Live at 10 00 a. M. Eastern on cspan, ondemand on cspan. Org Supreme Court or on the cspan radio app. Hello and welcome to the Atlanta History Center virtual talk series but im virginia prescott and im your host for this talk. Tonight and talking with lisa napoli about her new book up all night, ted turner and the birth of 24 hour news for you can purchase the book directly from a cappella books and the link is in the chat on the right of your screen and the link is also at the Atlanta History Center website. As lisa and i talked please submit your questions and use a q a feature at the bottom of your screen and will try to answer as many as we can as time allows. We will be broadcasting excerpts of this interview on Second Thought this friday and you will hear me do what we call a re id to keep consistent sound while we are going. So excited to speak with lisa napoli who got her first journalism job at cnn after interning at cnn new york, and bc bureaus as a teenager and she is a repo
Despite the hiccups a lot of old order news organizations cheering for its fault. They had to fill time for the crew is follow weighing, can you talk about that, why it was such a big deal for cnn . It was an amazing day a year after cnn went on the air. It was only in several million homes that could receive it, cable was not, the animosity of the networks and jealousy and disbelief on the part of the networks than anybody would care about news 24 7 combined to make a perfect storm march 30th, 1981, when the president was shot, there was a crew, there is always a crew, the White House Pool crew was always with the president in case something happened to him but cnn was not allowed to be part of the pool. They happened to be inside, was a time filler for cnn, cnn need a lot of at that point. It is a long story, i detail in the book but it was a day that put cnn on the map in the minds of the press corps and that helps make them aware there was not just is just for the news but in 24 ho
Of them as i possibly can as time allows. We will be broadcasting excerpts of this interview on Second Thought this friday. You will hear me what we do reid to keep consistence while we are going. Im so excited to speak with lisa napoli, who got her first journalism job at cnn after interning at cnn new york and dc bureaus as a teenager. Shes a reporter for the new york times, marketplace, msnbc, and many other outlets. She is author of two previous books ababout the man who made the mcdonalds fortune and the woman who gave it all away. Lisa, thank you so much for being with us, really excited about talking about this book. Lisa back at you, thank you so much, i use the Atlanta History Center for research so im delighted to be virtually what the constituency now. Its difficult for people watching to imagine life before news was all the time or what Television News look like before cnn launched four years ago. Just how out there was this idea of 24hour, 24 7 Cable News Network before cn
Also at the Atlanta History Center website. As at least and i are talking some of your weapon questions and you can use the q and a feature at the top of your screen and i will try to integrate as many of them as i am allowed. We will be broadcasting excerpts of this interview friday so you will hear me do what we call a real id to keep consistent sound while we are going and im so excited to speak with lisa who got first her first journalism job at cnn after interning at cnns new york and dc bureaus as a teenager. She reported for the new york times, place, msnbc and other outlets and is author of two previous books, radio shangrila and Raymond Jones about the man who made the mcdonalds portion and the woman who gave it all away so lisa, thank you for being with us. Im excited to talk about this book. Thank you, i used the Atlanta History Center for research so im excited to be virtually with the constituency now. Glad to have you and i think its difficult for some of the people who a
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