HELP!

Help me write my book.


I have just posted (with formatting help from Dan Bricklin) three more draft chapters of Covering America. You can find them by navigating over to the right side of the home page, finding the heading “DRAFT CHAPTERS,” then clicking on the words “Covering America.” There are now 9 chapters, covering the years 1704-1945.

As always, I appreciate any help from readers. Please keep the questions and suggestions coming. In particular, I am looking for help with the following specific issues:

CHAPTER 7: Should I add more material about the tabloids of the era and about the spread of photojournalism?


CHAPTER 8: Should I add more material here about the rise of sports reporting and columns?
Do I need to expand the radio section to include more about Father Coughlin, the “radio priest”? Would that be a way to examine anti-semitism in the media?
Is it worth mentioning that Lippmann made occasional radio broadcasts and (later) television appearances?


CHAPTER 9: It’s already the longest chapter in the book, but I am considering some more material.
I would like to add a section on Vincent Tubbs, a under-appreciated wartime correspondent for the Baltimore Afro-American.
I also want to include more women. I am thinking about Martha Gellhorn and Marguerite Higgins.

Please e-mail me with any responses to those questions, or with any other suggestions or corrections.