Murrow has been deemed the father of broadcast journalism because of his extensive career. He was born as Egbert Roscoe Murrow on April 25, 1908 in Polecat Creek, North Carolina. Five years after graduating from Washington State University he was hired by CBS. He was initially brought on to be the director of talks however that quickly changed. Murrow covered the London bombings during World War II which was transmitted in the living rooms of American homes. After the dust settled Murrow produced and starred in the series of newscast known as Hear it Now. With the development of a new medium Murrows radio newscast emerged into the television documentary series known as See it Now. He spent a considerable amount of time going up against Senator Joseph McCarthy and his communist accusations on See it Now. After his career span with CBS, Murrow became the director of the United States Information Agency in 1961. He resigned three years later after being diagnosed with lung cancer.
I think that Murrow has had an exciting career and many of his contributions back then have paved the way for journalism to emerge as a multimedia industry it is today. Murrow represented a fair and ethical journalist who went to great measures to report the truth to American audiences around the world. I selected Murrow as the topic for this blog because I aspire to have a career similar to his. One that will allow me to travel the world experiencing new cultures and reporting my findings, hopefully through the United States Department of State.
SOURCE--Biography.com
