{"product_id":"reporting-from-washington-donald-a-ritchie-9780195178616","title":"Reporting from Washington: The History of the Washington Press Corps","description":"Donald Ritchie offers a vibrant chronicle of news coverage in our nation's capital, from the early days of radio and print reporting and the heyday of the wire services to the brave new world of the Internet. \u003cbr\u003e Beginning with 1932, when a newly elected FDR energized the sleepy capital, Ritchie highlights the dramatic changes in journalism that have occurred in the last seven decades. We meet legendary columnists--including Walter Lippmann, Joseph Alsop, and Drew Pearson --as well as the great investigative reporters, from Paul Y. Anderson to the two green \u003cem\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/em\u003e reporters who launched the political story of the decade--Woodward and Bernstein. We read of the rise of radio news--fought tooth and nail by the print barons--and of such pioneers as Edward R. Murrow, H. V. Kaltenborn, and Elmer Davis. Ritchie also offers a vivid history of TV news, from the early days of \u003cem\u003eMeet the Press\u003c\/em\u003e, to Huntley and Brinkley and Walter Cronkite, to the cable revolution led by C-SPAN and CNN. In addition, he compares political news on the Internet to the alternative press of the '60s and '70s; describes how black reporters slowly broke into the white press corps (helped mightily by FDR's White House); discusses path-breaking woman reporters such as Sarah McClendon and Helen Thomas, and much more.\u003cbr\u003e From Walter Winchell to Matt Drudge, the people who cover Washington politics are among the most colorful and influential in American news. \u003cem\u003eReporting from Washington\u003c\/em\u003e offers an unforgettable portrait of these figures as well as of the dramatic changes in American journalism in the twentieth century.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Donald A. Ritchie\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0195178610\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780195178616\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Oxford University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/15\/2005\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 432\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.61lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.50h x 6.46w x 1.32d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/01\/2005 pg. 41\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eIngram Advance\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/01\/2005 pg. 75\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/31\/2005 pg. 57\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/15\/2005 pg. 1038","brand":"Donald A. Ritchie","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":47965120299263,"sku":"9780195178616","price":76.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_5a399871-75a1-45d8-83e2-0fd17272151d.jpg?v=1767278551","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/reporting-from-washington-donald-a-ritchie-9780195178616","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}