Allen critically assesses the many new approaches and causes that Cooper championed: introducing celebrity news and colorful features to a service previously known for stodgy reliability, pushing through disruptive technological innovations like the instantaneous transmission of news photos, and leading a crusade to bring American-style press freedom--inseparable from private ownership, in Cooper's view--to every country. His insistence on truthfulness and impartiality presents a sharp contrast to much of today's fractured journalistic landscape.
Deeply researched and engagingly written, Mr. Associated Press traces Cooper's career as he built a new foundation for the modern AP and shaped the twentieth-century world of news.
| ISBN: | 9780252087233 |
| Publication date: | 20th June 2023 |
| Author: | Gene Allen |
| Publisher: | University of Illinois Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 352 pages |
| Series: | The History of Media and Communication |
| Genres: |
Media studies Media, entertainment, information and communication industries Biography: general Reportage, journalism or collected columns |