A creed for my profession
Subtitle: Walter Williams, journalist to the world
By: Ronald T. Farrar.
Series: Missouri biography series
Publisher: University of Missouri Press
Published: 1998
Place of publication: Columbia [Mo.]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 246
Subjects: Williams, Walter, 1864-1935; Journalists -- United States -- Biography; College presidents -- United States -- Biography; Historians -- United States -- Biography; Missouri -- Biography
Description: This biography provides for the first time a candid look at the remarkable life of Walter Williams, the man who founded the world's first school of journalism and perhaps contributed more toward the promotion of professional journalism than any other person of his time.

Williams, the youngest of six children, was born in Boonville, Missouri, in 1864. He began his journalistic career as a printer's devil at seventy cents per week and eventually became editor and part-owner of a weekly in Columbia, Missouri. During his time as an editor, Williams became convinced that journalism would never reach its potential until its practitioners had the opportunity for university training in their field.

After years of crusading, he established the first journalism school, on the University of Missouri campus. Later, he was chosen president of the University of Missouri, which he led with distinction during the Great Depression.

Williams was an unwavering advocate of high professional standards. His Journalist's Creed became one of the most widely circulated codes of professional ethics. Williams inspired the confidence of his fellow journalists, and he carried his message to nearly every country in which newspapers were published.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.