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Anchoring America : the changing face of network news

Anchoring America covers 17 anchors in 17 smart profiles that show the evolution of the anchoring job and reveal the character of the men and women who sat at the desk.
Print Book, English, ©2003
Bonus Books, Chicago, ©2003
Biography
xxix, 426 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
9781566251945, 156625194X
1131598028
Introduction : How we experienced December 7, 1941
1. The pioneers : Edward R. Murrow
Douglas Edwards, CBS
John Cameron Swayze, NBC
John Charles Daly, ABC
2. The golden years : Chet Huntley and David Brinkley, NBC
Walter Cronkite, CBS
Frank Reynolds, ABC
Howard K. Smith, ABC
Harry Reasoner, ABC
John Chancellor, NBC
3. The changing of the guard : Barbara Walters, ABC
Max Robinson, ABC
Peter Jennings, ABC
Dan Rather, CBS
Tom Brokaw, NBC
Connie Chung
Robert MacNeil and Jim Lehrer, PBS
4. The challenge of cable news : CNN
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