The Voice of America: Lowell Thomas and the Invention of 20th-Century Journalism
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| Rating | : | 4.95 (539 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B01MRQY3SW |
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| Number of Pages | : | 261 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-02-03 |
| Language | : | English |
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In The Voice of America, Mitchell Stephens offers a hugely entertaining, sometimes critical portrait of this larger than life figure.. The Explorers Club has named its building, its awards, and its annual dinner after him. He was a man for all seasons."Few Americans today recognize his name, but Lowell Thomas was as well known in his time as any American journalist ever has been. Then he assigned himself to report on World War I and returned with an exclusive: the story of “Lawrence of Arabia.” In 1930, Lowell Thomas began delivering America’s initial radio newscast. Thomas delighted in entering “forbidden” countries—Tibet, for example, wh
. Mitchell Stephens, a professor of journalism in the Carter Institute at New York University, is the author of A History of News, a New York Times “notable book of the year.” Stephens also has written several other books on journalism and media, including Beyond News: The Future of Journalism and the rise of the image the fall of the word. He also publ
Nobody can properly understand broadcast journalism without reading Stephens’s riveting account of this larger-than-life globetrotting radio legend.” Douglas Brinkley, Professor of History at Rice University and author of Cronkite"Lowell Thomas so deserves this lively account of his legendary life. He was a man for all seasons." Tom Brokaw"An excellent book. "Vivid and interesting." The Weekly Standard"Will take you into the fascinating life, times, and adventures of the man who was considered the m
Cy Berman said ONE HELLUVA YARN. America: just how did we get to be what we are? Or, maybe, what we think we are. One feeder stream has always been “the news.” The stream has fluctuated in character and content, still, it’s always been a mulligan stew—part fact, part fiction, part education, part titillation, and (a whopping large) part point of view. Not to mention what sublime news critic A.J. Liebling distinguished as its fun. "Adventurous and fearless, Lowell Thomas lived a dream." according to J. Zima. Well-researched and with copious detail, as a lifelong journalist, I wondered why I had never heard of Lowell Thomas. I brought the book to my parents' house and sure enough, "He was famous," Mom said. Just goes to show you how many people who influenced world events slide into obscurity as the next generation matures -- until brought into view again.I wanted to cheer for Lowell but questionable decisions about finances. This book makes you think! Bruce Wark This fascinating, beautifully crafted book on Lowell Thomas is both a biography of the man who was once America’s best-known journalist and a history of the transformations journalism itself underwent in the twentieth century.Mitchell Stephens shows again and again how Lowell Thomas embraced all the new technologies to tell his stories --- from portable typewriter and silent film to network radio, Fox Movietone ne