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Download or read book Journalism's Roving Eye written by John Maxwell Hamilton and published by LSU Press. This book was released on 2009 with total page 678 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Journalisms Roving Eye isthedefinitive history of American foreign reporting. Beginning with the colonial era, it focuses on underlying factorssuch astechnology and public opinionas well as a cavalcade of personalities. Here is Henry MortonStanley, who began the spate of journalistic exploration in the 19th century; Victor Lawson, owner of the Chicago Daily News, who invented the idea of a quality foreign news service for Americans; and Jack Belden, a forgotten, brooding figure who exemplified the best in combat reporting. Journalisms Roving Eye is essential for understanding the evolution of foreign news-gathering and its future.