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Edward R. Murrow
American broadcast journalist (1908–1965)
Edward Roscoe Murrow (born Egbert Roscoe Murrow; April 25, 1908 – April 27, 1965)[1] was an American broadcast journalist and war correspondent. He first gained prominence during World War II with a series of live radio broadcasts from Europe for the news division of CBS. During the war he recruited and worked closely with a team of war correspondents who came to be known as the Murrow Boys.
A pioneer of radio and television news broadcasting, Murrow produced a series of reports on his television program See It Now which helped lead to the censure of Senator Joseph McCarthy. Fellow journalists Eric Sevareid, Ed Bliss, Bill Downs, Dan Rather, and Alexander Kendrick consider Murrow one of journalism's greatest figures. Murrow's life has been dramatized in several films, including Good Night, and Good Luck, which takes its name from the signature sign-off phrase Murrow used to end many of his wartime bro
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Edward R. Murrow
(1908-1965)
Who Was Edward R. Murrow?
In 1935, Edward R. Murrow became director of talks for CBS. He started news broadcasts in 1928 and continued throughout World War II. In 1951 he launched the television journalism schema, See it Now, which created controversy with an exposé of Joesph McCarthy. Murrow left broadcasting in 1961.
Early Life
Born Egbert Roscoe Murrow on April 25, 1908, in Polecat Creek (near Greensboro), North Carolina, Edward R. Murrow grew up in Washington state, and went on to become one of the most highly respected television and radio journalists of the 20th century. Murrow spent some of his summer breaks working on a surveying crew in the region.
At Washington State University, Murrow studied political science, speech and international relations. There, he also changed his first name to Edward. After graduating from the university in 1930, Murrow headed up the National lärling Federation for two years. He changed jobs in 1930, go
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Edward R. Murrow
Early Life and Career
Born to Quaker farmers in 1908 in North Carolina, Egbert Roscoe Murrow grew up in the state of Washington and attended Washington State University. There, Murrow was elected the president of the National Student Federation of America, which sought to promote the interest of American students in international affairs.
In 1931, Murrow became the assistant director of the International Institute of Education (IIE) in New York. Financed by the Rockefeller Foundation, the IIE arranged exchanges between international and American students and professors. After the Nazis came to power in Germany, the IIE’s network of scholars and academic institutions provided a foundation for the Emergency Committee in Aid of Displaced German (later, Foreign) Scholars (ECADFS). Founded in 1933, the Emergency Committee facilitated the employment of refugee scholars in the United States, many of whom were Jews who had been barred from their