The great reporters / / David Randall.

• VerfasserIn: Randall, David, 1951-
• Place / Publishing House: London ;, Ann Arbor, Michigan : : Pluto Press,, 2005.
• Year of Publication: 2005
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (vi, 280 pages) :; illustrations
• Notes: Includes index.

Table of Contents

The world of the reporter -- Meyer Berger, the reporters' reporter -- Nellie Bly, the best undercover reporter in history -- Edna Buchanan, the best crime reporter there's ever been -- James Cameron, the definitive foreign correspondent -- Richard Harding Davies, one of the best descriptive reporters ever -- Floyd Gibbons, the supreme example of a reporter in pursuit of an assignment -- Ann Leslie, the most versatile reporter ever -- AJ Liebling, the most quotable wit ever by-lined -- JA Macgahan, perpetrator of perhaps the greatest piece of reporting ever -- Hugh mcilvanney, the best writer ever to apply words to newsprint -- Ernie pyle, the reporter who never forgot who he was writing for -- William howard russell, the man who invented war corresponding -- George seldes, a reporter who got up the noses of the high and mighty.