Edward R. Murrow

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broadcast journalist human journalist radio journalist television journalist war correspondent

Edward R. Murrow was a pioneering American broadcast journalist renowned for his World War II radio reports and his influential television exposés that challenged McCarthyism.

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Label Occurrences
Edward R. Murrow canonical 13
Charles Casey Murrow 1
Edward R. Murrow: An American Original 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf broadcast journalist ⓘ
human ⓘ
journalist ⓘ
radio journalist ⓘ
television journalist ⓘ
war correspondent ⓘ
almaMater Washington State University ⓘ
surface form: Washington State College
appointedBy John F. Kennedy ⓘ
awardReceived Peabody Award ⓘ
Presidential Medal of Freedom ⓘ
birthDate 1908-04-25 ⓘ
birthPlace Guilford County ⓘ
surface form: Guilford County, North Carolina, United States
causeOfDeath lung cancer ⓘ
child Edward R. Murrow self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Charles Casey Murrow
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
deathDate 1965-04-27 ⓘ
deathPlace Pawling ⓘ
surface form: Pawling, New York, United States
educatedAt Washington State University ⓘ
employer CBS News ⓘ
Columbia Broadcasting System ⓘ
familyName Edward R. Murrow self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Murrow
fieldOfWork broadcasting ⓘ
journalism ⓘ
fullName Edward R. Murrow self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Edward Roscoe Murrow
genre investigative journalism ⓘ
news reporting ⓘ
givenName Edward ⓘ
hasSignature signature of Edward R. Murrow ⓘ
influenced American broadcast journalism standards ⓘ
later television newsmagazine formats ⓘ
knownFor World War II radio reports from Europe ⓘ
pioneering broadcast journalism ⓘ
television exposés on McCarthyism ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
notableWork Person to Person ⓘ
See It Now ⓘ
World War II radio broadcasts from London ⓘ
occupation journalist ⓘ
radio broadcaster ⓘ
television host ⓘ
positionHeld director of talks at CBS ⓘ
director of the United States Information Agency ⓘ
vice president of CBS ⓘ
reportedFrom London, England ⓘ
surface form: London, United Kingdom

Nazi Germany ⓘ
Western Front of World War II ⓘ
surface form: Western Front during World War II
smokingStatus heavy smoker ⓘ
spouse Edward R. Murrow self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Janet Murrow
subjectOf Good Night, and Good Luck ⓘ
surface form: film "Good Night, and Good Luck"

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Good Night, and Good Luck → mainSubject → Edward R. Murrow ⓘ
Good Night, and Good Luck → character → Edward R. Murrow ⓘ
Joseph E. Persico → notableWork → Edward R. Murrow ⓘ
this entity surface form: Edward R. Murrow: An American Original
Joseph E. Persico → hasSubject → Edward R. Murrow ⓘ
Edward R. Murrow College of Communication → namedAfter → Edward R. Murrow ⓘ
Executive Committee of the National Security Council → hasMember → Edward R. Murrow ⓘ
Paul White Award → notableRecipient → Edward R. Murrow ⓘ
Lacey V. Murrow → sibling → Edward R. Murrow ⓘ
Edward R. Murrow → fullName → Edward R. Murrow self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Edward Roscoe Murrow
Edward R. Murrow → familyName → Edward R. Murrow self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Murrow
Edward R. Murrow → spouse → Edward R. Murrow self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Janet Murrow
Edward R. Murrow → child → Edward R. Murrow self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Charles Casey Murrow
Fred Friendly → workedWith → Edward R. Murrow ⓘ
CBS News program See It Now → creator → Edward R. Murrow ⓘ
subject surface form: See It Now
CBS News program See It Now → presenter → Edward R. Murrow ⓘ
subject surface form: See It Now
CBS News program See It Now → anchor → Edward R. Murrow ⓘ
subject surface form: See It Now
CBS News program See It Now → hasKeyFigure → Edward R. Murrow ⓘ
subject surface form: See It Now
Murrow’s challenge to McCarthy → hasMainProtagonist → Edward R. Murrow ⓘ