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Walter's perspective : a memoir of fifty years in Chicago TV news /

Walter Jacobson's highly readable book Walter's Perspective: A Memoir of Fifty Years in Chicago TV News provides a unique glimpse into the rough-and-tumble Chicago news business as seen through the eyes of one of its legendary players. From his first news job working as a legman for Daily...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Jacobson, Walter, 1937-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Carbondale : Southern Illinois University Press, ©2012.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Once a Cubs fan
  • I'm a legman
  • The city news bureau, Queen Elizabeth, and me
  • Jacobson vs. Royko
  • New to tv: from JFK to Muhammad Ali
  • The first Mayor Daley
  • My mouth runneth over
  • From reporter to commentator
  • From commentator to anchor!
  • Heat from Jesse Jackson
  • Madame mayor
  • Bill Kurtis and the golden age of tv news
  • Brown and Williamson vs. Walter Jacobson
  • A new mayor, a controversial minister, and an old nemesis
  • Council wars and newsroom woes
  • Another Mayor Daley and another tv station
  • Blago, Barack, and my orchestrated exit
  • Good-bye to Fox
  • The ups and downs of celebrity
  • Yanked from retirement
  • Epilogue.