The news sorority
Subtitle: Diane Sawyer, Katie Couric, Christiane Amanpour and the (ongoing, imperfect, complicated) triumph of women in tv news
By: Sheila Weller
Publisher: Penguin Press
Published: 2014
Language: eng
Number of pages: 481
ISBN-13: 9781594204272; 9780143127772
Subjects: Women television journalists; Women television news anchors; Biography
Description: For decades, women battered the walls of the male fortress of television journalism, until finally three -- Diane Sawyer, Katie Couric, and Christiane Amanpour - broke through, definitively remaking America's nightly news. Drawing on exclusive interviews with their colleagues and intimates from childhood on, bestselling author Sheila Weller crafts a lively and eye-opening narrative, revealing the combination of ambition, skill, and character that enabled these three singular women to infiltrate the once impenetrable "boys club" and become cultural icons.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 462-472) and index.