Ruth Ashton Taylor

Ruth Ashton Taylor
Author: Priscilla Wofford
Publisher: Independently Published
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2024-01-19
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN:

Join us on an enthralling voyage as we learn about the remarkable life and groundbreaking work of Ruth Ashton Taylor, the First Lady of West Coast News in America. In "Ruth Ashton Taylor: The Remarkable Journey," you will learn the incredible story of a woman who broke barriers and left an impact on the history of television. Beginning her life in modest circumstances on April 20, 1922, Ruth went on to become a trailblazing figure in American radio and television newscasting for more than half a century. Her tale is one of perseverance, drive, and overcoming obstacles. Listen as her story unfolds, revealing the hardships she endured and the turning points that set her on the path to a career in broadcasting. Find out how Ruth became the first female newscaster in Los Angeles and on the West Coast by delving into her television career. This book provides a comprehensive account of her life and career, including all of her significant accomplishments and the way she changed journalism forever. Witness the shift from radio to television while delving into her impactful work on both platforms and the changing nature of broadcasting during her time. As you turn the pages, you will see the impact of Ruth Ashton Taylor's life and work revealed. Learn about the impact she had on women in journalism, the awards she won, and how she changed the face of the media forever. Go deep into the details of her life away from the microphone, including her relationships and family. This well-researched biography encapsulates the spirit of an innovator who opened the way for future generations. "Ruth Ashton Taylor: The Remarkable Journey" is more than a narrative; it is a jubilation of a woman's unwavering determination, bravery, and the enduring impact she had on American media history. Come celebrate with us the life and work of the legendary radio journalist Ruth Ashton Taylor.

Connie

Connie
Author: Connie Chung
Publisher: Grand Central Publishing
Total Pages: 357
Release: 2024-09-17
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 1538767007

"This delightful memoir is filled with Connie Chung’s trademark wit, sharp insights, and deep understanding of people. It’s a revealing account of what it’s like to be a woman breaking barriers in the world of TV news, filled with colorful tales of rivalry and triumph. But it also has a larger theme: how the line between serious reporting and tabloid journalism became blurred." - Walter Isaacson, New York Times bestselling author In a sharp, witty, and definitive memoir, iconic trailblazer and legendary journalist Connie Chung delves into her storied career as the first Asian woman to break into an overwhelmingly white, male-dominated television news industry. Connie Chung is a pioneer. In 1969 at the age of 23, this once-shy daughter of Chinese parents took her first job at a local TV station in her hometown of Washington, D.C. and soon thereafter began working at CBS news as a correspondent. Profoundly influenced by her family’s cultural traditions, yet growing up completely Americanized in the United States, Chung describes her career as an Asian woman in a white male-centered world. Overt sexism was a way of life, but Chung was tenacious in her pursuit of stories – battling rival reporters to secure scoops that ranged from interviewing Magic Johnson to covering the Watergate scandal – and quickly became a household name. She made history when she achieved her dream of being the first woman to co-anchor the CBS Evening News and the first Asian to anchor any news program in the U.S. Chung pulls no punches as she provides a behind-the-scenes tour of her singular life. From showdowns with powerful men in and out of the newsroom to the stories behind some of her career-defining reporting and the unwavering support of her husband, Maury Povich, nothing is off-limits – good, bad, or ugly. So be sure to tune in for an irreverent and inspiring exclusive: this is CONNIE like you’ve never seen her before.

Radio Utopia

Radio Utopia
Author: Matthew C. Ehrlich
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
Total Pages: 242
Release: 2011-04-15
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 0252093003

As World War II drew to a close and radio news was popularized through overseas broadcasting, journalists and dramatists began to build upon the unprecedented success of war reporting on the radio by creating audio documentaries. Focusing particularly on the work of radio luminaries such as Edward R. Murrow, Fred Friendly, Norman Corwin, and Erik Barnouw, Radio Utopia: Postwar Audio Documentary in the Public Interest traces this crucial phase in American radio history, significant not only for its timing immediately before television, but also because it bridges the gap between the end of the World Wars and the beginning of the Cold War. Matthew C. Ehrlich closely examines the production of audio documentaries disseminated by major American commercial broadcast networks CBS, NBC, and ABC from 1945 to 1951. Audio documentary programs educated Americans about juvenile delinquency, slums, race relations, venereal disease, atomic energy, arms control, and other issues of public interest, but they typically stopped short of calling for radical change. Drawing on rare recordings and scripts, Ehrlich traces a crucial phase in the evolution of news documentary, as docudramas featuring actors were supplanted by reality-based programs that took advantage of new recording technology. Paralleling that shift from drama to realism was a shift in liberal thought from dreams of world peace to uneasy adjustments to a cold war mentality. Influenced by corporate competition and government regulations, radio programming reflected shifts in a range of political thought that included pacifism, liberalism, and McCarthyism. In showing how programming highlighted contradictions within journalism and documentary, Radio Utopia reveals radio's response to the political, economic, and cultural upheaval of the post-war era.

The Origins of Television News in America

The Origins of Television News in America
Author: Mike Conway
Publisher: Peter Lang
Total Pages: 414
Release: 2009
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 9781433106026

This is the first in-depth look at the development of the television newscast, the most popular source of news for over forty-five years.During the 1940s, most journalists ignored or dismissed television, leaving the challenge to a small group of people working above New York City's Grand Central Terminal. Without the pressures of ratings, sponsors, company oversight, or many viewers, the group refused to recreate newspapers, radio, or newsreels on the new medium. They experimented, argued, tested, and eventually settled on a format to exploit television's strengths. This book documents that process, challenging common myths - including the importance of a popular anchor, and television's inability to communicate non-visual stories - and crediting those whose work was critical in the formation of television as a news format, and illustrating the pressures and professional roadblocks facing those who dare question journalistic traditions of any era. -- Publisher.

Peggy Gilbert & Her All-Girl Band

Peggy Gilbert & Her All-Girl Band
Author: Jeannie Gayle Pool
Publisher: Scarecrow Press
Total Pages: 302
Release: 2008-02-08
Genre: Music
ISBN: 1461737346

In Peggy Gilbert & Her All-Girl Band, Jeannie Gayle Pool profiles the fascinating life of this multi-talented saxophone player, arranger, bandleader, and advocate for women instrumental musicians. Based on oral history interviews and Gilbert's collection of photographs, newspaper clippings, and other memorabilia, this book includes many materials not previously available on all-women bands from the 1920s, 30s, and 40s.

Beyond the Double Bind

Beyond the Double Bind
Author: Kathleen Hall Jamieson
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Total Pages: 298
Release: 1995
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 0195089405

A breakthrough account of how women can overcome the social binds that block their success. As Kathleen Hall Jamieson explores society's interlaced traps and restrictions, she draws on hundreds of interviews with women from all walks of life to show the ways they can cut through the restrictions.

The Forgotten Terrorist

The Forgotten Terrorist
Author: Mel Ayton
Publisher: U of Nebraska Press
Total Pages: 580
Release: 2019-05
Genre: History
ISBN: 164012201X

Robert F. Kennedy's assassination in 1968 seems like it should be an open-and-shut case. Many people crowded in the small room at Los Angeles's famed Ambassador Hotel that fateful night saw Sirhan Sirhan pull the trigger. Sirhan was also convicted of the crime and still languishes in jail with a life sentence. However, conspiracy theorists have jumped on inconsistencies in the eyewitness testimony and alleged anomalies in the forensic evidence to suggest that Sirhan was only one shooter in a larger conspiracy, a patsy for the real killers, or even a hypnotized assassin who did not know what he was doing (a popular plot in Cold War-era fiction, such as The Manchurian Candidate). Mel Ayton profiles Sirhan and presents a wealth of evidence about his fanatical Palestinian nationalism and his hatred for RFK that motivated the killing. Ayton unearths neglected eyewitness accounts and overlooked forensic evidence and examines Sirhan's extensive personal notebooks. He revisits the trial proceedings and convincingly shows Sirhan was in fact the lone assassin whose politically motivated act was a forerunner of present-day terrorism. The Forgotten Terrorist is the definitive book on the assassination that rocked the nation during the turbulent summer of 1968. This second edition features a new afterword containing interviews and new evidence, as well as a new examination of the RFK assassination acoustics evidence by technical analyst Michael O'Dell.

"R.F.K. Must Die!"

Author: Robert Blair Kaiser
Publisher: ABRAMS
Total Pages: 508
Release: 2008-05-06
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1468308688

The definitive text on the mystery of R.F.K.’s assassination by a reporter who “got inside this story . . . with his impressive grasp of all the loose ends” (Kirkus Reviews). On the night of June 4, 1968, Sirhan Sirhan shot and killed Sen. Robert F. Kennedy in a steamy pantry of the Los Angeles Ambassador Hotel. Kennedy and his entourage had been celebrating his victory in the California primary for the Democratic nomination for president. Everybody knew that Sirhan was the assassin. But was there a wider conspiracy? Did the FBI truly solve the crime? After working his way deep inside the investigation—and spending more than two hundred hours in direct conversation with Sirhan—Robert Blair Kaiser wrote the quintessential book on Robert Kennedy’s murder. Then, forty years later, Kaiser returned to the evidence, revising his original text as he probed even further into this mystifying tragedy. Widely recognized as an important contribution to the literature of political assassinations and as a primary document on the tragedy of Kennedy’s death, “R.F.K. Must Die!” is more than ever a stunning look into the mind of a killer and the substance of an assassination.