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    Mr. Associated Press: Kent Cooper and the Twentieth-Century World of News

    Mr. Associated Press by Allen, Gene;

    Kent Cooper and the Twentieth-Century World of News

    Series: The History of Media and Communication;

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    Product details:

    • Edition number First Edition
    • Publisher University of Illinois Press
    • Date of Publication 20 June 2023
    • Number of Volumes Paperback

    • ISBN 9780252087233
    • Binding Paperback
    • No. of pages352 pages
    • Size 235x156x30 mm
    • Weight 680 g
    • Language English
    • Illustrations 20 black & white photographs
    • 522

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    Long description:

    Between 1925 and 1951, Kent Cooper transformed the Associated Press, making it the world’s dominant news agency while changing the kind of journalism that millions of readers in the United States and other countries relied on. Gene Allen’s biography is a globe-spanning account of how Cooper led and reshaped the most important institution in American--and eventually international--journalism in the mid-twentieth century.

    Allen critically assesses the many new approaches and causes that Cooper championed: introducing celebrity news and colorful features to a service previously known for stodgy reliability, pushing through disruptive technological innovations like the instantaneous transmission of news photos, and leading a crusade to bring American-style press freedom--inseparable from private ownership, in Cooper’s view--to every country. His insistence on truthfulness and impartiality presents a sharp contrast to much of today’s fractured journalistic landscape.

    Deeply researched and engagingly written, Mr. Associated Press traces Cooper’s career as he built a new foundation for the modern AP and shaped the twentieth-century world of news.



    "Highlighting historical facts and perspectives, showcasing a who's who in the news industry, Mr. Associated Press easily serves as required reading for journalism students. Bridging gaps of knowledge from one decade to the next, it offers insights into how an upstart news route expanded to cover the world, and why journalism -- rightly or wrongly -- has become nearly synonymous with 'the media'." --Project Censored

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    Table of Contents:

    Acknowledgments

    1. “Fitting himself for the newspaper profession”
    2. Apprenticeship and Ascent
    3. Celebrity News and Competition: Transforming the Domestic News Service
    4. The Opposition
    5. International Ambitions
    6. The Japanese Gambit
    7. New Media
    8. Politics, External and Otherwise
    9. The Shadow of War
    10. The Government Suit
    11. The Crusade
    12. The Voice of America
    13. Mr. Associated Press

    Notes

    Bibliography

    Index

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