When the News Went Live: Dallas 1963

Bob Huffaker

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When routine coverage of JFK's Dallas visit suddenly evolved into reporting a worldwide tragedy, KRLD reporters assumed the duty of reassuring a shocked nation and an anxious world. Broadcast journalism came of age in that crisis, and KRLD News earned the profession's highest honor for its on-the-scene reporting. The writers worked in support of Dan Rather and Walter Cronkite as they reported the first on-camera murder and initiated the first continuous live coverage. Reporters who were part of this watershed in broadcast journalism have had four decades to consider events that were too fast and stunning to allow emotional detachment or reflection. They have never written their account of what happened on the scene in Dallas in 1963 until this book, and no other group had quite the behind-the-scene perspectives these four shared.

Author
Bob Huffaker
Additional authors
Bill Mercer, George Phenix, Wes Wise
Edition published
September 27, 2007
First published
October 1, 2004
Publication year
2007
First published
2004
Goodreads rating
3.95/5 from 81 ratings and 11 reviews
Purchased
August 14, 2016 · kindle
Publisher
Taylor Trade Publishing
Edition
Kindle Edition · 224 pages
Language
English
Genres
History, Nonfiction, Book Club, Politics
ISBN
9781589793712
Added
August 14, 2016
Times read
1
Owned copies
1
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