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1 online resource (xiii, 181 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates) |
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Includes index. |
| Contents |
Once a Cubs fan -- I'm a legman -- The city news bureau, Queen Elizabeth, and me -- Jacobson vs. Royko -- New to tv: from JFK to Muhammad Ali -- The first Mayor Daley -- My mouth runneth over -- From reporter to commentator -- From commentator to anchor! -- Heat from Jesse Jackson -- Madame mayor -- Bill Kurtis and the golden age of tv news -- Brown and Williamson vs. Walter Jacobson -- A new mayor, a controversial minister, and an old nemesis -- Council wars and newsroom woes -- Another Mayor Daley and another tv station -- Blago, Barack, and my orchestrated exit -- Good-bye to Fox -- The ups and downs of celebrity -- Yanked from retirement -- Epilogue. |
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Print version record. |
| Summary |
Walter Jacobson's highly readable book Walter's Perspective: A Memoir of Fifty Years in Chicago TV News provides a unique glimpse into the rough-and-tumble Chicago news business as seen through the eyes of one of its legendary players. From his first news job working as a legman for Daily News columnist Jack Mabley in the 1950s to his later role as a news anchor and political commentator at CBS-owned WBBM, Jacobson battled along the front lines of an industry undergoing dramatic changes. While it is ultimately Jacobson's story, a memoir of a long and distinguished (and sometim. |
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Jacobson, Walter, 1937-
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Jacobson, Walter, 1937-
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Television journalists -- Illinois -- Chicago -- Biography.
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Journalists -- Illinois -- Chicago -- Biography.
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BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- General.
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LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Journalism.
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Journalists. (OCoLC)fst00984188
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Television journalists. (OCoLC)fst01146949
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Illinois -- Chicago.
(OCoLC)fst01204048
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Biography. (OCoLC)fst01423686
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Jacobson, Walter, 1937- Walter's perspective. Carbondale : Southern Illinois University Press, ©2012 9780809331123 (DLC) 2012001300 (OCoLC)738349299 |
| ISBN |
9780809331130 (electronic bk.) |
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0809331136 (electronic bk.) |
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