Word: newsman
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...President makes no secret of the fact that he is furious at leaks of any kind; because of them, he has postponed appointments, even changed programs. Members of his staff, sworn to silence on pain of presidential wrath, know better than to be seen chatting with a newsman. The press feud has culminated, noted Columnist Joe Alsop, in an "almost hysterical secretiveness which the Johnson Administration has been carrying to extremes quite unimagined in any previous American Government...
...fringe of foreign affairs, Fulbright also went through some exhilarating domestic political battles. Talking to a newsman before the 1946 congressional elections, Fulbright launched out on one of his lectures about the evils of party divisions between the White House and Congress. To prevent a deadlocked Government, he suggested that if Republicans seized Congress, Harry Truman really ought to appoint Republican Arthur Vandenberg Secretary of State, then resign himself and let Vandenberg succeed to the presidency (the vice-presidency was vacant, and in those days the Secretary of State was still next in line). The G.O.P. did win, and after...
...journalism as practiced in Chicago, the bureau has left an indelible impression. It is one of the country's most exacting and most practical proving grounds for the apprentice newsman getting the feel of his city, for the cub police reporter learning the practical problems of his beat. Chicago has long enjoyed a reputation for producing reporters who could respond like fire dogs to fast-breaking stories. To this day, the legend survives that Windy City newsmen uptilt their hatbrims and race off at 45° angles. No man has given more sub stance to the legend than Isaac...
...from 400 aspiring young journalists. Since 1959, Northwestern University's Medill School of Journalism has sent some of its most promising students to C.N.B. for three months of on-the-job training. Even outside the Middle West, City News training is recognized as a valuable apprenticeship for the newsman en route to a big-city byline...
...Young Newsman: Half a loaf...