| 词条 | Walter Goodman (critic) |
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BackgroundWalter Goodman was born on August 22, 1927, in the Bronx, New York. He had one sibling, Daniel. Goodman graduated as a journalism major from Syracuse University.[1] CareerGoodman moved to London as an editor for the Foreign Broadcast Information Service, a bureau of the American Central Intelligence Agency that monitored radio news content.[1] He returned to New York and held various positions writing and editing for magazines such as The New Republic, Redbook, Newsweek, and Harper's.[1] In 1960 Goodman moved his family to Chicago to become the first full-time articles editor for Playboy, which was making a strong push to publish serious nonfiction articles. "Goodman knew the critics and the politico-literary establishment, and where and how their work could be bought," wrote Thomas Weyr in his book The Playboy Vision of America.[2] "As articles editor, Goodman would have the greatest immediate impact on a changing content." Goodman returned to New York after a year, but remained Playboy's Books Editor for several years. He then took positions at The New York Times, Newsweek and WNET television. He finished his career at The Times as a critic, increasingly specializing on television, with a focus on news and documentary programs.[1] In 1972 Goodman (with his wife, Elaine) received a Christopher Award for the book The Rights of the People.[3] He received a Guggenheim Fellowship in 1978 in the General Nonfiction category.[4] Goodman was a frequent television interviewee, notably three lengthy interviews with Richard Heffner on The Open Mind on WNET, New York. Three half-hour interviews can be seen on the archive Web site of The Open Mind. Personal and deathGoodman married Elaine Egan; they had two sons: Hal, born 1954, and Bennet, born 1956.[1] Goodman died age 74 on March 6, 2002, of kidney failure.[1] LegacyThe Forbes Media Guide Five Hundred, 1994 states: Intelligently covering TV, Goodman always delves beneath the surface with originality and wisdom. He analyzes what's on, who produces it, and who watches it. But he mixes heavy prose with a wit so dry it often fails to amuse, and his cerebral style weighs down, his complex, cynical pronouncements about what's wrong with the world. ... Goodman reliably reviews documentaries and other challenging TV fare, providing a valuable resource to intelligent viewers.[5] WorksGoodman wrote nine books, several children's books, and many magazine articles.[1] His book The Committee, a critical history of the House Committee on Un-American Activities, appeared in print in 1968. Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr. criticized the him for lack of sympathy for damage done to some witnesses; overall, he called the book "a glorious piece of Americana."[1]
References1. ^1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 , and for his work as The Times's television critic, concentrating on coverage of TV news and documentaries.{{cite news| first = Douglas| last = Martin| title = Walter Goodman, 74, TV Critic And Reporter for The Times| publisher = New York Times| url = https://www.nytimes.com/2002/03/07/arts/walter-goodman-74-tv-critic-and-reporter-for-the-times.html| date = 7 March 2002| accessdate = 1 January 2018}} {{Authority control}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Goodman, Walter}}2. ^Weyr, Thomas, Reaching for Paradise, Times Books 1978 3. ^ 4. ^ 5. ^{{cite book| editor = Terry Eastland| title = Forbes Media Guide Five Hundred, 1994: A Critical Review of the Media| publisher = Forbes| pages = 75| date = 1994}} 6. ^{{cite book| first = Walter| last = Goodman| authorlink = Walter Goodman| title = Clowns of Commerce| publisher = Sagamore Press| url = https://lccn.loc.gov/57012433| date = 1957}} 7. ^{{cite book| first = Walter| last = Goodman| authorlink = Walter Goodman| title = All Honorable Men| publisher = Little Brown| url = https://lccn.loc.gov/63013978| date = 1963}} 8. ^{{cite book| first = Walter| last = Goodman| authorlink = Walter Goodman| title = The Committee: The Extraordinary Career of the House Committee on Un-American Activities| publisher = Farrar, Straus, and Giroux| url = https://lccn.loc.gov/68013010| date = 1968}} 9. ^{{cite book| first = Walter| last = Goodman| authorlink = Walter Goodman| title = Black Bondage: The Life of Slaves in the South| publisher = Farrar, Straus, and Giroux| url = https://lccn.loc.gov/69016629| date = 1969}} 10. ^{{cite book| first = Walter| last = Goodman| authorlink = Walter Goodman| title = Percentage of the Take| publisher = Farrar, Straus, and Giroux| url = https://lccn.loc.gov/72137751| date = 1971}} 11. ^{{cite book| first = Walter| last = Goodman| authorlink = Walter Goodman| title = Rights of the People: The Major Decisions of the Warren Court| publisher = Farrar, Straus, and Giroux| url = https://lccn.loc.gov/79157926| date = 1971}} 12. ^{{cite book| first = Walter| last = Goodman| authorlink = Walter Goodman| title = Memoirs of a Scam Man: The Life and Deals of Patsy Anthony Lepera| publisher = Farrar, Straus, and Giroux| url = https://lccn.loc.gov/74005036| date = 1974}} 13. ^{{cite book| first = Walter| last = Goodman| authorlink = Walter Goodman| title = Family : Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow| publisher = Farrar, Straus, and Giroux| url = https://lccn.loc.gov/74032069| date = 1975}} 9 : 1927 births|2002 deaths|American television critics|Syracuse University alumni|People of the Central Intelligence Agency|Critics employed by The New York Times|20th-century American journalists|20th-century American historians|American male journalists |
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