61 Results for : newsman
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The Soiling of Old Glory: The Story of a Photograph That Shocked America , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 404min
Sometimes a moment can change history. This one took 1/250th of a second. The photograph strikes us with visceral force, even years after the instant it captured. A white man, rage written on his face, lunges to spear a black man who is being held by another white. The assailant’s weapon is the American flag. Boston, April 5, 1976: As the city simmered with racial tension over forced school busing, newsman Stanley Forman hurried to City Hall to photograph that day’s protest, arriving just in time to snap the image that his editor would title "The Soiling of Old Glory". The photo made headlines across the U.S. and won Forman his second Pulitzer Prize. It shocked Boston, and America: Racial strife had not only not ended with the 1960s, it was alive and well in the cradle of liberty. Louis P. Masur’s evocative "biography of a photograph" unpacks this arresting image in a tour de force of historical writing. He examines the power of photography and the meaning of the flag, asking why this one picture had so much impact. Most poignantly, Masur recreates the moment and its aftermath, drawing on extensive interviews with Forman and the figures in the photo to reveal not just how the incident happened, but how it changed the lives of the men in it. The Soiling of Old Glory, like the photograph it is named for, offers a dramatic window onto the turbulence of the 1970s and race relations in America. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Kevin Young. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/adbl/009631/bk_adbl_009631_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Night Beat, Collection 2, Hörbuch, Digital, 354min
There were several newspaper-based dramas during radio’s golden age including The Big Story, Casey, Crime Photographer, Box 13, and Let George Do It but Night Beat was a cut above the others. It followed Randy Stone, hard-nosed Chicago Star newsman and his quest for the human-interest story behind the headlines. Hollywood actor Frank Lovejoy voiced the role of Randy Stone, who came to vivid life thanks to expert scripts by Russell Hughes, E. Jack Neumann, John Michael Hayes (who would later write the Hitchcock film classics To Catch a Thief and Rear Window), and Larry Marcus. Lovejoy's distinctive voice and approach to the role, combined with top performances by veteran radio actors gave Night Beat a radio noir style that listeners loved. The stories ran the gamut from lighthearted to tragic and through it all, Randy Stone, in a hard-boiled yet sensitive portrayal by Frank Lovejoy, would narrate the stories and comment on them from beginning to end -- often with a hard-edged cynicism. Night Beat aired on NBC radio from 1950 to 1952 and, for a time, was sponsored by Wheaties. Enjoy 12 half-hour episodes of one of the best dramas ever to be heard on radio. 6/1/51 “The Will of Mrs. Orloff” 6/8/51 “The Search for Fred” 6/15/51 “Otto, the Music Man” 6/22/51 “Sanctuary” 6/29/51 “Byline for Frank” 7/13/51 “Antonio’s Return” 5/1/52 “Pay Up … or Die” 5/8/52 “Long Live the Clown” 5/15/52 “The Death of Riley” 5/22/52 “Target for a Week” 5/29/52 “The Jockeys Were Brothers” 6/5/52 “Marvelous Machine” Language: English. Narrator: full cast. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/brll/010878/bk_brll_010878_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Night Beat, Vol. 2, Hörbuch, Digital, 354min
This radio drama stars Frank Lovejoy in 12 half-hour episodes that aired in 1950, during the golden age of radio. Among several newspaper-based dramas during radio's golden age, Night Beat was a cut above the others. It was the story of Randy Stone, a hard-nosed Chicago Star newsman, and his quest for the human-interest story behind the headlines. Frank Lovejoy starred as Randy Stone, who came to vivid life thanks to expert scripts by Russell Hughes, Larry Marcus, E. Jack Neuman, and John Michael Hayes, who would later write the Hitchcock film classics To Catch a Thief and Rear Window. Lovejoy's distinctive voice and approach to the role, combined with top performances by veteran radio actors, gave Night Beat a noir style that listeners loved. The stories ran the gamut from lighthearted to tragic, and through it all, Randy Stone, in a hard-boiled yet sensitive portrayal, would narrate the story and comment on it from beginning to end - often with a hard-edged cynicism. Night Beat aired on NBC radio from 1950 to 1952. This collection includes the following episodes: The Devil's Bible (24 Jul 50), A City at Your Fingertips (31 Jul 50), Old Blind Pop (7 Aug 50), Gunner's Last Fight (14 Aug 50), Doctor's Secret (21 Aug 50), Old Home Week (4 Sep 50), The Hunter Becomes the Hunted (11 Sep 50), Wanna Buy a Story? (18 Sep 50), A Case of Butter (25 Sep 50), The Kenny Day Amnesia Case (6 Oct 50), Einar Pierce and Family (13 Oct 50), Judge Arnold's Daughter (20 Oct 50). Language: English. Narrator: Frank Lovejoy. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/blak/009292/bk_blak_009292_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Truth: The Press, the President, and the Privilege of Power , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 299min
Mary Mapes's Truth (previously published as Truth & Duty) was made into the 2015 film Truth, starring Cate Blanchett, Robert Redford, Topher Grace and Elizabeth Moss. A riveting play-by-play of a reporter getting and defending a story that recalls All the President's Men, Truth puts listeners in the center of the 60 Minutes II story on George W. Bush's shirking of his National Guard duty. The firestorm that followed that broadcast - a conflagration that was carefully sparked by the right and fanned by bloggers - trashed Mapes' well-respected 25 year producing career, caused newsman Dan Rather to resign from his anchor chair early and led to an unprecedented "internal inquiry" into the story...chaired by former Reagan attorney general Richard Thornburgh. Truth examines Bush's political roots as governor of Texas, delves into what is known about his National Guard duty - or lack of service - and sheds light on the solidity of the documents that backed up the National Guard story, even including images of the actual documents in an appendix to the book. It is peopled with a colorful cast of characters - from Karl Rove to Sumner Redstone - and moves from small-town Texas to Black Rock - CBS corporate headquarters - in New York City. Truth connects the dots between a corporation under fire from the federal government and the decision about what kinds of stories a news network may cover. It draws a line from reporting in the trenches to the gutting of the great American tradition of a independent media and asks whether it's possible to break important stories on a powerful sitting president. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Mary Mapes. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/aren/002124/bk_aren_002124_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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The 3rd New and Old Time Radio Collection, Hörbuch, Digital, 1153min
This exciting collection of radio comedy from Waterlogg Productions features four must-listens: Sherlock Holmes and the Adventure of the Missing Countess; A Joe Bev Audio Theater Sampler, Vol. 3; A Joe Bev Audio Theater Sampler, Vol. 4; and Simon Studio Presents, Vol. 1. 1. Sherlock Holmes and the Adventure of the Missing Countess by Jon Koons, produced by Joe Bevilacqua, and read by Jon Koons, with Joe Bevilacqua Scotland Yard is puzzled. A young countess has gone missing, and Sherlock Holmes, the world's greatest detective, is summoned. Accompanied by the redoubtable Watson, Holmes must juggle the clues. What does he see? Why does he instruct Watson to bring his wife to the circus three days later? And why does Watson keep sneezing? An original Holmes adventure, it is one of Holmes' more whimsical cases. Bonus Tracks: Noted fictional newsman Walter Cockeyed (Joe Bev) fills in for Joe Bevilacqua to present an interview with Jon Koons, the actor-writer-director behind the new stage play Cockeyed Radio: Sherlock Holmes' Misadventures with Abbott & Costello, sponsored by Brooklyn Seltzer Boys and Thayers Natural Remedies. Also heard is The Mystery of the Creepy Hack Writer, the first installment of Joe Bev's 10-part audio parody series, the Misadventures of Sherlock Holmes. 2. A Joe Bev Audio Theater Sampler, Vol. 3, produced and directed by Joe Bevilacqua This collection offers more audio drama, comedy, biography, and documentary from veteran award-winning radio dramatist Joe Bevilacqua. Together with his wife, Lorie Kellogg, Bevilacqua has amassed thousands of hours of audio entertainment through his Waterlogg Productions and Blackstone Audio. Each half hour is beautifully produced with an original cast of professional actors, sound effects, and music. Language: English. Narrator: Joe Bevilacqua, Jon Koons, The Simon Studio, others. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/blak/007165/bk_blak_007165_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Amelia Earhart: The Truth at Last - Second Edition , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 949min
Nearly everything the American public has seen, read, and heard in the media for nearly 80 years about the so-called Amelia Earhart mystery is intentionally false or inadvertently misleading. The widely accepted myth that the disappearance of Amelia Earhart and Fred Noonan during their ill-fated world-flight attempt in July 1937 is among the greatest aviation mysteries of the 20th century is an abject lie, the result of decades of government propaganda that continues unabated to this day.This second edition of Amelia Earhart: The Truth at Last adds two sections, a new foreword, and the most recent discoveries and analysis to the mountain of overwhelming witness testimony and documentation presented in the first edition of "Truth at Last". The result is the most compelling, comprehensive presentation of the indisputable facts that reveal the stark truth about the Marshall Islands and Saipan presence and deaths of Amelia Earhart and Fred Noonan - a tragic story that American’s ruling class still doesn’t want the public to know, for reasons revealed in Amelia Earhart: The Truth at Last.Amelia Earhart: The Truth at Last dismantles and debunks the popular theories that Amelia Earhart's Electra crashed and sank off Howland Island on July 2, 1937, or landed at Gardner Island, now Nikumaroro, where the suddenly helpless fliers died of starvation on an island teeming with food sources."The Truth at Last" presents many remarkable new findings, eyewitness accounts, and never published revelations from unimpeachable sources including three famous U.S. flag officers and iconic newsman and Earhart researcher Fred Goerner's files that reveal the truth about Amelia’s death on Saipan, as well as the sacred cow status of this matter within the US government and media establishment. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Bill Hemberger. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/232004/bk_acx0_232004_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Night Beat, Collection 1, Hörbuch, Digital, 354min
There were several newspaper-based dramas during radio's golden age including "The Big Story," "Casey, Crime Photographer", "Box 13", and "Let George Do It" but "Night Beat" was a cut above the others. Night Beat followed Randy Stone, a hard-nosed Chicago Star newsman and his quest for the human-interest story behind the headlines. Hollywood actor Frank Lovejoy voiced the role of Randy Stone, who brought the character to vivid life thanks to expert scripts written by Russell Hughes, E. Jack Neumann, John Michael Hayes (who would later write the Hitchcock film classics "To Catch a Thief" and "Rear Window"), and Larry Marcus. Lovejoy's distinctive voice and approach to the role, combined with top performances by veteran radio actors, gave "Night Beat" a radio noir style that listeners loved. The stories ran the gamut from lighthearted to tragic and through it all, Randy Stone, in a hard-boiled yet sensitive portrayal, would narrate the stories and comment on them from beginning to end - often with a hard-edged cynicism. "Night Beat" aired on NBC radio from 1950 to 1952 and, for a time, was sponsored by Wheaties. Enjoy 12 half-hour episodes of one of the best dramas ever to be heard on radio. 5-5-50 The Girl From Kansas 5-22-50 I Wish You Were Dead 5-29-50 Harlan Matthews, Stamp Dealer 6-12-50 The Football Player and the Syndicate 6-19-50 Vincent and the Painter 6-26-50 The Juvenile Gangster 7-3-50 Marty 7-10-50 'Twil Be the Death of Me 7-17-50 Molly Keller 10-27-50 The Doctor's Daughter 11-3-50 The Black Cat 11-10-50 A Woman's Tears Language: English. Narrator: full cast. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/brll/009405/bk_brll_009405_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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The Imposter's War: The Press, Propaganda, and the Newsman Who Battled for the Minds of America
The shocking history of the espionage and infiltration of American media during WWI and the man who exposed it. A man who was not who he claimed to be...- Shop: buecher
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Good Evening, Friends: A Broadcaster Shares His Life , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 771min
In Good Evening, Friends, Houston's iconic Eyewitness News anchor Dave Ward shares his untold personal and professional stories. Known as “the most trusted voice in Houston”, Ward first joined ABC's KTRK-Channel 13 in 1966 and today hosts Dave Ward's Houston on ABC13. His journey from a simple life as the son of an East Texas pastor to become a welcome daily presence in the homes of millions of Houstonians unfolds as if it were preordained. As his early love of music and passion for technological innovation combined with his skill for distilling a story to its essence, it became apparent that Ward not only had a gift as a broadcaster but also a talent for riding the waves of change in the industry and emerging ever more beloved by his audience. In this audiobook, Ward details a remarkable 60-year career as a newsman that began before the JFK assassination. He takes readers behind the scenes of America's most successful local news team - revealing his personal history with Marvin Zindler, chronicling the growth and development of the US space program, and providing fascinating play-by-play about life on the road with the Houston Oilers in the “Luv Ya Blue” era. Additionally, Ward details his instrumental role in establishing Houston Crime Stoppers, the city's top non-profit dedicated to public safety, and he opens up about his personal struggles and dramatic brushes with death. Whether he was covering wars in Vietnam and the Middle East or providing accurate and in-depth coverage of presidential elections and historic natural disasters, Ward has always provided his audience with a clear and unbiased understanding of the news. Now, this long-awaited book captures the spirit of Houston as it presents a candid look at the man who has faithfully investigated its problems and broadcast its stories through almost 70 years of constant change. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Dave Ward. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/161217/bk_acx0_161217_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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The Russian Five: A Story of Espionage, Defection, Bribery and Courage , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 621min
When the Detroit Red Wings were rebooting their franchise after more than two decades of relative futility, they knew the best place to find world-class players who could turn things around more quickly were conscripted servants behind the Iron Curtain. All they had to do to get them was make history by drafting them and then figure out how to get them out of the Soviet Union.That's when the Wings turned to Keith Gave, the newsman whose clandestine mission to Helsinki, Finland, was the first phase of a years-long series of secret meetings from posh hotel rooms to remote forests around Europe to orchestrate their unlawful departures.One defection created an international incident and made global headlines. Another player faked cancer, thanks to the Wings' extravagant bribes to Russian doctors, including a big American car. Another player who wasn't quite ready to leave yet, felt like he was being kidnapped by an unscrupulous agent. Two others were outcast when they stood up publicly against the Soviet regime, winning their freedom to play in the NHL, only after years of struggle.They are the Russian Five: Sergei Fedorov, Viacheslav Fetisov, Vladimir Konstantinov, Vyacheslav Kozlov, and Igor Larionov. Their stories sound like pulse-pounding spy novels. What unfolded after they were brought together in Detroit by the masterful coach Scotty Bowman is heartwarming and unforgettable.This audiobook includes details never before revealed, and by the man who was there every step of the way - from the day Detroit drafted its first two Soviets in 1989 until they raised the Stanley Cup in 1997, then took it to Moscow for a historic victory lap around Red Square and the Kremlin.The Russian Five did more to bridge Russian and American relations than decades of diplomacy and detente between the White House and the Kremlin. This is their story. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Bob Brill. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/195489/bk_acx0_195489_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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