Southern News, Southern Politics
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Frank Daniels Jr.
Frank Porter Graham
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Harry Truman
integration in North Carolina
Jesse Helms
Jonathan Daniels
Josephus Daniels
McClatchy newspapers
Mexico
N.C. State University
newspapers
North Carolina history
North Carolina newspapers
race
Southern history
Southern labor unions
Southern liberals
Southern newspapers
sports scandals
Terry Sanford
textile mills
the decline of newspapers
The News and Observer
University of North Carolina
white supremacy
William Jennings Bryan
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- ISBN 9781469685243
- Dimensions: 25 x 235mm
- Publication Date: 04 Mar 2025
- Publisher: The University of North Carolina Press
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Hardback
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Newspapers are a tough business, and no one knows that better than Rob Christensen, who was chief political reporter at North Carolina's capital newspaper, the News and Observer, for decades. Here he tells the story of the N&O and how it helped shape modern North Carolina in complicated ways. It's also the story of a family dynasty: four generations of the Daniels family owned and ran the N&O. They not only helped elect governors but also played an influential role in national American politics—family members served as political lieutenants to William Jennings Bryan, Woodrow Wilson, Franklin Roosevelt, and Harry Truman.
Christensen takes readers from the N&O's early days at the turn of the twentieth century as the militant voice of white supremacy to its denunciation by segregationist Jesse Helms for "selling out the South" in the 1960s and finally to its dwindling current fortunes. By telling the story of one important regional newspaper, Christensen shows how influence and messaging matter in influencing the politics of a state and a region for generations.
Christensen takes readers from the N&O's early days at the turn of the twentieth century as the militant voice of white supremacy to its denunciation by segregationist Jesse Helms for "selling out the South" in the 1960s and finally to its dwindling current fortunes. By telling the story of one important regional newspaper, Christensen shows how influence and messaging matter in influencing the politics of a state and a region for generations.
Rob Christensen wrote about North Carolina politics for forty-five years for the News and Observer. He is also the author of several books, most recently The Rise and Fall of the Branchhead Boys: North Carolina's Scott Family and the Era of Progressive Politics.
