At 10:33 p.m. on the night of February 8, 1968, eight to 10 seconds of police gunfire left three young black men dying and 27 wounded on the campus of South Carolina State College in Orangeburg. Exactly 33 years … Read more
“…Murrow had the sense of curiosity that all journalists have to have, a need to understand something before he talked about it, and a marvelous ear for copy.”—Friendly (left), with Edward R. Murrow. Read more
“It is my judgment that Mr. Johnson wants to hold control in his own hands.”—Strout. Photo by Jack Kightlinger, courtesy of the Lyndon B. Johnson Library Collection. [This … Read more
“Television by its nature has to move on…it cannot explain or expound.”—Muggeridge. Civil rights march on Washington, D.C., 1963. Photo courtesy of the Still Picture Branch, National Archives at College Park, … Read more
[This article originally appeared in the October 1951 issue of Nieman Reports.] The challenge of television to the newspaper is one which newspapermen cannot take lightly, and one which you must consider, as radio is having to do. What you … Read more
[This article originally appeared in the January 1949 issue of Nieman Reports.] “I never expected to see an old hand in the newspaper business cavorting in front of a bunch of cameras with his face covered by makeup.” Thus Danton … Read more
[This article originally appeared in the April 1952 issue of Nieman Reports.] The two main ways to communicate ideas in America are by press and radio. I’ve communicated with America both ways. I’ve found freedom of speech in the American … Read more
