Bibliograph

The news sorority, Diane Sawyer, Katie Couric, Christiane Amanpour-- and the (ongoing, imperfect, complicated) triumph of women in TV news, Sheila Weller

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The news sorority, Diane Sawyer, Katie Couric, Christiane Amanpour-- and the (ongoing, imperfect, complicated) triumph of women in TV news, Sheila Weller

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 462-472) and index

resource.biographical

collective biography

Illustrations

illustrationsplates

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The news sorority

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

880374712

Responsibility statement

Sheila Weller

Sub title

Diane Sawyer, Katie Couric, Christiane Amanpour-- and the (ongoing, imperfect, complicated) triumph of women in TV news

Summary

For decades, women battered the walls of the male fortress of television journalism, until finally three -- Diane Sawyer, Katie Couric, and Christiane Amanpour - broke through, definitively remaking America's nightly news. Drawing on exclusive interviews with their colleagues and intimates from childhood on, bestselling author Sheila Weller crafts a lively and eye-opening narrative, revealing the combination of ambition, skill, and character that enabled these three singular women to infiltrate the once impenetrable "boys club" and become cultural icons

Table Of 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

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