President Kennedy Has Been Shot

by Trost, Cathy; Bennett, Susan; Rather, Dan

• ISBN13: 9781402203176
• ISBN10: 1402203179
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2004-11-01
• Publisher: Sourcebooks Inc Media Fusion

Summary

Relive the JFK assassination with the accounts of top reporters in text, photos, broadcasts and rare archival audio.

Author Biography

The Newseum, the world's first interactive museum of news, takes visitors behind the scenes to show how and why news is made. It strives to help the public and news media understand one another better. The Newseum is funded by the Freedom Forum, a non-profit, non-partisan foundation. Visit www.newseum.org. The Newseum's President Kennedy Has Been Shot is co-authored by award-winning journalists Cathy Trost and Susan Bennett. Cathy Trost, a former reporter for the Wall Street Journal and UPI, is the co-author of the critically acclaimed Running Toward Danger: Stories Behind the Breaking News of 9/11. She was the founding director of the Casey Journalism Center on Children and Families at the Philip Merrill College of Journalism at the University of Maryland. Susan Bennett, director of International Exhibits at the Newseum, is a veteran editor and reporter who covered foreign affairs, national politics, and Congress in Washington. She was previously an editor and writer on USA Today's editorial page, national correspondent for Knight-Ridder newspapers, and a bureau chief and state editor for UPI. Dan Rather has been anchor and managing editor of the CBS Evening News since 1981. In 1962, he joined CBS, and on November 22, 1963, in Dallas, was one of the first journalists to confirm the death of President Kennedy. He has served as a CBS News bureau chief in London and Saigon and as a correspondent for 60 Minutes, 60 Minutes II, and 48 Hours. He is the author of The American Dream, Deadlines and Datelines, I Remember, and The Camera Never Blinks.

Table of Contents

Track List	vii
Foreword	xi
Introduction	xiii
Leaving For Dallas	1	(10)
The Assassination	11	(54)
The President's Death	65	(50)
The Swearing-In	115	(34)
Aftershocks	149	(22)
Return to the White House	171	(30)
The Suspect is Murdered	201	(26)
A Fallen Leader Lies in State	227	(14)
Two Funerals	241	(20)
Reflections . . .	261	(16)
Epilogue--Where Are They Now?	277	(6)
Research Notes	283	(2)
Acknowledgments	285	(2)
Bibliography	287	(5)
Audio & Photo Credits	292	(1)
Index	293