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01 June 2008
Bibliography: Edward R. Murrow
“Good night, and good luck.”
– Edward R. Murrow, Beginning in 1940, the closing of CBS radio broadcasts from London
Cloud, Stanley and Lynne Olson. The Murrow Boys. Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin Co., 1996.
Cohen-Almagor, Raphael. The Scope of Tolerance: Studies on the Costs of Free Expression and Freedom of the Press. New York, NY: RoutledgeCurzon, 2005.
DeFleur, Lois B. and Betty H. Winfield, eds. The Edward R. Murrow Heritage: Challenge for the Future. Ames, IO: Iowa State University Press, 1986.
Edwards, Bob. Edward R. Murrow and the Birth of Broadcast Journalism. Hoboken, NJ: Wiley, 2004.
Edgerton, Gary. "The Murrow Legend as Metaphor: The Creation, Appropriation, and Usefulness of Edward R. Murrow's Life Story." Journal of American Culture v. 15, no. 1 (Spring 1992): pp. 75-91.
Fairlie, Henry. "Murrow: His Life and Times." The New Republic, v. 195, (August 4, 1986): pp. 33(4).
Friendly, Fred. Due to Circumstances Beyond Our Control. New York, NY: Vintage Books, 1967.
Grossman, Lawrence K. "Murrow Said It All in 1958." Columbia Journalism Review, v. 41 (May-June 2002): p. 53.
Kendrick, Alexander. Prime Time: The Life of Edward R. Murrow. Boston, MA: Little, Brown, 1969.
Lemann, Nicholas. "The Murrow Doctrine." The New Yorker, v. 81, no. 44 (January 23, 2006): pp. 38-43.
Lichello, Robert. Edward R. Murrow, Broadcaster of Courage. Charlottesville, New York, NY: SamHar Press, 1971.
Neuharth, Allen H. "The State of News Standards Today Compared With Those in the 'Golden Age.'" Editor and Publisher, v. 127, no. 9 (February 26, 1994): pp. 54(2).
Persico, Joseph E. Edward R. Murrow: An American Original. New York, NY: McGraw-Hill, 1988.
Rather, Dan. "Call It Courage; Act on Your Knowledge." Vital Speeches of the Day, v. 60, no. 3 (November 15, 1993): pp. 78(4).
Smith, Robert Franklin. Edward R. Murrow: The War Years. Kalamazoo, MI: New Issues Press, 1978.
Sperber, A.M. Murrow: His Life and Times. New York, NY: Freundlich, 1986.
Wald, Malvin. "Shootout at the Beverly Hills Corral: Edward R. Murrow versus Hollywood." Journal of Popular Film and Television, v. 19, no. 3 (Fall 1991): pp. 138(3).
Web Sites
Edward R. Murrow on American Masters, PBS
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/americanmasters/database/murrow_e.html
Murrow on Press and the People
http://www.wgbh.org/article?item_id=2706452
Museum of Broadcast Communications, Edward R. Murrow
http://www.museum.tv/archives/etv/M/htmlM/murrowedwar/murrowedwar.htm
Radio News: Murrow audio clips
http://www.otr.com/murrow.html
[The U.S. Department of State assumes no responsibility for the content and availability of the resources from other agencies and organizations listed above. All Internet links were active as of Spring 2006.]
