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The Rose Man of Sing Sing : a True Tale of Life, Murder, and Redemption in the Age of Yellow Journalism.

Today, seventy-three years after his death, journalists still tell tales of Charles E. Chapin. As city editor of Pulitzer?s New York Evening World, Chapin was the model of the take-no-prisoners newsroom tyrant: he drove reporters relentlessly?and kept his paper in the center ring of the circus of bi...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Morris, James
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Bronx : Fordham University Press, 2003.
Colección:Communications & Media Studies, No. 8.
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Sumario:Today, seventy-three years after his death, journalists still tell tales of Charles E. Chapin. As city editor of Pulitzer?s New York Evening World, Chapin was the model of the take-no-prisoners newsroom tyrant: he drove reporters relentlessly?and kept his paper in the center ring of the circus of big-city journalism. From the Harry K. Thaw trial to the sinking of the Titanic, Chapin set the pace for the evening press, the CNN of the pre-electronic world of journalism. In 1918, at the pinnacle of fame, Chapin?s world collapsed. Facing financial ruin, sunk in depression, he decided to kill him.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (744 pages)
ISBN:9780823222667
0823222667