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Weller, Sheila.
Subjects
Sawyer, Diane, 1945-
Couric, Katie, 1957-
Amanpour, Christiane.
Women television news anchors -- United States -- Biography.
Television news anchors -- United States -- Biography.
Women television journalists -- United States -- Biography.
Television journalists -- United States -- Biography.
Women broadcasters -- United States -- Biography.
Television broadcasting of news -- United States -- Biography.
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Weller, Sheila.
Sawyer, Diane, 1945-
Couric, Katie, 1957-
Amanpour, Christiane.
Women television news anchors -- United States -- Biography.
Television news anchors -- United States -- Biography.
Women television journalists -- United States -- Biography.
Television journalists -- United States -- Biography.
Women broadcasters -- United States -- Biography.
Television broadcasting of news -- United States -- Biography.
MARC Display
The
news
sorority
:
Diane
Sawyer
,
Katie
Couric
,
Christiane
Amanpour--
and the (
ongoing
,
imperfect
,
complicated
)
triumph
of
women
in
TV
news
/ Sheila Weller.
by
Weller, Sheila.
Penguin Press, 2014.
Call #:
070.1950922 W448n
Subjects
Sawyer
,
Diane
, 1945-
Couric
,
Katie
, 1957-
Amanpour,
Christiane
.
Women
television
news
anchors -- United States -- Biography.
Television
news
anchors -- United States -- Biography.
Women
television journalists -- United States -- Biography.
Television journalists -- United States -- Biography.
Women
broadcasters -- United States -- Biography.
Television broadcasting of
news
-- United States -- Biography.
ISBN:
9781594204272 (hc.)
1594204276 (hc.)
Description:
481 pages, [16] pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm
Bibliography:
Includes bibliographical references (pages [444]-472) and index.
Contents:
Twenty-second teasers -- Up-fronts. The
news
you give begins with the
news
you've lived :
Diane
,
Christiane
, Katie-- 1969, 1997, 2000 -- Morning. Louisville idealist becomes Nixon loyalist :
Diane
, 1945 to 1978 ; The secret princess becomes the exile in Atlanta :
Christiane
, 1958 to 1983 ; Little sister cheerleader to Pentagon correspondent :
Katie
, 1957 to 1989 -- Prime time. Brainy, blond, glamorous :
Diane
, 1978 to 1998 ; America's sweetheart to premature widow :
Katie
, 1989 to 1998 ; From Atlanta to Bosnia : a crusader is born :
Christiane
, 1983 to 1999 -- Sweeps. The cool drink of water versus the girl next door :
Diane
and
Katie
, 1999 to 2005 ; Home from war, still in battle :
Christiane
, 1997 to 2007 ; First female anchor :
Katie
and
Diane
, 2006 to 2009 ; Two out of three and then three out of six :
Diane
,
Katie
, and
Christiane
, 2008 to 2011 -- Cancellation. "Any white male in the chair-- " :
Katie
,
Christiane
, and
Diane
, 2011 to 2014.
Summary:
A provocative critique of three influential
women
in television broadcast
news
draws on exclusive interviews with colleagues and confidantes to reveal how their ambition, intellect, and talent rendered them cultural icons.
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