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Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
Gives readers a compelling behind-the-scenes look at race relations from the epicenter of American power and policy making in the White House, April Ryan's beat since 1997. Ryan tells us what it was like for a pioneering African American female reporter to become a respected member of the White House press corps, one of the great old boy networks in the nation's capital.
Author
Publisher
Verso
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
"Here is a new, sweeping narrative history of American news media that puts race at the center of the story. From the earliest colonial newspapers to the Internet age, America's racial divisions have played a central role in the creation of the country's media system, just as the media has contributed to--and every so often, combated--racial oppression. News for All the People reveals how racial segregation distorted the information Americans received...