From Edward R. Murrow to "Sixty Minutes" and CNN, the television
news correspondent has become a fixture of American journalism in
the latter half of the twentieth century. The correspondent's role
has changed, however, as centralized control, changing technology,
"infotainment," and profit margin have influenced the way that
television networks operate and television news is reported.
In spite of the flood of literature dealing with the American
television networks, the evening anchors, and prime-time
personalities, little has been written about the "the foot soldier
of network news." "Live from the Trenches" fills that gap,
providing the first examination of television news correspondents
and their work, with much of the analysis coming from the
correspondents themselves.
The correspondents:
Jim Bittermann, a former ABC Paris correspondent, has been the CNN
Paris correspondent since 1996. He received a National News Emmy
for his coverage of the 1988 Sudan famine.
Chris Bury, correspondent for "Nightline" since 1993, has covered
foreign and domestic stories from Waco to Whitewater.
Michael Murrie, after a dozen years in television news at KSDK in
St. Louis, is an associate professor and director of the
Telecommunications Master's Program for the Department of
Radio-Television at Southern Illinois University at
Carbondale.
Roger O'Neil, NBC News Denver bureau chief and correspondent since
1983, was the lead reporter for NBC during the Oklahoma City
bombing trial of Timothy McVeigh.
Walter C. Rodgers, bureau chief and correspondent in Jerusalem,
joined CNN in 1993 as the Berlin correspondent. Prior to joining
CNN, he worked for ABC for twelve years.
Marlene Sanders broke barriers for women throughout her career and
has won three Emmies. As a correspondent at ABC News in 1964, she
was the first woman to anchor a prime-time network newscast.
George Strait is the primary ABC News correspondent for medical and
health news. Among his many awards are the Alfred I. duPont Award
and Gold Medal Award from the National Association of Black
Journalists.
Ed Turner is CNN's first editor-at-large. Based in Washington, he
represents the CNN News Group globally.
Garrick Utley joined CNN in 1997 after thirty years covering more
than seventy countries for ABC.
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