They inbsisted on reading his first hand coverage of the Battle of
Gettysburg.  He wrote in a narrative style rather than the inverted pyramid
that was common in those days.
Craig


>From: Cheryl Heckler-Feltz <[log in to unmask]>
>Reply-To: Miami University Journalism Majors <[log in to unmask]>
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: Trivia of the Week
>Date: Fri, 5 Nov 1999 11:22:21 -0500
>
>Regarding last week's question: "Name the two journalists credited
>with/blamed for
>bringing down the Nixon Administration," we had three winners.
>
>Congratulations Robi, Craig and Merrin.
>
>Carl Bernstein and Bob Woodward were the reporters whose investigative
>work
>revealed Richard Nixon's participation in a scandal that became known as
>
>"Watergate." Ben Bradlee -- their editor at The Washington Post at that
>time -- was also a key player.
>
>This week's question:
>
>Whitelaw Reid is Miami University's most famous graduate in the field of
>journalism.
>A member of the class of 1856, he set standards for America's war
>correspondents.
>
>Both Abraham Lincoln and Robert E. Lee insisted on reading Reid's
>coverage of
>which major Civil War battle? What was unique about Reid's style that
>placed him
>a mark above other reporters covering the Civil War?
>
>Cheryl

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