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Book SynopsisTrade ReviewBroadcast news might have been saved if we had figured out how to clone Fred Friendly. Read this book and you'll understand the gruff, restless, brilliant, temperamental, and driven giant of a man who fought to make the vast wasteland safe for journalism. -- Bill Moyers, award-winning journalist and public commentator Friendlyvision is an important and rigorous piece of scholarship that is also well written and highly readable. A first-rate biography of an important figure, this book conveys the values Fred Friendly enunciated and the industry he helped forge, which remains more important than ever. -- Everette Dennis, Fordham University This book is a significant and original contribution, not only because it is the first scholarly biography of an important figure in television, but also because it uses new archival sources to fill gaps in our knowledge and give us an opportunity to reinterpret key events in Fred Friendly's life. -- Don Carleton, Center for American History, University of Texas at Austin [A] complex, rewarding portrait of one of network television's most memorable figures. -- James Boylan Columbia Journalism Review A substantial and useful study of the underknown pioneer whose conviction and energy did much to shape the content and character of American broadcast journalism. Kirkus Reviews A revelation... Engelman ably brings [Fred Friendly] to life. -- J. Max Robins Wall Street Journal Richly detailed... The book opens a singular window on an important vision that Friendly shared with others... Recommended. Choice Friendlyvision will likely become not only the authoritative biography of Fred Friendly, but also a valuable secondary text. -- Ben Eltham Media International Australis A nuanced and thoughtful portrayal of one of the foremost figures in the history of American broadcast journalism. -- Michael Curtin Journal of American History
Table of ContentsForeword, by Morley Safer Acknowledgments Prologue: Salesman Introduction 1. Ferd 2. "My Rhodes Scholarship" 3. "Willing to Be Lucky" 4. See It Now 5. Friendly and Murrow 6. Encounter with McCarthyism 7. Aftermath 8. CBS Reports 9. Camelot 10. News President 11. At the Top of His Game 12. Vietnam 13. Resignation 14. Policy Maker 15. Professor 16. PBL 17. PBS 18. The Press and the Bar 19. Seminar 20. Last Years 21. Friendlyvision Notes Index
