Orange Journalism: Voices from Florida's Newspapers (Florida History and Culture) by Pleasants, Julian M., Ed - 2003

U.S.A.: University Press of Florida, 2003. Book. Fine. Cloth Strip and Boards. By Author. First Edition.. 343 pp., index, reading list. As new. Inscribed by Pleasants to Tippen Davidson, then publisher of the Daytona Beach News-Journal. "Thanks for your valuable contribution to this volume." An anthology of oral history interviews with 15 Florida newspaper publishers, editors, columnists and others, including material from Gannett's Al Neuharth, David Lawrence, Edwin Pope and Carl Hiaasen of the Miami Herald, and Lucy Morgan of the St. Petersburg Times (now known as the Tampa Bay Times). Others represented include Davidson, Garth Reeves of the Miami Times and Diane McFarlin of the Sarasota Herald-Tribune. A 12-page preface gives an overview of Florida's newspaper industry. The project was sponsored by the Florida Press Association. Many interesting historical anecdotes and a variety of opinions about Florida's explosive growth. A great deal of self-congratulatory optimism, with apparently little recognition that the Internet just around the corner would force major cutbacks in pages and staff at virtually every newspaper in the state. Scarce association copy. Size: 8vo -- 9.5 In..