DAILY DOZEN: EDWIN NEWMAN

Tonight I would like to pay tribute to a man, who along with David Brinkley, Chet Huntley and Walter Cronkite, first made me pay attention to news. He was Edwin Newman. Mr. Newman passed away on August 13 but the announcement of his death was delayed until today. He was 91.

It seems that Mr. Newman brought every major story of my youth to me and gave me a great appreciation for news and journalism. He certainly was part of the reason why I aspired to be the editor-in-chief of my high school newspaper.

Thanks for those great memories and rest in peace Edwin.

1. Edwin Newman's biography. [Wikipedia]
2. NBC News correspondent and word police Edwin Newman dies. [Los Angeles Times]
3. Edwin Newman dies - a protector of English gone. [The Baltimore Sun]
4. Edwin Newman's death kept quiet for more than a month. [Media Matters]


5. David Hinckley remembers Edwin Newman. [New York Daily News]
6. Margalit Fox remembers Edwin Newman. [The New York Times]
7. Edwin Newman, remembered with a Kiss. [Chicago Tribune]
8. Edwin Newman photo feature. [CBS News]


9. We WILL talk about you when you're gone... [WTMJ (620 AM) - Milwaukee]
10. "Refudiating" word games. [NBC Dallas-Fort Worth]
11. Newscasting: A healthy jaundice (1968). [Time]
12. Strictly Speaking: Will America Be the Death of English? (by Edwin Newman) [Google Books]