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Who invented original reporting on television?
Posted by: heatherblevins | September 27, 2011 | No Comment |What is original reporting? Jim Romenesko called attention to this CBS News promo that was released in August, claiming the network invented original reporting on television. The promo states: “What is original reporting? It’s finding your own facts, seeing them first hand; telling the story no one else will — or can. It’s not just […]
Some knew him as king of the anchormen, others as the most trusted man in America, old ironpants, Uncle Walter, and to some he was the first television anchorman. His name, Walter Leland Cronkite Jr., his image, news reporting at its best. The career of Walter Cronkite in news began in 1935 in the […]