James Reston
James "Scotty" Barrett Reston was an American journalist whose career spanned the mid-1930s to the early 1990s. He was associated for many years with The New York Times.
Career Journey
Background
- Born in
- Clydebank
- Educated at
- University of Illinois Urbana–ChampaignOakwood High SchoolUIUC College of Media
- Awards
- 🏆 George Polk Award🏆 Elijah Parish Lovejoy Award🏆 Four Freedoms Award – Freedom of Speech🏆 Raymond Clapper Memorial Award
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Trending topics shown first"In foreign policy you have to wait twenty-five years to see how it comes out."
"James Reston: The Insider's Journalist in the Service of Empire", Edward S. Herman, Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting's EXTRA"
"People are always dying in the Times who don't seem to die in other papers, and they die at greater length and maybe even with a little more grace."
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Timeline
1909
Born
Birth1995
Died
Death
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