Authors
Citation
J. Witcover, REASSESSING THE WINNERS AND LOSERS, Media studies journal, 12(3), 1998, pp. 20
Citations number
NO
Categorie Soggetti
Social Issues",Communication
Journal title
ISSN journal
10577416
Volume
12
Issue
3
Year of publication
1998
Database
ISI
SICI code
1057-7416(1998)12:3<20:RTWAL>2.0.ZU;2-M
Abstract
After writing about 1968 as a reporter and an author, a columnist conc
ludes: ''I have a better understanding of why historians prefer to let
the passage of time educate them before undertaking the writing of hi
story. But I also have a greater appreciation of how essential solid c
ontemporary reporting is to capturing years later the authenticity and
flavor of what really happened.''