When the News Went Live Dallas 1963
by Huffaker, Bob; Mercer, Bill; Phenix, George; Wise, Wes; Rather, DanFormat: Hardcover
Pub. Date: 2004-09-10
Publisher(s): Taylor Trade Publishing
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Summary
Broadcast journalism came of age in the Kennedy Assassination crisis and helped to hold a mourning nation together. Four reporters on the scene relate their experiences.
Author Biography
Bob Huffaker, investigative reporter, army officer, police officer, English professor, Texas Monthly editor, author of John Fowles, and member of Texas State University's Star Hall of Fame, lives in Denton, Texas Bill Mercer, voice of the Dallas Cowboys, Texas Rangers, and Chicago White Sox, University of North Texas professor, and member of the Texas Radio Hall of Fame, lives in Richardson, Texas. George Phenix, cofounder and publisher of Texas Weekly, the state's top legislative newsletter for more than twenty years, lives in Austin, Texas Wes Wise, pioneer of baseball play-by-play; writer for Sports Illustrated, Time, and Life; and former mayor of Dallas, Texas, where he lives
Table of Contents
| Dedication | p. vii |
| Acknowledgments | p. ix |
| Foreword | p. xi |
| Preface: Real News That Really Mattered | p. xiii |
| The Writers | p. xv |
| Messengers of Tragedy | |
| Covering a President Becomes a Nightmare | p. 3 |
| Murderous Flight | p. 24 |
| Cables and Carpetbaggers | p. 39 |
| Epicenter of Grief | p. 49 |
| On the Scene | |
| Moving with the Story | p. 79 |
| Gunman, Mob, and Mourners | p. 90 |
| Seeds of Hatred | |
| The Media, Extremists, and Dallas | p. 111 |
| The Trials of Jacob Rubenstein | p. 132 |
| The Last of "Sparky" Ruby | p. 153 |
| Looking Back | |
| Television, Radio, Ethics, and Duty | p. 177 |
| Broadcast News, Forty Years After | p. 186 |
| Afterword | p. 197 |
| Index | p. 199 |
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