Getting to Know News Anchors

Television was the beginning of a new era for journalists. The 1950’s was the first time all of America could be updated on the news and watch what was happening also. Donald A. Ritchie writes that television changed the format of the news. As more women and minorities became a part of the press, the more difficult issues began to surface. Broadcasters began to report on discrimination, pollution, poverty, and military interventions (243). In 1963 Americans watched …

…time getting any respect because she was a blonde female, but she rightly earned respect when she stood up for herself and proved her journalism skills. The two anchors differ in many ways but they both earned the honor they deserve. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **Bibliography** Work Cited Cronkite, Walter. A Reporter’s Life. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1996. Ritchie, Donald A. American Journalists. New York: Oxford University Press, 1997. Stahl, Lesley. Reporting Live. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1999.