarthy hearings...

[Carrie Forster · Rating 4 out of 5]

It’s frightening how relevant this book is today, particularly at the end and the epilogue when reflecting on broadcast journalism and division in politics. I love how Murrow saw himself as essentially an educator.

[Daniel Mount · Rating 4 out of 5]

The audiobook contains extended portions of some of Murrow's classic broadcasts, in the flow of the narrative. It's a welcome enhancement to the experience.

[Karen · Rating 5 out of 5]

Well written and well researched book on the beginning of broadcast journalism. I remember "See It Now" and Morrow on TV. This was a very interesting book!

[Steve · Rating 4 out of 5]

A short, highly focused and well-written book looking at the biography, accomplishments and impact of pioneering broadcast journalist Edward R. Murrow.