During this period, television journalists learned how to report war in a distinctly new way: through the eye of a camera on the front lines, in the countryside, in cities, towns, and villages. The experience of a living-room war was new, and its effects are still being felt today. Yet in our own era of high-tech journalism and hasty judgment, Vietnam's lessons are all but forgotten.
Steinman and his colleagues, mostly quite young, were covering an increasingly controversial war. They were going places and doing things that had never before been done on such a scale for an international audience. They used film that had to be shipped and then developed because satellites were rarely used before 1968. Correspondents and crews often drove to their assignments in rented cars, whether covering a battle, a riot, a political event, or a military briefing. When necessary, they resorted to military flights or erratic, unsafe commercial airlines.
The author also reveals glimpses into his personal life. He writes of his courtship of Josephine Tu Ngoc Suong, a young Vietnamese woman who was seriously wounded and near death in 1967. After her recovery, she and Steinman were married and had three children together. And he tells the story of his brother-in-law, a prisoner in a Communist reeducation camp after the war, to whom he tried to smuggle money and medicine during a visit in1985.
Inside Television's First War is a behind-the-scenes look at how the Vietnam conflict influenced young journalists, and how their coverage of the war influenced the American public. Steinman offers an intimate portrait of what became the biggest story of many people's lives. History buffs and the general reader alike will benefit from this valuable contribution to understanding America's coverage of Vietnam.
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During this period, television journalists learned how to report war in a distinctly new way: through the eye of a camera on the front lines, in the countryside, in cities, towns, and villages. The experience of a living-room war was new, and its effects are still being felt today. Yet in our own era of high-tech journalism and hasty judgment, Vietnam's lessons are all but forgotten.
Steinman and his colleagues, mostly quite young, were covering an increasingly controversial war. They were going places and doing things that had never before been done on such a scale for an international audience. They used film that had to be shipped and then developed because satellites were rarely used before 1968. Correspondents and crews often drove to their assignments in rented cars, whether covering a battle, a riot, a political event, or a military briefing. When necessary, they resorted to military flights or erratic, unsafe commercial airlines.
The author also reveals glimpses into his personal life. He writes of his courtship of Josephine Tu Ngoc Suong, a young Vietnamese woman who was seriously wounded and near death in 1967. After her recovery, she and Steinman were married and had three children together. And he tells the story of his brother-in-law, a prisoner in a Communist reeducation camp after the war, to whom he tried to smuggle money and medicine during a visit in1985.
Inside Television's First War is a behind-the-scenes look at how the Vietnam conflict influenced young journalists, and how their coverage of the war influenced the American public. Steinman offers an intimate portrait of what became the biggest story of many people's lives. History buffs and the general reader alike will benefit from this valuable contribution to understanding America's coverage of Vietnam.
Imprint | University of Missouri Press |
Country of origin | United States |
Release date | September 2002 |
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First published | November 2002 |
Authors | Ron Steinman |
Dimensions | 235 x 156 x 25mm (L x W x T) |
Format | Hardcover |
Pages | 288 |
ISBN-13 | 978-0-8262-1419-5 |
Barcode | 9780826214195 |
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LSN | 0-8262-1419-3 |