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A 30 minutes salute to the reporters at the Associated Press. Beginning with the history of the AP we eavesdrop on a meeting of arguing reporters who have to share the same telegraph line. With the weight of sharing heavy national news, there are sure to be blunders. But somehow accurate news is reported.
To facilitate such high level matters as reporting what the president says, close relationships at the top need to be made. Reporters have made adventuresome journeys across the Great Plains of the West to transmit news of the Civil War. Sometimes performing their duties at the cost of their life, and other times with unexpected reward.
Headlines drive front page news, but when sources have it wrong, it’s up to editors to make sure the story is accurate. One example is traumatized With errors surrounding the end of world war one. Other Battles are traumatized that attract reporters to danger zones. And where one reporter may fall, others close ranks to continue bringing accurate reports.
To wrap up the show the head of the Associated Press tells how people can become a reporter today. Also more dramatizations of how news gets from front line battle zones to the public. In particular for 1940, the activities between the Germans and Russians.
