Press Gallery: Congress and the Washington Correspondents (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780674703766)

Donald Ritchie examines the lives of early, self-styled congressional journalists such as Horace Greeley, Emily Briggs, Benjamin Perley Poore, Jane Grey Swisshelm, Horace White, James G. Blaine, and others who were positioned in the hub of government when the Civil War, the purchase of Alaska, the Cr馘it Mobilier scandal, and the Johnson impeachment hearings were making front-page news. Rich in anecdote, this lively book illuminates an important era of journalism and American history. The nascent issues of censorship, right to privacy, and conflict of interest that it describes are still very much with us.

Author: Donald a. Ritchie
ISBN-10: 0674703766
ISBN-13: 9780674703766
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Language: English
Published: 01/01/1993
Pages: 310
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.09lbs
Size: 9.23h x 6.10w x 0.92d