Beyond Reagan: The Politics of Upheaval: The Reporters of Washington Week in Review

vii, [3], 338, [4] p. Index. Contributions include: Charles Corddry; Georgie Ann Geyer, Haynes Johnson, Charles McDowell, Jack Nelson, and Hedrick Smith. The presidency of Ronald Wilson Reagan has by common consent unleashed a tide of social, economic, and government changes unparalleled since Roosevelt's New Deal. Paul Duke and the reporters of Washington Week in Review evaluate th e impact of Reaganism on America. From Wikipedia; "Washington Week previously Washington Week in Review is an American public affairs television program airing on PBS since 1967. Unlike other panel discussion shows which encourage informal (sometimes vociferous) debates as a means of presentation, Washington Week consistently follows a path of civility and moderation. Its format is that of a roundtable moderated by current host Gwen Ifill and between two and four Washington-based journalists.Washington Week in Review was first broadcast on 23 February 1967 on National Educational Television, making it the longest running show of its type on PBS. Since 1970, Washington Week has used a panel discussion format, moderated by a host. Gwen Ifill has been the host since Ken Bode was fired in 1999. Ifill shortened the name when she took over, as a sign that "the show would spend more time looking forward". In 2006, Washington Week made an agreement with National Journal which ensures that at least one National Journal reporter is on the show. [4] Washington Week is on PBS's national primetime lineup; because of the subscriber nature of PBS, local presentation of Washington Week is scheduled by individual stations, and air times vary by market, though the most dominant airing pattern is it leading off primetime on Friday evenings with weekend afternoon encores on most PBS member stations, and several airings per week on PBS World. The program is produced by WETA-TV in Washington, D.C." Also from Wikipedia: "Charles "Charley" McDowell, Jr. (24 June 1926 5 November 2010) was a long-time political writer and nationally syndicated columnist for the Richmond Times-Dispatch and panelist on PBS-TV's Washington Week in Review. McDowell appeared in an interview in Ken Burns' documentary The Congress provided the character voice for Sam R. Watkins in Burns' documentary The Civil War; and provided character voice as well as consultation for Burns' documentary Baseball. McDowell was a Washington and Lee University alumnus and a member of Columbia's Graduate School of Journalism. Charles Rice McDowell, Jr. was born in Danville, Kentucky on June 24, 1926. He was the son of Charles Rice McDowell, Sr. (1895 1968) and Catherine Frazier Feland (1904 1986). When he was young, the family moved to Lexington, Virginia, where the elder McDowell was a professor of law at Washington and Lee University.The younger McDowell became an undergraduate there, majoring in English and graduating in 1948. He then attended the Columbia University School of Journalism, and graduated the following year. McDowell then moved to Richmond, Virginia, and joined the staff of the Richmond Times-Dispatch, where he would remain his entire career, retiring in 1998. He covered local news and was then assigned to the State Capitol, where he reported on the General Assembly and state politics. In 1954, McDowell began to write a syndicated column that appeared three or four times per week and would span the remainder of his career. He was assigned to Washington, D.C., in 1965, and relocated to Alexandria. McDowell wrote three books: "Campaign Fever, " a journal of the 1964 presidential election; and two collections of humor columns titled "One Thing After Another" (1960) and "What Did You Have in Mind? " (1963). He was also a panelist on PBS' "Washington Week in Review" for 18 years, beginning in 1978, and was a writer, narrator and host for other PBS programs, including "Summer of Judgment: The Watergate Hearings, " "Richmond Memories" and "For the Record." McDowell also provided voiceovers for the producti.…