Scotty: James B. Reston and the Rise and Fall of American Journalism - Hardcover

Stacks, John F.

 
9780316809856: Scotty: James B. Reston and the Rise and Fall of American Journalism

Synopsis

An in-depth portrait of one of the twentieth century's finest and most influential journalists describes the role of James B. Reston in shaping and transforming American journalism and sheds new light on Reston's impact on U.S. politics and the corruption of power on a man who helped make The New York Times the most important newspaper in the world. 25,000 first printing.

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Review

"The biography of a great journalist by another great journalist."

"Reston was always a man 'of the political center, ' as the author of this affectionate biography calls him."-"Lincoln Journal Star"

" The biography of a great journalist by another great journalist. " -- Library Journal
"The biography of a great journalist by another great journalist."-Library Journal

"Reston was always a man ''of the political center, '' as the author of this affectionate biography calls him."-Lincoln Journal Star

About the Author

John F. Stacks is a former deputy managing editor and chief of correspondents for Time magazine. For more than three decades he reported on Congress, the White House, and presidential politics, covering the national campaigns from 1968 through 1980. He is the author of three other books and lives in New York.

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