Publisher's Synopsis
This book is a profile of courage from the world of journalism. It highlights outstanding writers, editors and publishers who have endangered their careers, even their lives, to speak out for freedom of the press. The book contains profiles of selected winners of the John Peter Zenger Award for Freedom of the Press presented by the University of Arizona, including Katharine Graham, Seymour Hersh and Fred W. Friendly. This selection of stories offers a composite picture of the decades from the 1950s through the 1980s when First Amendment rights were under particularly dangerous attack. Contents: In The Name of John Peter Zenger; The Trust Zenger Handed Down; The State of Freedom of The Press In 1734; Palmer Hoyt: The Denver Post vs. Joe McCarthy; John N. Heiskell: The Editor Who Fought Orval Faubus; Eugene C. Pulliam: One of the Last of The Independent Publishers; J. Edward Murray: Fair Trial vs. Free Press; The New York Times: For the People's Right to Know; Dan B. Jr.: Twice Burned Out, Five Times Arrested; Katharine M. Graham: In the Faith of A Free People; Thomas E. Gish: They Could Not Silence "The Eagle"; Seymour M. Hersh: Breaking the Veil of Secrecy; Donald F. Bolles: To Write to Expose...And to Die; Robert W. Greene: Response to the Murder Of A Reporter; Robert H. Estabrook: A Country Weekly And A Case of Murder; Fred W. Friendly: Daring to Be Courageous; The John Peter Zenger Awards; and Bibliography.
