Rescue at Moose River
Birthplace of on-the-spot-reporting
- Publisher
- Pottersfield Press
- Initial publish date
- Jan 2018
- Category
- General
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eBook
- ISBN
- 9781988286242
- Publish Date
- Jan 2018
- List Price
- $59.85
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Description
Halifax broadcaster J. Frank Willis made history with his live reports from the mine head that were broadcast on more than 700 radio stations around the world, including the major U.S. networks and the BBC. It marked the beginning of a new era in broadcasting and in journalism. Until then, radio was known chiefly as a music and entertainment medium; news gathering and reporting had been the bailiwick of newspapers and newswire services.
About the author
Blain Henshaw has been a writer since publishing his own penny newspaper in Grade Three at age nine. His professional writing career began at CKBW radio in Bridgewater in 1966 where he wrote news and covered courts, municipal council, and community events. In the 1970s and 80s while working for the Atlantic Television System (now CTV Atlantic) he won a number of radio and television awards for his documentary work, including an Atlantic Journalism award. His first book was published in 2016 and since then there have been three more, including the 2021 regional bestseller Madam of the Maritimes: The Life and Times of Ada MacCallum. He is also a prolific songwriter, having composed more that 100 songs and recording four CDs of original material. In 2017 he was inducted into the Nova Scotia Country Music Hall of Fame.
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