When the news went live
Subtitle: Dallas 1963
By: Bob Huffaker, Bill Mercer, George Phenix, Wes Wise
Contributors: Mercer, Bill, 1926-; Phenix, George; Wise, Wes
Edition: 50th anniversary edition.
Publisher: Taylor Trade Publishing
Published: 2013
Language: eng
Number of pages: 207
ISBN-13: 9781589798953; 9781589798960
Subjects: Television journalists; Social aspects; Assassination; Television broadcasting of news; Biography
Description: The minutes, hours, and days after President John F. Kennedy was shot on November 22, 1963, provided no ready answers about what was going on, what would happen next, or what any of it meant. For millions of Americans transfixed by the incomparable breaking news, television--for the first time--emerged as a way to keep informed. But the journalists who brought the story to the television airwaves could only rely on their skill, their experience, and their stamina to make sense of what was, at the time, the biggest story of their lives. President Kennedy's assassination was the first time such big breaking news was covered spontaneously--this book tells the stories of four men who were at the epicenter of it all. Bob Huffaker, Bill Mercer, George Phenix, and Wes Wise were among those responsible for covering the assassination and its aftermath for Dallas's KRLD. These reporters fed news and footage to Walter Cronkite and all of the other CBS affiliates around the country. President Kennedy's assassination was the first time such big breaking news was covered spontaneously--this book tells the stories of four men who were at the epicenter of it all. Bob Huffaker, Bill Mercer, George Phenix, and Wes Wise were among those responsible for covering the assassination and its aftermath for Dallas's KRLD. These reporters fed news and footage to Walter Cronkite and all of the other CBS affiliates around the country.--Amazon.com.
Notes: Includes index.

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Part. I. Messengers of tragedy; title: Covering a president becomes a nightmare; title: Murderous flight; title: Cables and carpetbaggers; title: Epicenter of grief; title: Part II. On the scene; title: Moving with the story; title: Gunman, mob, and mourners; title: Part III. Seeds of hatred; title: The media, extremists, and Dallas; title: The trials of Jacob Rubenstein; title: The last of "Sparky" Ruby; title: Part IV. Looking back; title: Television, radio, ethics, and duty; title: Broadcast news, forty years after.