"folksy" - 1 õppematerjal

THE HISTORY OF JOURNALISM

of Quaker descent. FAMOUS JOURNALIST Grantland Rice 1880-1954 One of America's best-known and respected sports writers. Rice saw sports as life. His column "Sportslight" appeared in more than 100 newspapers. He estimated that he wrote 1 million words a year--3,000 words a day--and traveled 15,000 miles a year to bring stories to his readers. Ernie Pyle 1900-1945 Perhaps the best-loved reporter of all time. Pyle covered the human side of the news in a folksy, chatty style. With his wife, Jerry, he traveled the United States and the world in search of stories about ordinary heroes. During World War II, Pyle mixed with soldiers in Europe and the Pacific and followed them into battle. His columns home gave readers a glimpse of war from what he called "the worm's-eye view." My opinion of this profession I think, this profession is quite interesting, but not for all. I assume that, to be a great journalist,