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== Kendrick at CBS == |
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Kendrick covered WWII in Europe once he joined Murrow and CBS. During the war he traveled on [[Murmansk Run]] and covered the [[Eastern Front (World War II)|Eastern Front]]. After the war ended Kendrick became the London Bureau Chief for CBS. He is oft remembered for helping to bring [[Dan Rather]] into journalism. |
Kendrick covered WWII in Europe once he joined Murrow and CBS. During the war he traveled on [[Murmansk Run]] and covered the [[Eastern Front (World War II)|Eastern Front]]. After the war ended Kendrick became the London Bureau Chief for CBS. He is oft remembered for helping to bring [[Dan Rather]] into journalism. |
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He is believed to be the first American journalist to report on the Beatlemania that was sweeping Britain in 1963.<ref>http://youtu.be/UeolhjIWPYs</ref> |
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== Books == |
== Books == |
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Revision as of 04:34, 9 April 2012
Alexander Kendrick (July 6, 1910 – May 17, 1991) was a broadcast journalist. He worked for CBS during World War II and was part of a second generation of reporters known as Murrow's Boys.
Kendrick Before CBS
Before hooking up with Edward R. Murrow Kendrick worked at newspapers in Chicago and Philadelphia.
Kendrick at CBS
Kendrick covered WWII in Europe once he joined Murrow and CBS. During the war he traveled on Murmansk Run and covered the Eastern Front. After the war ended Kendrick became the London Bureau Chief for CBS. He is oft remembered for helping to bring Dan Rather into journalism. He is believed to be the first American journalist to report on the Beatlemania that was sweeping Britain in 1963.[1]
Books
- Prime Time: The Life of Edward R. Murrow (1969)
- The Wound Within; America in the Vietnam Years, 1945-1974 (1974)
References
Overseas Press Club: Alexander Kendrick Memorial Scholarship
Caskets on Parade
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