Journalism Challenge

Introduction

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Yes, I hope I am finally in. I have signed up for the easy one. This is a new and great challenge. thanks for doing this.
kim in ohio

Examples of Books for this Challenge

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Pierre Berton
My Times: Living with History 1917 - 1995

Peter Jennings
A Reporter's Life

Tom Brokaw
A Long Way from Home: Growing Up in the American Heartland

Johnny Carson

Cox, Stephen
Here's Johnny: Thirty Years of Americas Favorite Late Night Entertainer.

Leamer, Laurence
King of the Night: The Life of Johnny Carson. Avon.

McMahon, Ed
Here's Johnny!: My Memories of Johnny Carson, The Tonight Show, and 46 Years of Friendship.

Arthur Gelb
City Room (New York Times)

Dan Rather
Dan Rather and Mickey Hershkowitz. The Camera Never Blinks: Adventures of a TV Journalist.
Dan Rather with Herskowitz, Mickey. The Camera Never Blinks Twice.
Dan Rather. Deadlines and Datelines
Dan Rather. I Remember, with Peter Wyden.

Ted Turner
Call Me Ted

Robert M. Poole
Explorers House (National Geographic)

Woodward & Bernstein
All the Presidents Men (Washington Post)

Alicia Shepard
Woodward & Bernstein: Life after Watergate (Washington Post)

Katherine Graham
Personal History (Washington Post)

Ben Bradlee
A Good Life (Washington Post)

William Randolph Hearst

Oliver Carlson
Hearst - Lord of San Simeon

Marion Davies
The Times We Had: Life with William Randolph Hearst

Rupert Murdoch

Chenoweth, Neil
Rupert Murdoch, the untold story of the world's greatest media wizard

Also if anyone can find any biography or book about Christiane Amanpour, formerly of the CNN, please let me know, as I would love to read her story. Thank you.

ETC, ETC, ETC....

The 2011 Journalism Challenge

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The 2011 Journalism Challenge.

Where you can still read books. BUT these books MUST BE ABOUT about Newspapers, Magazines, TV and Radio stations and all the journalists who work for them.

There are lots of books about the famous TV and Radio personalities. Johnny Carson, Peter Jennings, Walter Cronkite, Pierre Berton etc. There are also a number of books written by and about Newspaper and Magazine journalists and editors as well.

So, my challenge for 2011 is for you to read 12 books about journalism, Books covering Newspapers, Magazines, TV and Radio stations and their journalists. If you want me to go easy, I'll give you an out. You can read 6 books for the easy challenge. I will post a list of books that are acceptable and indicative for this challenge.

Easy Challenge - 6 books
Hard Challenge - 12 Books

Start date - January 1, 2011
End Date - December 31, 2011