A frank and straightforward account of the award-winning television newswoman's childhood in rural Pennsylvania and New Jersey, her rise in television news broadcasting--as gofer, reporter, and anchorwoman--and her present status in a predominantly male bastion.
The Night the News Anchor Became the Lead Story...and the Talk of the Town In 1977, Annette Estes became the first female news anchor at a top 40 U.S. television station. She anchored the 6:00 P.M. and 11:00 P.M. newscasts for fifteen years with five different male co-anchors at two different stations. She was the highest-paid and, according to research, the most popular television personality in the market. Then, one hot July evening in 1986, during the weather segment, she whispered a remark to her co-anchor that included the "F" word. She didn't know her microphone was open. Did she get fired? How did viewers react? You'll have to read the book to find out. In this fast-paced book, Annette reveals stories from her career at three stations. Stories that are funny, sad, heartwarming, good, and bad. Stories of salary and sex discrimination, bloopers, nasty rumors, friends and enemies, lives taken, lives saved, politicians, presidents, celebrity interviews, and more. If you want to know what goes on behind the scenes in television newsrooms and boardrooms, this book is for you.
Identity and Dialect Performance discusses the relationship between identity and dialects. It starts from the assumption that the use of dialect is not just a product of social and demographic factors, but can also be an intentional performance of identity. Dialect performance is related to identity construction and in a highly globalised world, the linguistic repertoire has increased rapidly, thereby changing our conventional assumptions about dialects and their usage. The key outstanding feature of this particular book is that it spans an extensive range of communities and dialects; Italy, Hong Kong, Morocco, Egypt, Syria, Japan, Germany, The Sudan, The Netherlands, Nigeria, Spain, US, UK, French Guiana, Colombia,and Libya.
“A fascinating psychological study of an unrepentant murderer” from a New York Times–bestselling author (Library Journal). Battle Creek, Michigan, is famous as the birthplace of breakfast cereal, and the nearby suburb of Marshall is as wholesome as shredded wheat. Well-known for its colorful Victorian mansions, this stately slice of nineteenth-century Americana became infamous on a frigid night in February of 1991. Newscaster Diane Newton King was stepping out of her car, her children strapped into the backseat, when a sniper’s bullet cut her down. The police assumed that the killer was her stalker—a crazed fan who had been terrorizing King for weeks. But as their investigation ground to a standstill, the police turned to another suspect—one much closer to home. In this gripping retelling of the crime and its aftermath, journalist Lowell Cauffiel re-creates the atmosphere of terror that marked King’s last days, giving us a story of celebrity, obsession, and what it means to kill.
Read the riveting story of the Fox 4 Evening News anchor's experience with a stalker and what she went through to bring him to justice. She also outlines the 10 steps to success her faith led her to that anyone can use in their own life.
Amid the flood of reports of everyday evils, isn't it time for some good news? Here anchorwoman Sally-Ann Roberts shares inspirational essays that prove not all angels have wings, and provides invigorating exercises that lead to a more spiritual life. This moving collection also shows how to see the miracles that occur among the catastrophes.
EBONY is the flagship magazine of Johnson Publishing. Founded in 1945 by John H. Johnson, it still maintains the highest global circulation of any African American-focused magazine.
From silicon germs to digitized souls, the future is here… Read book two of the Beverly Hills Book Award Winning Glide Trilogy, a mesmerizing tale of love, loss, and second chances. Set in a future filled with dazzling and perilous inventions, the trilogy has been read more than 6,000,000 times on Wattpad, received a starred review from Publishers Weekly (book 2), and has been queried for a future motion picture. In Games & Fate the real world loses its luster, giving way to rich augmentations until a wildly popular role-playing game—driven by its own set of neo-commandments—governs everyday life. As the line between real and virtual vanishes, an unlikely alliance of teens and outcasts offers humanity its only hope.