"London Blitz: September 1940"
Radio broadcast
By: Edward R. Murrow
Date: September 18, 21, and 22, 1940
Source: Murrow, Edward R. "London Blitz: September 1940." Radio transcript. Reprinted in Hynes, Samuel et al., eds. Reporting World War II: Part One, American Journalism, 1938–1944. New York: Library of America, 1995.
About the Author: Born Egbert Roscoe Murrow (1908–1965) in rural North Carolina, Edward R. Murrow became a true pioneer in broadcast journalism. He worked first in radio, gaining worldwide acclaim for his dramatic broadcasts during the London Blitz, then moved to the emerging medium of television after World War II (1939–1945). Murrow died of lung cancer on April 27, 1965, at the age of 57. Numerous awards are now named for the famed journalist, who remains the most revered broadcaster in the history of news reporting.
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By the fall of 1940 Germany had...
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