Newsmaker: Roy W. Howard, the Mastermind Behind the Scripps-Howard News Empire From the Gilded Age to the Atomic Age
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| Rating | : | 4.82 (728 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1493017535 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 384 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-05-26 |
| Language | : | English |
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Kevin McEneaney said the inner workings of a brilliant mind, an exciting narrative. Patricia Beard's aptly titled Newsmaker offers not only an exciting read about Roy Howard, the man who founded UPI and turned it into an empire, but a fresh inside look at what went on behind the scenes of American politics during the first half of the "the inner workings of a brilliant mind, an exciting narrative" according to Kevin McEneaney. Patricia Beard's aptly titled Newsmaker offers not only an exciting read about Roy Howard, the man who founded UPI and turned it into an empire, but a fresh inside look at what went on behind the scenes of American politics during the first half of the 20th century. Howard was not only a reporter, columnist, a. 0th century. Howard was not only a reporter, columnist, a. "Four Stars" according to Glendel Peddy, Sr. A really good book. I enjoyed reading it.
Based on fifty years of Roy Howard’s privately held diaries, and thousands of pages of his “Strictly Confidential” memoranda, Newsmaker’s author Patricia Beard takes the reader behind the scenes of a turbulent era, and provides background to the role of journalism in the digital age.. In the first half of the 20th century, the golden age of newspapers, the colorful, charismatic, and controversial Roy W. The first global news entrepreneur, he was a model for journalism in the digital age.Howard traveled 2.5 million miles to land unique scoops, and was the privileged confidante of every US president from Woodrow Wilson to Dwight D. Roosevelt, Stalin, Hitler, Churchill, and the Emperor of Japan, and advised the most renowned figures of his time, among them a muddled Duke of Windsor, a grieving Charles Lindberg, an
Patricia Beard is the author of ten books, including Blue Blood & Mutiny: The Fight for the Soul of Morgan Stanley and After the Ball: Gilded Age Secrets, Boardroom Betrayals, and the Ball that Ignited the Great Wall Street Scandal of 1905. She is a former features editor at Town & Country, ELLE, and Mirabella magazines, and hundreds of her articles have appeared in national publications.
Howard (1883–1964), the ambitious journalist, demanding editor, and colorful “mastermind” behind the early 20th-century rise of the Scripps-Howard news empire. For years I have believed that Howard’s story was worthy of a book, or several. An abundance of detail—historical, professional, and personal—gives the book an impressive credibility that will fascinate many readers, despite the facts alternately tending to weigh down the pace of some of the livelier chapters and anecdotes. He lived the life of three people. Patricia Beard’s Newsmaker draws on a treasure trove of personal papers to create the full picture of a man who by dint