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Friendlyvision : Fred Friendly and the Rise and Fall of Television Journalism / Ralph Engelman.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York, NY : Columbia University Press, [2009]Copyright date: ©2009Description: 1 online resource (440 p.) : 16 illusContent type:
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ISBN:
  • 9780231136914
  • 9780231510202
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 791.4502/32092 22
LOC classification:
  • PN1992.4.F695 E54 2009
  • PN1992.4.F695 E54 2009
Other classification:
  • online - DeGruyter
Online resources: Available additional physical forms:
  • Issued also in print.
Contents:
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Prologue: Salesman -- Introduction -- 1. Ferd -- 2. "My Rhodes Scholarship" -- 3. "Willing to Be Lucky" -- 4. See It Now -- 5. Friendly and Murrow -- 6. Encounter with McCarthyism -- 7. Aftermath -- 8. CBS Reports -- 9. Camelot -- 10. News President -- 11. At the Top of His Game -- 12. Vietnam -- 13. Resignation -- 14. Policy Maker -- 15. Professor -- 16. PBL -- 17. PBS -- 18. The Press and the Bar -- 19. Seminar -- 20. Last Years -- 21. Friendlyvision -- Notes -- Index
Summary: Fred Friendly (1915-1998) was the single most important personality in news and public affairs programming during the first four decades of American television. Portrayed by George Clooney in the film Good Night and Good Luck, Friendly, together with Edward R. Murrow, invented the television documentary format and subsequently oversaw the birth of public television. Juggling the roles of producer, policy maker, and teacher, Friendly had an unprecedented impact on the development of CBS in its heyday, wielded extensive influence at the Ford Foundation under the presidency of McGeorge Bundy, and trained a generation of journalists at Columbia University during a tumultuous period of student revolt.Ralph Engelman's biography is the first comprehensive account of Friendly's life and work. Known as a "brilliant monster," Friendly stood at the center of television's unique response to McCarthyism, Watergate, and the Vietnam War, and the pitched battles he fought continue to resonate in the troubled world of television news. Engelman's fascinating psychological portrait explores the sources of Friendly's legendary rage and his extraordinary achievement. Drawing on private papers and interviews with colleagues, family members, and friends, Friendlyvision is the definitive story of broadcast journalism's infamous "wild man," providing a crucial perspective on the past and future character of American journalism.
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Prologue: Salesman -- Introduction -- 1. Ferd -- 2. "My Rhodes Scholarship" -- 3. "Willing to Be Lucky" -- 4. See It Now -- 5. Friendly and Murrow -- 6. Encounter with McCarthyism -- 7. Aftermath -- 8. CBS Reports -- 9. Camelot -- 10. News President -- 11. At the Top of His Game -- 12. Vietnam -- 13. Resignation -- 14. Policy Maker -- 15. Professor -- 16. PBL -- 17. PBS -- 18. The Press and the Bar -- 19. Seminar -- 20. Last Years -- 21. Friendlyvision -- Notes -- Index

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Fred Friendly (1915-1998) was the single most important personality in news and public affairs programming during the first four decades of American television. Portrayed by George Clooney in the film Good Night and Good Luck, Friendly, together with Edward R. Murrow, invented the television documentary format and subsequently oversaw the birth of public television. Juggling the roles of producer, policy maker, and teacher, Friendly had an unprecedented impact on the development of CBS in its heyday, wielded extensive influence at the Ford Foundation under the presidency of McGeorge Bundy, and trained a generation of journalists at Columbia University during a tumultuous period of student revolt.Ralph Engelman's biography is the first comprehensive account of Friendly's life and work. Known as a "brilliant monster," Friendly stood at the center of television's unique response to McCarthyism, Watergate, and the Vietnam War, and the pitched battles he fought continue to resonate in the troubled world of television news. Engelman's fascinating psychological portrait explores the sources of Friendly's legendary rage and his extraordinary achievement. Drawing on private papers and interviews with colleagues, family members, and friends, Friendlyvision is the definitive story of broadcast journalism's infamous "wild man," providing a crucial perspective on the past and future character of American journalism.

Issued also in print.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

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