The Imperfect Mirror: Inside Stories of Television Newswomen

Synopsis

Reflecting the views of television's top newswomen, The Imperfect Mirror provides a tough look at what it takes to come a long way. Here are the inside stories of women who are overcoming the last obstacles in what has long been a male- dominated industry, along with their candid opinions about the men running their newsrooms, sexism on the job, and how much better than their male colleagues they have to be to get and stay ahead. Diane Sawyer, Lesley Stahl, Mary Alice Williams, Marlene Sanders, Jane Pauley. The women in this book continue to light the way for others to shine in the imperfect mirror of broadcast news. They come from all over the country, from our smallest local television markets to the big-three networks, and they offer frank insight on their first career steps, on the cosmetic aspects of their jobs, on Christine Craft's sex-discrimination suit against KMBC-TV, on the pregnancy of an unmarried Boston anchorwoman (and their own--very public--pregnancies), and on the constant push and pull of their personal and professional lives. They discuss the ways in which they bring the latest-breaking events to the airwaves, as well as what the future holds for all women in the workplace. In a series of six day-in-the-life profiles--ranging from anchorwoman Chere Avery of WBBH-TV in Fort Myers, Florida, our 101st largest television market, to Connie Chung of NBC News--The Imperfect Mirror also offers a broad-brush portrait of working television newswomen, and takes an inside look at the nitty-gritty business of covering the news on a daily basis. Television newswomen have indeed come a long way since the days of the adorned weathergirl and singing spokes- model. "But the fact is," writes author Daniel Paisner, "the doors of television newsrooms opened a lot faster than the minds of the men who worked inside.... There is still a clear difference between newsmen and newswomen, between anchormen and anchorwomen, between the jobs they are asked to do and the public's perception of what those jobs are and what goes into them. There is a difference in salary, there is a difference in opportunities, there is a difference in balance, there is a difference in influence, and there is a difference in expectations."

Copyright:

1989

Book Details

Book Quality:

Excellent

Book Size:

270 Pages

ISBN-13:

9780688074999

Publisher:

HarperCollins Publishers

Date of Addition:

03/04/19

Copyrighted By:

Daniel Paisner

Adult content:

No

Language:

English

Has Image Descriptions:

No

Categories:

History, Nonfiction, Biographies and Memoirs, Communication

Submitted By:

Sandra Ryan

Proofread By:

Shirley Koda

Usage Restrictions:

This is a copyrighted book.