Robert Trout

A radio newsman, Trout began his news reporting career at Virginia's WJSV in 1931. He was quickly brought into CBS, and was the one who dubbed President Franklin Roosevelt's radio addresses the "fireside chats". His World News Roundup started with Hitler's invasion of Poland in 1938, and was a regular feature for decades. More recently, Trout was known as a producer and commentator for All Things Considered on National Public Radio. Trout died November 14 from congestive heart failure in New York. He was 91. From This is True for 12 November 2000 Suggestions for further reading: Over the Cliff: How Obama's Election Drove the American Right Insane by John Amato, David Neiwert Amazon Price: Customer Review: The authors argue the American right has way overreacted to Obama's election. I have no argument with their thesis. I live in a conservative city and just a few days ago I overheard some Birthers a few days ago complaining Obama isn't a citizen. Non...   Associated Press Broadcast News Handbook by Brad Kalbfeld Amazon Price: $13.75 Customer Review: Most journalists would be familiar with the Associated Press Stylebook and Briefing on Media Law, better known as the "AP Stylebook". Well, this is the broadcast version. The back half of this book will look very familiar to those of us who have se...   Humor: Stories from the Collection More News from Lake Wobegon by Garrison Keillor Amazon Price: $11.16 Customer Review: Amazon's description was so vague I had to rely on reviews for content. Unfortunately, the reviews were based on the cassettes, not the CD, and the cassette contained the story I sought, but the CD did not. Poor product description on Amazon's part. ...   Air Words: Writing for Broadcast News by John Hewitt Amazon Price: $47.09   Portable Video, Fifth Edition: ENG & EFP by Norman Medoff, Edward J. Fink Amazon Price: $45.32   Newsfeed display by CaRP

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