Walter's perspective
Jacobson, Walter, 1937-
Walter's perspective a memoir of fifty years in Chicago tv news / [electronic resource] : Walter Jacobson ; with a foreword by Bill Kurtis. - Carbondale : Southern Illinois University Press, 2012. - 1 online resource (p. cm.) - UPCC book collections on Project MUSE. .
Includes index.
Once a Cubs fan -- I'm a legman -- The city news bureau, Queen Elizabeth, and me -- Jacobson vs. Royko -- New to tv: from JFK to Muhammad Ali -- The first Mayor Daley -- My mouth runneth over -- From reporter to commentator -- From commentator to anchor! -- Heat from Jesse Jackson -- Madame mayor -- Bill Kurtis and the golden age of tv news -- Brown and Williamson vs. Walter Jacobson -- A new mayor, a controversial minister, and an old nemesis -- Council wars and newsroom woes -- Another Mayor Daley and another tv station -- Blago, Barack, and my orchestrated exit -- Good-bye to Fox -- The ups and downs of celebrity -- Yanked from retirement -- Epilogue.
9780809331130
Jacobson, Walter, 1937-
Journalists--Illinois--Chicago--Biography.
Television journalists--Illinois--Chicago--Biography.
Electronic books.
PN4874.J295 / A3 2012
070.92 B
Walter's perspective a memoir of fifty years in Chicago tv news / [electronic resource] : Walter Jacobson ; with a foreword by Bill Kurtis. - Carbondale : Southern Illinois University Press, 2012. - 1 online resource (p. cm.) - UPCC book collections on Project MUSE. .
Includes index.
Once a Cubs fan -- I'm a legman -- The city news bureau, Queen Elizabeth, and me -- Jacobson vs. Royko -- New to tv: from JFK to Muhammad Ali -- The first Mayor Daley -- My mouth runneth over -- From reporter to commentator -- From commentator to anchor! -- Heat from Jesse Jackson -- Madame mayor -- Bill Kurtis and the golden age of tv news -- Brown and Williamson vs. Walter Jacobson -- A new mayor, a controversial minister, and an old nemesis -- Council wars and newsroom woes -- Another Mayor Daley and another tv station -- Blago, Barack, and my orchestrated exit -- Good-bye to Fox -- The ups and downs of celebrity -- Yanked from retirement -- Epilogue.
9780809331130
Jacobson, Walter, 1937-
Journalists--Illinois--Chicago--Biography.
Television journalists--Illinois--Chicago--Biography.
Electronic books.
PN4874.J295 / A3 2012
070.92 B