Senaya Savir
Theodore H. White, born on May 6,1915 in Boston was an incredibly influential journalist, impacting the future of the reporting of Presidential politics. White grew up in Boston and graduated from Harvard with a history major. From there he became a correspondent for several renown periodicals such as Time, News Agency, and The Reporter. White worked for Time magazine in China during World War II. Here he was known to unveil that the the government in China would soon be undergoing a Communist revolution. White eventually returned to America where he focused on American politics for several different magazines. In 1960 he won a Pulitzer Prize for his report on the Kennedy-Nixon campaigning, The Making of the President. White is also widely known for his interview with Jacqueline Kennedy following the assassination of her husband. In the article White compares the presidency of John F Kennedy with the legend of Camelot. In Whites lifetime he wrote a series of books that exuded a great amount of excitement for American Politics. Some of the books he wrote include, Thunder Out of China, and also wrote Fire in the Ashes, The Mountain Road, The Fall of Richard Nixon, and In Search of History: A Personal Adventure. Theodore H. White serves as an incredibly influential human being in the world of journalism, having impacted the world with his colorful words, and behind the scenes maneuvering.
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Encyclopædia Britannica Inc., 2013. Web. 12 Nov. 2013
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