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Into The Fray: How NBC's Washington Documentary Unit Reinvented the News
Author(s): Tom Mascaro (Author), Drew Pearson (Performer)
- Publisher: Potomac Books, Inc.
- Publication Date: 15 Sept. 2012
- Edition: Illustrated
- Language: English
- Print length: 399 pages
- ISBN-10: 1597975575
- ISBN-13: 9781597975575
Book Description
Into the Fray is the story of the characters and experiences that helped create a unique, colourful documentary film unit based at the Washington bureau of NBC News. From the Kennedy era through the Reagan years, the journalists covered wars, rebellions, the Central Intelligence Agency, covert actions, the Pentagon, military preparedness, and world and American cultures. They braved conflicts and crises to tell stories Americans needed to see and hear, and in the process they changed the face of journalism. Tom Mascaro also looks at the social changes in and around the unit itself, including the struggles and triumphs of women and African Americans in the field of television documentary.
This book is a story of adventure, loyalty to reason, and life and death in the service of broadcast journalism.
Editorial Reviews
Review
“A must-read for journalism students and fans of the documentary, Mascaro’s history of the legendary NBC Washington documentary unit is taken straight from the reporter’s notebooks and contains invaluable insights into both the history and courageous journalism of the turbulent 1960’s.”–Rhonda Schwartz, chief for investigative projects, ABC News
“A well-researched and well-written book.”–Mike Conway,
American Journalism“An important contribution to broadcast journalism and documentary history, providing an on-the-ground chronicle that counters many common assumptions about network documentary journalism in its ‘golden age.'”–Patricia Aufderheide, professor of communication studies and director, Center for Social Media, School of Communication, American University
“Tom Mascaro has given us an important and instructive history of the storied place of Ted Yates and NBC News in the pantheon of documentaries. As a young man I was inspired by this work–and to this day I remain so.”–Tom Brokaw, former anchor and managing editor,
NBC Nightly News“Tom Mascaro has written a lucid, thorough, and thoughtful account of television news and the men and women who brought important documentaries to a receptive audience. Based on substantial research in a wide range of primary and secondary sources, this insightful and impressive book is of significance to media scholars and historians and deserves to be read by a wide audience.”–Gary Hess, Emeritus Distinguished Research Professor of History, Bowling Green State University
