The History of Media and Communication
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The History of Media and Communication

Kent Cooper and the Twentieth-Century World of News

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The History of Media and Communication

Kent Cooper and the Twentieth-Century World of News

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  • Finalist for the  AEJMC Tankard Book Award

Between 1925 and 1951, Kent Cooper transformed the Associated Press, making it the world's dominant news agency while changing the kind of journalism that millions of readers in the United States and other countries relied on. Gene Allen's biography is a globe-spanning account of how Cooper led and reshaped the most important institution in American--and eventually international--journalism in the mid-twentieth century.

Allen critically assesses the many new approaches and causes that Cooper championed: introducing celebrity news and colorful features to a service previously known for stodgy reliability, pushing through disruptive technological innovations like the instantaneous transmission of news photos, and leading a crusade to bring American-style press freedom--inseparable from private ownership, in Cooper's view--to every country. His insistence on truthfulness and impartiality presents a sharp contrast to much of today's fractured journalistic landscape.

Deeply researched and engagingly written, Mr. Associated Press traces Cooper's career as he built a new foundation for the modern AP and shaped the twentieth-century world of news.

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Publisher
University of Illinois Press
Year
2023
ISBN
9780252054471
Topic
Social Sciences
Subtopic
Sociology
Index
Social Sciences

Table of contents

  1. Cover Page
  2. Half Title
  3. Title Page
  4. Copyright Page
  5. Dedication
  6. Contents
  7. Acknowledgments
  8. 1 “Fitting Himself for the Newspaper Profession”
  9. 2 Apprenticeship and Ascent
  10. 3 “Very Much the Boss”
  11. 4 The Opposition
  12. 5 International Ambitions
  13. 6 The Japanese Gambit
  14. 7 New Media
  15. 8 Politics, External and Otherwise
  16. 9 The Shadow of War
  17. 10 “The Government Suit”
  18. 11 The Crusade
  19. 12 The Voice of America
  20. 13 “Mr. Associated Press”
  21. Notes
  22. Bibliography
  23. Index
  24. Series Page