Edward R. Murrow

Edward R. Murrow, KBE (born Egbert Roscoe Murrow), (April 25, 1908 – April 27, 1965) was an American journalist, whose radio news broadcasts during World War II were eagerly followed by millions of listeners. Mainstream historians consider him among journalism's greatest figures; Murrow hired a top-flight cadre of war correspondents and was noted for honesty and integrity in delivering the news. A pioneer of television news broadcasting, Murrow produced a series of TV news reports that countered the Cold War hysteria of the 1950s, and led to the censure of Senator Joseph McCarthy.

External links and references

• Biography of Murrow from "The Murrow Center" at Tufts University
• "Murrow, Edward R." in Current Biography, 1942.
• "Murrow, Edward R." in American National Biography (New York: Oxford University Press, 1999), Vol. 16.
• Edward R. Murrow and the Birth of Broadcast Journalism (ISBN 0471477532), by Bob Edwards
• Wikisource: Transcript of "A Report on Senator Joseph McCarthy"
• Museum of Broadcast Communications website on Murrow
• Old Time Radio contains sound clips of Murrow reporting from the Blitz, Buchenwald, the McCarthy hearings, and others.
• Brief biography at American Masters ()
• Murrow at
• This I Believe (1951) at
• RTNDA Convention Speech (1958)
• "Edward R. Murrow and the Time of His Time" by Joseph Wershba, CBS News writer, editor and correspondent, beginning in 1944; producer of 60 Minutes (1968-1988)
• Murrow narrates the War Of The Worlds for Studio One television series (1957)
• Murrow, Edward R. and Ed Bliss, "In Search of Light: The News Broadcasts of Edward R. Murrow"(New York: Alfred A. Knopf).
• Kendrick, Alexander "Prime Time: The Life of Edward R. Murrow"(New York).
• Sperber, A.M. "Murrow: His Life and Times"(New York:Freundlich Books 1986) reprinted by Fordham University Press.