1996, ISBN: 0878058125, Lieferbar binnen 4-6 Wochen

Internationaler Buchtitel. In englischer Sprache. Verlag: UNIV PR OF MISSISSIPPI, L=233mm, B=157mm, H=24mm, Gew.=503gr, [GR: 11500 - HC/Belletristik/Lyrik/Dramatik/Essays], [SW: - Biogra… More...

Internationaler Buchtitel. In englischer Sprache. Verlag: UNIV PR OF MISSISSIPPI, L=233mm, B=157mm, H=24mm, Gew.=503gr, [GR: 11500 - HC/Belletristik/Lyrik/Dramatik/Essays], [SW: - Biography / Autobiography], Gebunden, Klappentext: In Nitty Gritty one of America's most fascinating journalists details his place in the tough world of black publishing and documents the role of black publications in shaping racial pride, in protesting against discrimination, and in giving uplift to a huge segment of America's population. But is a white editor able to direct a black magazine or newspaper? Can a white editor penetrate the black experience and transmit it to America? For more than thirty years Ben Burns faced these challenges. As the first editor of Ebony and the first white editor of the Chicago Daily Defender he played an anomalous role. As editor of America's foremost publications targeted for black readership, which also included Jet, Sepia, and Duke, he struggled to bridge what seemed an impenetrable gulf between black and white thinking. His long association with the African-American press had its origins in his early days as a leftist reporter for the Daily Worker. It took shape during the war years while he was working simultaneously as national editor of the Defender and as editor of Negro Digest, which was to become the first commercially successful black monthly. In recounting his editorial experiences, he details his sometimes uneasy association with his boss, John H. Johnson, the entrepreneur who with legendary success created Ebony from an initial investment of $500 and launched the corporate empire that became Johnson Publishing Company.<

ISBN: 9780878058129

[ED: Hardcover], [PU: UNIV PR OF MISSISSIPPI], In Nitty Gritty one of America's most fascinating journalists details his place in the tough world of black publishing and documents the rol… More...

[ED: Hardcover], [PU: UNIV PR OF MISSISSIPPI], In Nitty Gritty one of America's most fascinating journalists details his place in the tough world of black publishing and documents the role of black publications in shaping racial pride, in protesting against discrimination, and in giving uplift to a huge segment of America's population. But is a white editor able to direct a black magazine or newspaper? Can a white editor penetrate the black experience and transmit it to America? For more than thirty years Ben Burns faced these challenges. As the first editor of Ebony and the first white editor of the Chicago Daily Defender he played an anomalous role. As editor of America's foremost publications targeted for black readership, which also included Jet, Sepia, and Duke, he struggled to bridge what seemed an impenetrable gulf between black and white thinking. His long association with the African-American press had its origins in his early days as a leftist reporter for the Daily Worker. It took shape during the war years while he was working simultaneously as national editor of the Defender and as editor of Negro Digest, which was to become the first commercially successful black monthly. In recounting his editorial experiences, he details his sometimes uneasy association with his boss, John H. Johnson, the entrepreneur who with legendary success created Ebony from an initial investment of 500 and launched the corporate empire that became Johnson Publishing Company.Versandfertig in über 4 Wochen, [SC: 0.00]<

ISBN: 9780878058129

In Nitty Gritty one of America's most fascinating journalists details his place in the tough world of black publishing and documents the role of black publications in shaping racial pride… More...

In Nitty Gritty one of America's most fascinating journalists details his place in the tough world of black publishing and documents the role of black publications in shaping racial pride, in protesting against discrimination, and in giving uplift to a huge segment of America's population.But is a white editor able to direct a black magazine or newspaper? Can a white editor penetrate the black experience and transmit it to America?For more than thirty years Ben Burns faced these challenges. As the first editor of Ebony and the first white editor of the Chicago Daily Defender he played an anomalous role. As editor of America's foremost publications targeted for black readership, which also included Jet, Sepia, and Duke, he struggled to bridge what seemed an impenetrable gulf between black and white thinking.His long association with the African-American press had its origins in his early days as a leftist reporter for the Daily Worker. It took shape during the war years while he was working simultaneously as national editor of the Defender and as editor of Negro Digest, which was to become the first commercially successful black monthly. In recounting his editorial experiences, he details his sometimes uneasy association with his boss, John H. Johnson, the entrepreneur who with legendary success created Ebony from an initial investment of $500 and launched the corporate empire that became Johnson Publishing Company., University Press of Mississipp, 1996, 6<

1996, ISBN: 0878058125

Hardcover

[EAN: 9780878058129], Neubuch, [PU: University Press of Mississippi, Jackson, MS, U.S.A.], JOURNALISM UNITED STATES AFRO AMERICAN PRESS SOCIAL SCIENCE AFRICAN STUDIES LANGUAGE ARTS DISCIP… More...

[EAN: 9780878058129], Neubuch, [PU: University Press of Mississippi, Jackson, MS, U.S.A.], JOURNALISM UNITED STATES AFRO AMERICAN PRESS SOCIAL SCIENCE AFRICAN STUDIES LANGUAGE ARTS DISCIPLINES NEWSPAPER EDITORS PERIODICALS HISTORY, Language Arts & Disciplines|Journalism, Biography & Autobiography|Editors, Journalists, Publishers, Biography & Autobiography|General, Social Science|Ethnic Studies|African-American Studies, Jacket, 1st Ed., 1st Printing, number row ending in 1, HB/DJ, brand new, 230 pp., red cloth boards. A renegade Communist and congenital nonconformist, white journalist Burns found a home in the black press, first at the Chicago Defender in 1941, then as the founding editor of Ebony from 1945 to 1954. His absorbing memoir is full of intriguing details, how he adopted pseudonyms to mask his multiple roles. Despite his efforts to cultivate black colleagues on the basis of shared interests beyond race, Burns could make only ``a handful'' of black friends. His own ideology was compromised when he had to write Ebony editorials claiming a far rosier picture of black America than existed.<