Edward R. Murrow – Recommended Text/Recordings

The Broadcasts of
Edward R. Murrow:
An Appreciation of
The Man & His Words

A Resource for
Social Studies
teachers & students

RECOMMENDED TEXTS/VIDEOS/RECORDINGS

Texts:
Friendlyvision: Fred Friendly and the Rise and Fall of Television Journalism
(Columbia University Press, 2009)

Broadcasts from the Blitz:
How Edward R. Murrow Helped Lead America into War
by Philip Seib (Publisher: Potomac Books, 2006)

Tell Me No Lies: Investigative Journalism That Changed the World
(Publisher: Thunder’s Mouth Press, 2005)

Edward R. Murrow and the Birth of Broadcast Journalism
by Bob Edwards (Hardback, Publisher: Wiley, 2004-also available in audiobook)

Reporting America At War An Oral History
By Michelle Ferrari (Hardback, Publisher: Hyperion, 2003)

World War II On The Air Edward R. Murrow and the Broadcasts
That Riveted a Nation (Text/CD combination, 2003)
(Publisher: Source Books)

Murrow His Life and Times by A.M. Sperber
(Publisher: Fordham Univ Press, 1999)

With Heroic Truth: The Life of Edward R. Murrow
(Publisher: Clarion, 1997)

Edward R. Murrow An American Original, by Joseph E. Persico
(Paperback, Publisher: Dell, 1988)

Prime Time The Life of Edward R. Murrow
Alexander Kendrick (Paperback, Pub: Little, Brown, 1971)

Witness to War: This Is London by Edward R. Murrow
(Paperback, Publisher: Schocken Books, 1969)

Due to Circumstances Beyond our Control….
by Fred W. Friendly (Paperback, Publ: Vintage, 1968)

In Search of Light The Broadcasts of Edward R. Murrow 1938-1961
(Hardback, Publisher Knopf, 1967)

See It Now: A Selection In Text and Pictures
Edited by Edward R. Murrow and Fred W. Friendly
(Publisher: Simon and Schuster, 1955)

Video recordings:

DVD: The Edward R. Murrow Collection ( 3-DVD set)
Includes: This Reporter; The Best of See It Now; Harvest Of Shame
Producer: New Video Group

DVD: McCarthy Years (Hosted by Walter Cronkite)
Producer: New Video Group

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