The Decade That Shaped Television News
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The Decade That Shaped Television News

CBS in the 1950s

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The Decade That Shaped Television News

CBS in the 1950s

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Television news made meteoric progress in the 1950s. It rose from being a plaything for the rich to a major factor in informing the American public, and an aggressive rival to newspapers, radio, and news magazines. This volume is an insider's account of the arduous and frequently critical steps undertaken by inexperienced staffs in the development of television news, documentaries, and sports broadcasts. The author, the first president of CBS News, provides a treasure trove of facts and anecdotes about plotting in the corridors, the ascendancy of stars, and the retirement into oblivion of the less favored. This volume is an important contribution to the history of television journalism and will appeal both to journalism and broadcasting scholars and to those interested in the meteoric rise of television.

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Publisher
Praeger
Year
1998
ISBN
9780313367014
Edition
1
Topic
Media & Performing Arts
Subtopic
Television

Table of contents

  1. Contents
  2. Acknowledgments
  3. Introduction: The Decade That Shaped Television News
  4. 1 The Search for a Road Map
  5. 2 The First Awkward Steps
  6. 3 A New Star on the Horizon
  7. 4 Driving Television's Golden Spike
  8. 5 A New Species of Documentary: The Birth of "See It Now"
  9. 6 Breaking New Ground
  10. 7 Blacklisting and the Exploitation of Fear
  11. 8 Not So Strange Bedfellows: Politics and Television
  12. 9 Television News Comes of Age
  13. 10 The Great Airplane Race
  14. 11 The Corporation Declares a Cease-Fire
  15. 12 Aftermath of the Cease-Fire
  16. 13 Spare the Rod but Don't Spoil the Picture
  17. 14 Combat in the Corporate Stratosphere
  18. 15 The Changing of the Guard
  19. 16 Filling the "See It Now" Void: The Birth of "CBS Reports"
  20. 17 The Happy Couple: Pigskin and TV Picture Tube
  21. 18 Carrying the Olympic Torch to Television
  22. 19 In Pursuit of the Dollar
  23. 20 The End of the Decade
  24. Notes
  25. Bibliography
  26. Index