JRN 375 Lecture Notes - Lecture 36: Ben Bradlee, Watergate Scandal, Diane Sawyer
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Diane sawyer first woman reporter for 60 min in 1984, 60 min gets critiques for being too male dominated and sexist and that hewitt does not give credit where credit is due. The rfa national program will recruit and train talented journalists. Local news organizations will apply to receive corps members. The reporters will be managed at the local level, with help from the national rfa. Man from video, he views journalism as a holy profession. Use of anonymous sources when working on watergate scandal. Reporter who lied about child heroine addict story and won a pulitzer prize for it. Won a pulitzer prize in 1990 for her work on watergate. Created st. louis observer, had four printed presses destroyed and was later shot and killed by a mob. Had extreme positions about abolition, wasn"t very popular. California eagle, moved to california for health issues. Ran for office as vice-presidential candidate of progressive.
