We are living through a period in history when journalism again faces great responsibilities and unexpected challenges. This generation of journalists is faced with the heavy responsibility of recording as faithfully and honestly as is humanly possible the vast political and economic reorganization of the post-war...
New York Times Best-Selling Author Joe Garner discusses his podcast “We Interrupt This Broadcast: Before It Was History, It Was News” where we hear the perspective of news broadcasters on different news stories, including KTLA’s coverage of the Rodney King video back in 1991. Click...
“I had this lifelong love and passion for radio, television, and history and how they intersect and affect one another,” Joe said. “That day, I thought, ‘Wow … these are more than defining moments in our history. They are benchmarks of our lives!’ It occurred to me that if...
Longtime radio broadcasting executive, journalism historian, and six-time New York Times best-selling author Joe Garner is this week’s guest on the award-winning PodcastOne series, “The Michael Harrison Interview.” Garner is the author and creator of a classic multimedia book released at the dawn of the 21st century that combined print, photos, and audio CDs...
By: Fiona SturgesIt has been said that journalism is the first rough draft of history, a notion that provides thephilosophical basis for We Interrupt This Broadcast. The new podcast, based on a book by JoeGarner, examines the reporting around landmark events and the practicalities and...
Prince William and the Duchess of Cambridge have become increasingly central figures in the Royal Family, having taken on more royal duties since the start of the coronavirus pandemic and Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's decision to leave royal duties last year. Kate will reportedly take over two of Harry's responsibilities as patron...
It was just before 9 a.m. ET on September 11, 2001 when the first plane hit the North Tower of the World Trade Center, and John Montone, the veteran reporter for New York’s all-news WINS-AM was covering that day’s Democratic primary for mayor—the story journalists...
MSNBC anchor Brian Williams is narrating a new podcast based on a classic book about journalism that was published 20 years ago. The original 1998 book, We Interrupt This Broadcast: The Stories that Stopped Our Lives by Joe Garner, looks at how TV news covered big stories. It was unique because...
NEW YORK (AP) — For a broadcast journalist, they are the moments that MSNBC’s Brian Williams says you can almost feel people watching you. Planes crash into the World Trade Center. A president is assassinated. An election is thrown into turmoil. The first human walks on...