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"If you think the news world is eclectic today--take a look inside. You'll find that it has been peopled by an unimaginable range of talents, characters, and ego--since its earliest days. Every variety of communicator is here; every one telling a piece of the history of a great nation."
--Judy Woodruff, anchor and senior correspondent, CNN
"What a collection of rogues and heroes! Here are the great reporters and storytellers and muckrakers and goofballs of American journalism--all in one place. Reading this history is as fun as it is interesting, as amusing as it is informative. It explains yesterday and puts today--flaws and freedoms, sins and strengths-- in perspective. Going through Crusaders, Scoundrels, Journalists is like going to the ultimate convention of newspaper people--without the bad speeches and the bad food."
--Michael Gartner, chairman/editor, The Tribune, Ames, Iowa;
1997 Pulitzer Prize winner, commentary
"Every journalism student in America should read this book. Today's issues mean so much more when we know who and what came before."
--Carole Simpson, ABC News correspondent
"This delightful gathering demonstrates that neither the news media's virtues nor its failings first appeared during yesterday's news cycle. The book also contains wisdom needed to help us strengthen those virtues and better deal with those failings."
--Mitchell Stephens, author, A History of News;
chairman, Department of Journalism, New York University
"Imagine being at a party filled with great storytellers, people who have witnessed history and in some cases helped make it. You'd hate to miss anything any of them was saying. Well, that's what Crusaders, Scoundrels, Journalists offers--and it's all here with the permanence of print so you don't have to worry about missing a thing."
--Louis D. Boccardi, president and CEO, The Associated Press
著者について
Eric Newton is a Pulitzer Prize--winning newspaper editor, a writer, and a teacher. As Newseum managing editor, he coordinates the content of the world's first museum of news. When Newton was managing editor of The Oakland Tribune, the newspaper won more than 150 awards with the most diverse newsroom in the United States. He lives in Virginia with his wife, Mary Ann Hogan, and sons William and James. He also has edited Is the Pope Catholic?, The Bay Area at War, and The Open Newspaper.
